1. Khari Okang Jones is an American former professional Canadian football player and is the quarterbacks coach for the UBC Thunderbirds of U Sports.
25 Facts About Khari Jones
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Khari Jones was formerly the head coach for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League.
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Khari Jones played briefly for the Arena Football League's Albany Firebirds and the World League of American Football's Scottish Claymores.
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Khari Jones is a former television sports reporter for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
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Khari Jones has been the offensive coordinator for the BC Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Ottawa Redblacks.
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In 2000, Khari Jones was inducted into the UC Davis Aggies Hall of Fame.
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Khari Jones joined the Arena Football League's Albany Firebirds in 1995.
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Khari Jones played one season in 1996 for the Scottish Claymores of the World League of American Football, which would later become NFL Europe.
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Khari Jones played very little during his three-year tenure with the Lions, as he was relegated to the backup spot behind incumbent quarterback Damon Allen.
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Khari Jones' following season was even better statistically, which included 5,353 passing yards and 46 touchdown passes.
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In four seasons with Winnipeg, Khari Jones set seventeen Bomber passing records, including throwing for five touchdowns in a game four times in one season.
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Khari Jones attended the Edmonton Eskimos training camp at the beginning of the 2005 CFL season, but with the Eskimos signing Ricky Ray, Khari Jones was released again.
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Three days later, on June 13,2006, the CBC announced that Khari Jones would be their sideline reporter for their CFL on CBC broadcasts.
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On October 17,2007, Khari Jones inked a standard one-year contract plus an option with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and then signed his retirement papers right after.
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In 2009, Khari Jones began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats under head coach Marcel Bellefeuille.
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Khari Jones was a top candidate to become the new offensive coordinator for the BC Lions in 2014.
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Khari Jones officially became the offensive coordinator on December 23,2013.
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On January 3,2018, Khari Jones was announced as the new offensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes for the 2018 CFL season.
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On July 18,2022, Khari Jones was hired as a football operations consultant for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.
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On December 3,2022, Khari Jones was named the offensive coordinator and assistant head coach for the Ottawa Redblacks.
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On January 15,2025, Khari Jones was hired as the quarterback coach of the UBC Thunderbirds football team.
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In 2006, Khari Jones became the digital co-trainer of the LivingWorks SafeTALK suicide alertness course.
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Khari Jones had just finished playing football and was working as a broadcaster in Calgary, and was working as an actor when his agent approached him with the job of recording the videos.
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Khari Jones is a Canadian-American dual citizen and lives in Surrey, British Columbia with his wife, Justine, and daughters, Jaelyn and Siena.
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Khari Jones met his wife in a theatre course while both attended UC Davis and appeared in plays together while students.