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{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1953)}}
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| name               = June Jones
| image              = June Jones.jpg
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| caption            = Jones in 2009
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| number             = 14
| position           = [[Quarterback]]
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1953|2|19}}
| birth_place        = [[Portland, Oregon]], U.S.
| height_ft          = 6
| height_in          = 4
| weight_lbs         = 200
| high_school        = [[Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)|Grant]] (Portland)
| college            = [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon]] (1971–1972)<br />[[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]] (1973–1974)<br />[[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State]] (1975–1976)
| undraftedyear      = 1977
| pastteams          =
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1977}}–{{NFL Year|1981}})
* [[Toronto Argonauts]] ({{CFL Year|1982}})
| pastcoaching       =
* [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii]] (1983) <br /> Quarterbacks coach
* [[Houston Gamblers]] ({{USFL Year|1984}}) <br /> Wide receivers coach
* [[Denver Gold]] ({{USFL Year|1985}}) <br /> [[Offensive coordinator]]
* [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] ({{CFL Year|1986}}) <br /> Offensive coordinator
* [[Houston Oilers]] ({{NFL Year|1987}}–{{NFL Year|1988}}) <br /> Quarterbacks coach
* [[Detroit Lions]] ({{NFL Year|1989}}–{{NFL Year|1990}}) <br /> Quarterbacks coach & wide receivers coach
* [[Atlanta Falcons]] ({{NFL Year|1991}}–{{NFL Year|1993}}) <br /> Offensive coordinator
* Atlanta Falcons ({{NFL Year|1994}}–{{NFL Year|1996}}) <br /> Head coach
* [[San Diego Chargers]] ({{NFL Year|1998}}) <br /> Quarterbacks coach & interim head coach
* Hawaii (1999–2007) <br /> Head coach
* [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU]] (2008–2014) <br /> Head coach
* [[Kapolei High School|Kapolei HS (HI)]] (2016) <br /> Offensive coordinator
* [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] ({{CFL Year|2017}}–{{CFL Year|2018}}) <br /> Head coach
* [[Houston Roughnecks (2020)|Houston Roughnecks]] ({{XFL Year|2020}}) <br /> Head coach
* [[The Spring League|TSL Conquerors]] ([[The Spring League#2020 fall season|2020]]) <br /> Offensive coordinator
* [[Seattle Sea Dragons]] ([[2023 XFL season|2023]]) <br/> Offensive coordinator
| pastadmin          =
* [[Saint Louis School|Saint Louis School (HI)]] (2016–2017) <br /> Athletic director
| pastexecutive      =
* [[Houston Roughnecks (2020)|Houston Roughnecks]] ({{XFL Year|2020}})<br />General manager
| highlights         = '''As head coach:'''
* 2 [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] (1999, 2007)
* 2 [[Conference USA|C-USA West Division]] (2009, 2010)
* [[Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year]] (1999)
* American Football Coach/[[Schutt Sports]] National COY (1999)
* CNN/[[Sports Illustrated|SI]] National Coach of the Year (1999)
* 3× [[Western Athletic Conference|WAC]] Coach of the Year (1999, 2006, 2007)
* [[XFL (2020)|XFL]] Head Coach of the Year (2020)
| statlabel1         = [[Touchdown|TD]]–[[Interception|INT]]
| statvalue1         = 3–7
| statlabel2         = Passing yards
| statvalue2         = 923
| statlabel3         = [[Passer rating]]
| statvalue3         = 51.4
| pfr                = JoneJu00
| coachregrecord     = College: {{Winning percentage|105|81|record=y}}<br />NFL: {{Winning percentage|22|36|record=y}}<br />CFL: {{Winning percentage|14|14|record=y}}<br />XFL: {{Winning percentage|5|0|record=y}}
| coachplayoffrecord = College: {{Winning percentage|7|3|record=y}} <br /> NFL: {{Winning percentage|0|1|record=y}} <br /> CFL: {{Winning percentage|1|1|record=y}}
| coachrecord        = College: {{Winning percentage|112|84|record=y}}<br />NFL: {{Winning percentage|22|37|record=y}}<br />CFL: {{Winning percentage|15|15|record=y}}<br />XFL: {{Winning percentage|5|0|record=y}}
| pfrcoach           = JoneJu0 
}}

