Career
He is the former Assistant Coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach of A-League club Newcastle Jets. Jones began his career with Newcastle Rosebud in 1985 before joining Sydney Croatia in 1987, where he enjoyed the most success including winning the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit Cup in 1987 and made the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit Grand Final in 1988. He joined Marconi Fairfield in 1990 and spent two seasons at Bossley Park before finishing his career in his hometown with Newcastle Breakers in the 1993/1994 season.
He represented the Australia U-20 team at the 1985 Fifa World Youth Championship in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, where he played all three games.
Jones began his managerial career at the North.S.W. Institute of Sport in 2000 where he was head coach of the women program before taking up an assistant coach role at Newcastle Jets in 2006. Following the takeover by Nathan Tinkler in late-2010, Mark Jones left his post, as the assistant coach to Branko Culina, in a mutual-termination.
Jones had made a recognizable contribution to the club, aiding Newcastle in their first Championship. In early 2015, following major staff and player changes by Newcastle Jets owner and chairman, Nathan Tinkler, Jones was appointed assistant to Philosophy Stubbins with the first team
Jones will also take on the role of Strength and Conditioning Coach at the club
