Joey Jones (American football)
Jones at 2015 Sun Belt Media Day
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | South Alabama |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 48–42 |
| Annual salary | $313,200 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
October 29, 1962 Mobile, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1983 | Alabama |
| 1983–1985 | Birmingham Stallions |
| 1986 | Atlanta Falcons |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989-1990 | Briarwood Christian (AL) School (Assistant) |
| 1991–1993 | Dora (AL) HS |
| 1996–2005 | Mountain Brook (AL) HS |
| 2006–2007 | Birmingham–Southern |
| 2008–present | South Alabama |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 51–49 (college) 125–38 (high school) |
| Bowls | 0–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Joseph Russell Jones (born October 29, 1962) is an American college football coach who currently serves as the head football coach at the University of South Alabama.
Jones is a graduate of Mobile's Murphy High School. He played college football for coach Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama. Jones lettered with the Tide from 1979 to 1983, graduating with a degree in business administration. As a wide receiver, he tallied 71 receptions, 1,386 yards and 15 touchdowns. He ranked third among Alabama's career touchdown receivers and seventh in career receiving yards. He was named All-SEC as a senior and chosen to participate in the Senior Bowl. He was a member of the University of Alabama’s All-Decade Team for the 1980s and played professionally with the Birmingham Stallions of the United States Football League and the National Football League’s Atlanta Falcons.
In 1989, Jones took his first coaching job as an assistant coach on the Briarwood Christian School staff in Birmingham, Alabama. After two years at Briarwood, he took the job as head coach at Dora where he led his team to a 24–11 record over three seasons. In 1996, Jones was hired as the head coach at Mountain Brook High School. At Mountain Brook, he led his team to the 1996 Class 6A state championship game, four region titles, two semifinal appearances and three quarterfinal appearances. Jones went 101–27 over ten seasons in charge of the Spartans.
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