Chris Jones (Canadian football coach)
| Saskatchewan Roughriders | |
| Date of birth | September 25, 1967 |
|---|---|
| Place of birth | South Pittsburg, Tennessee |
| Career information | |
| Position(s) | Head coach / general manager |
| College | Chattanooga |
| Career history | |
| As coach | |
| 1995–1996 |
Tennessee Tech Graduate assistant |
| 1997 |
Alabama Graduate assistant |
| 1998 |
UT Martin Defensive line coach |
| 1999–2001 | Tennessee Tech Defensive line coach / recruiting coordinator |
| 2002 |
Montreal Alouettes Defensive line coach |
| 2003–2007 | Montreal Alouettes Defensive coordinator |
| 2008–2010 |
Calgary Stampeders Defensive coordinator |
| 2010–2011 | Calgary Stampeders Def. coord. / asst. head coach / asst. Director of Player Personnel |
| 2012–2013 |
Toronto Argonauts Def. coord. / asst. head coach / asst. general manager |
| 2014–2015 |
Edmonton Eskimos Head coach |
| 2016–present |
Saskatchewan Roughriders Head coach / general manager |
Chris Jones (born September 25, 1967) is the head coach and general manager of the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was previously the head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos for two years, where he won the 103rd Grey Cup. He has been the defensive coordinator for the Montreal Alouettes, Calgary Stampeders, and Toronto Argonauts.
Born in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, Jones played college football for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a walk-on, and received little playing time. Instead, he began focusing on a coaching career.
Jones began his coaching career at North Jackson High School in Stevenson, Alabama, helping the team win a state championship in 1993. He began coaching NCAA football at Tennessee Tech University in 1995, where he served as a graduate assistant under head coach Jim Ragland. After serving one season as a graduate assistant at the University of Alabama, he joined the University of Tennessee at Martin coaching staff as a defensive line coach in 1998. He returned to Tennessee Tech in 1999 as a defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.
Jones moved to the CFL in 2002 after being named the new defensive line coach of the Montreal Alouettes helping Montreal win 90th Grey Cup. He remained there until 2007. In 2008, he was named defensive coordinator of the Calgary Stampeders, which won the 96th Grey Cup, and was promoted to Assistant Coach in 2010. He later joined the Toronto Argonauts as Defensive Coordinator and was part of the team that won the 100th Grey Cup.
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