June Jones
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 19, 1953 Portland, Oregon |
| Playing career | |
| 1971–1972 | Oregon |
| 1973–1974 | Hawaii |
| 1975–1976 | Portland State |
| 1977–1981 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 1982 | Toronto Argonauts |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1983 | Hawaii (QB) |
| 1984 | Houston Gamblers (WR) |
| 1985 | Denver Gold (OC) |
| 1986 | Ottawa Rough Riders (OC) |
| 1987–1988 | Houston Oilers (QB) |
| 1989–1990 | Detroit Lions (QB/WR) |
| 1991–1993 | Atlanta Falcons (OC) |
| 1994–1996 | Atlanta Falcons |
| 1998 | San Diego Chargers (QB/Interim HC) |
| 1999–2007 | Hawaii |
| 2008–2014 | SMU |
| 2016 | Kapolei HS Hurricanes (OC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 112–94 (College) 22–36 (NFL) |
| Bowls | 7–2 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 WAC (1999, 2007) | |
| Awards | |
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Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1999) American Football Coach/Schutt Sports National COY (1999) CNN/Sports Illustrated National Coach of the Year (1999) 2x WAC Coach of the Year (1999, 2006) |
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June Sheldon Jones, III (born February 19, 1953) is an American football coach and former player. He is now the current athletics director of Saint Louis School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was the head football coach at Southern Methodist University (SMU), where he served as head coach from 2008 to 2014, before resigning on September 8, 2014. Jones was also the head football coach at the University of Hawaii at Manoa from 1999 to 2007. Previously, he coached in the National Football League (NFL): a three-year tenure as head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1994 to 1996 and a ten-game stint as interim head coach of the San Diego Chargers in 1998.
Jones grew up in Portland, Oregon, the second of four children born to Marilyn and June Jones Jr.
Jones played the quarterback position on three college teams: Oregon (1971–1972), Hawaii (1973–1974), and Portland State (1975–1976). It is during his time at Portland State that he was introduced to the run and shoot offense by Mouse Davis. It would be an offense that he would later champion throughout his coaching career.
His two seasons at Portland State resulted in totals of 5,798 yards passing with 50 TD against 20 INT. He became the first quarterback to give the run and shoot legitimacy as a quarterback friendly offense. In the years prior, Portland State very rarely had success throwing the ball.
Thereafter, he entered professional football, playing for the Atlanta Falcons (1977–1981) of the National Football League and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (1982). In four seasons with the Falcons, Jones completed 75 of 166 passes for 923 yards with three touchdowns and seven interceptions.
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