Regular season CFL: 26–10 (.722) Role Canadian football coach Career record CFL: 28–11 (.718) Nationality American | Team Edmonton Eskimos Name Chris Jones | |
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Title Head coach/ General manager Date of birth (1967-09-25) September 25, 1967 (age 48) Place of birth South Pittsburg, Tennessee Team coached Edmonton Eskimos (Head coach, since 2014) Alma mater Tennessee Technological University Similar People Rick Campbell, Mike Reilly, John Hufnagel, Corey Chamblin, Patrick Kabongo | ||
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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.
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College career
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.
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.
Jones was named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos in November 2013. After a 12-6 2014 season, he was nominated for CFL Coach of the Year.
Jones was nominated as the West representative for coach of the year in 2015 after winning 14 of the 18 regular season games. The East representative and winner was former Eskimos assistant coach Rick Campbell. Jones' Eskimos were victorious over the Ottawa Redblacks in the 103rd Grey Cup game. Following the season the divisional rival Saskatchewan Roughriders were given permission by GM Ed Hervey to entering into negotiations to fill their vacant head coaching position.
On December 7, 2015, a mere week after winning the 2015 Grey Cup, it was announced that Jones would be the new general manager and head coach of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Jones has won 4 Grey Cups rings with 4 different teams: Montreal 2002, Calgary 2008, Toronto 2012, Edmonton 2015.
Personal life
Jones has a son, Drew, from his first marriage and two daughters, Jackson and Austin, with his second wife. He and his family split their time between Canada and South Pittsburg during the off-season.