'''June Sheldon Jones III''' (born February 19, 1953) is an American [[American football|football]] coach and former player who was most recently the [[offensive coordinator]] of the [[Seattle Sea Dragons]]. Jones was the head football coach at the [[University of Hawaii at Manoa]] from 1999 to 2007, and was the head football coach at [[Southern Methodist University]] (SMU) from 2008 until he resigned on September 8, 2014. He coached in the [[National Football League]] (NFL) for three years as head coach of the [[Atlanta Falcons]] from 1994 to 1996, plus a ten-game stint as interim head coach of the [[San Diego Chargers]] in 1998; he also spent {{frac|1|1|2}} seasons as head coach of the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] in the [[Canadian Football League]] (CFL). Jones was the general manager and head coach of the [[Houston Roughnecks (2020)|Houston Roughnecks]].

Jones played professionally as a [[quarterback]] in the NFL and CFL. He played college football with the [[Oregon Ducks football|Oregon Ducks]], [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football|Hawaii Rainbow Warriors]] and [[Portland State Vikings football|Portland State Vikings]].

==Biography==

===Early life===
Jones grew up in Portland, Oregon, the second of four children born to Marilyn and June Jones Jr.<ref>{{cite news
 | last =Tsai| first =Stephen| title =Hawaii coach recalls 'new life' experience | newspaper =The Honolulu Advertiser
 | date =December 16, 2007| url =http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Dec/16/ln/hawaii712160360.html | access-date =July 14, 2012}}</ref>

===Playing career===
Jones played the [[quarterback]] position on three college teams: [[University of Oregon|Oregon]] (1971–1972), Hawaii (1973–1974), and [[Portland State University|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.

*1975: 137/235 for 2,280 yards and 25 TD vs 10 INT
*1976: 238/423 for 3,518 yards and 25 TD vs 10 INT

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 [[touchdown]]s and seven [[interception]]s.<ref name="PFR">{{cite web| url = https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/JoneJu00.htm| title = June Jones Statistics – Pro-Football-Reference.com<!-- Bot generated title -->| website = [[Pro-Football-Reference.com]]}}</ref>

===Coaching career===

====Early career====
In 1983, Jones started his coaching career as a [[Teaching assistant|graduate assistant]] under [[Dick Tomey]] at the University of Hawaii. He then spent two years in the [[USFL]], first as the wide receivers coach for the [[Houston Gamblers]] (1984), then as the offensive coordinator for the [[Denver Gold]] (1985). Following the demise of the USFL, Jones spent the 1986 season working as an offensive assistant for the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]] of the CFL. In 1987, he got his first NFL coaching position serving as the quarterbacks coach on [[Jerry Glanville]]'s staff with the [[Houston Oilers]]. After Glanville was released by the Oilers, he would join the [[Detroit Lions]] coaching staff upon the recommendation of Mouse Davis, his college head coach at Portland State who was serving as the team's offensive coordinator.

