Howard Jones (American football coach)
Jones pictured in the 1917 Hawkeye
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| Sport(s) | Football, baseball |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 23, 1885 Excello, Ohio |
| Died | July 27, 1941 (aged 55) Toluca Lake, California |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1905–1907 | Yale |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1908 | Syracuse |
| 1909 | Yale |
| 1910 | Ohio State |
| 1913 | Yale |
| 1916–1923 | Iowa |
| 1924 | Duke |
| 1925–1940 | USC |
| Baseball | |
| 1919 | Iowa |
| 1923–1924 | Duke |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1917–1924 | Iowa |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 194–64–21 (football) 41–14 (baseball) |
| Bowls | 5–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 5 National (1909, 1928, 1931–1932, 1939) 2 Big Ten (1921–1922) 7 PCC (1927–1929, 1931–1932, 1938–1939) |
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College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile) |
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Howard Harding Jones (August 23, 1885 – July 27, 1941) was an American football player and coach who served as the head coach at Syracuse University (1908), Yale University (1909, 1913), Ohio State University (1910), the University of Iowa (1916–1923), Duke University (1924) and the University of Southern California (1925–1940), compiling a career record of 194–64–21. His 1909 Yale team and four of his USC teams (1928, 1931–1932, 1939) won national championships. Jones coached USC in five Rose Bowls, winning all of them. Before coaching, Jones played football at Yale (1905–1907), where he played on three national title-winning teams. He was a member of the inaugural class of inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1951; his younger brother Tad joined him as a member in 1958.
Jones was born in Excello, Ohio, near Middletown. He played football for three seasons at Yale University, from 1905 to 1907. During his three years, the Yale Bulldogs never lost a game, going 28–0–2. Yale claims national championships for all three seasons.
After graduating in 1908, Jones became the head coach at Syracuse University, leading the Orangemen to a 6–3–1 record before returning to Yale as the head coach. He led Yale to a 10–0 record in 1909, a season in which Yale claims another national championship. Yale's 15–0 victory over Syracuse in 1909 was significant in that it was the first time that two brothers had ever faced each other as opposing head coaches. Syracuse was then coached by Howard Jones's brother, Tad Jones.
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