Career
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.
He began coaching National Collegiate Athletic Association football at Tennessee Technical 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 Technical in 1999 as a defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator.
He remained there until 2007. Jones was named head coach of the Edmonton Eskimos in November 2013.
Jones was nominated as the West representative for coach of the year in 2015 after winning 14 of the 18 regular season games.
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.
