June Jones, former Hawaii football coach, dies at 73
The winningest coach in modern Hawaii football history led the Rainbow Warriors to a perfect 12-0 season in 2007 before moving to SMU and the NFL.
By Hiroshi Sato ·
June Jones, the former head football coach at the University of Hawaii, has died. Multiple sources confirmed the death on Thursday. He was 73.
Jones finished his nine-year tenure in Honolulu with 76 wins, the most in the modern era of the program. He guided the team from 1999 through 2007. His squads reached six bowl games and posted at least 10 wins in three separate seasons.
The 2007 campaign was his most successful. The team went 12-0 in the regular season and played in the Allstate Sugar Bowl. In 1999, his squad achieved the biggest turnaround in NCAA history. They finished 9-4, shared the Western Athletic Conference title, and earned Jones National Coach of the Year honors.
His teams won WAC championships in 1999 and 2007. His run-and-shoot offense developed several high-profile players, including Heisman Trophy finalist Colt Brennan. Over his career, Jones coached five All-Americans, 52 all-conference performers, and 16 players who were selected in the NFL draft.
Jones began his career at Hawaii as a graduate assistant in 1983. He had played quarterback for the university in 1973 and 1974. After leaving Hawaii, he served as head coach at Southern Methodist University from 2008 until 2014. He also spent three years coaching in the NFL.
In 2016, he joined Kapolei High School as the offensive coordinator. Most recently, he held that position with the Seattle Sea Dragons.
Source: KMOV