====Atlanta Falcons====
Jones reunited with Glanville upon joining the Atlanta Falcons organization in [[1991 NFL season|1991]] as its assistant head coach. In [[1994 NFL season|1994]], Jones replaced Glanville as the team's head coach, a move that caused a rift between the two. Reportedly, they did not speak to each other for several years thereafter.<ref name="G1">{{Cite news | last= Tsai | first= Stephen | date = August 3, 2005 | title= Glanville devoted to football and Jones | periodical= The Honolulu Advertiser | url= http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Aug/03/sp/508030333.html }}</ref> (Later, in the 2000s, Jones would hire Glanville as defensive coordinator at Hawaii.) As head coach, Jones installed the run and shoot offense he learned under Mouse Davis. Initially, quarterback [[Jeff George]] flourished under the system, passing for 3,734 yards and 23 touchdowns in Jones's first year and 4,143 yards and 24 touchdowns his second year. In [[1995 NFL season|1995]], Jones's second season as head coach, the Falcons went to the playoffs, losing in the first round to the [[1995 Green Bay Packers season|Green Bay Packers]]. The following year, the Falcons posted a 3–13 record, leading to Jones's dismissal. Jones's coaching record over three seasons in Atlanta was nineteen wins and twenty-nine losses.<ref>{{Cite web |title=June Jones Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/coaches/JoneJu0.htm |access-date=June 22, 2024 |website=[[Pro-Football-Reference.com]] |language=en}}</ref> He also clashed with quarterback Jeff George during his final season, including a well-publicized and widely broadcast profanity-laced shouting match during a September 22 game against the [[Philadelphia Eagles]]. The feud contributed to both men's release by the organization.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nflhistoryguide.com/af/history.htm| title = Atlanta Falcons History – NFL Football<!-- Bot generated title -->}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Raiders-travel-in-time-sign-veteran-QB-George-2489360.php | work=San Francisco Chronicle | title=Raiders travel in time, sign veteran QB George | first=David | last=White | date=August 29, 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A03E0D91F3DF937A1575AC0A960958260 | work=The New York Times | title=George Suspended by Falcons | date=September 24, 1996 | access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref>

====San Diego Chargers====
Jones returned to coaching when the [[San Diego Chargers]] hired him as quarterbacks coach on January 20, 1998. On October 13, 1998, head coach [[Kevin Gilbride]] was fired after the sixth game and Jones became the interim head coach. The Chargers won three of ten games coached by Jones, giving him a career NFL coaching record of 22 wins and 36 losses.

====Hawaii====
Jones joined the University of Hawaii-Manoa football team as head coach, replacing [[Fred von Appen]], who was fired when the team lost 18 games in a row, including all twelve games in the 1998 season. Jones led the Warriors to a 9–4 record and a share of the [[Western Athletic Conference]] football championship in the 1999 season, making it the most dramatic turnaround in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] football history<ref>{{cite news| url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03EFDC113DF931A15752C0A9669C8B63 | work=The New York Times | title=PLUS: COLLEGE FOOTBALL – HAWAII; Jones Rewarded For Turnaround | date=January 22, 2000 | access-date=May 7, 2010}}</ref> until that record was surpassed by Tulane in the 2022–23 season.  With Jones's success on the field, and media-friendly persona off the field, he instantly became one of the most famous people in Hawaii, with some people making "June Jones for Governor" T-shirts.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/23/features/story1.html | title=UH fans jones for hot new T-shirt: 'June Jones for Governor' | date=November 23, 1999 | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303044039/http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/23/features/story1.html | archive-date=March 3, 2000 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> Reflecting his offensive philosophy, bumper stickers sporting the slogan "June would throw" appeared. These referenced legendary Hawaiian lifeguard [[Eddie Aikau]], of whom it is said, "Eddie would go" (into big surf).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Nov/07/sp/sp06p.html | title=Right 'Guy' for run-and-shoot | first=Ferd | last=Lewis | date=November 7, 2004 | work=The Honolulu Advertiser | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041116004005/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2004/Nov/07/sp/sp06p.html | archive-date=November 16, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

[[Joe Moore (television journalist)|Joe Moore]] of [[KHON-TV]] in Honolulu faulted Jones for discarding long-standing traditions, such as changing music played during home games, and the change in the uniforms and team nickname during his tenure.<ref name=Moore>{{cite news | last=Reardon | first=Dave | date=August 27, 2004 | url=http://starbulletin.com/2004/08/27/news/story2.html | title=Warrior fight songs have Jones and Moore fired up | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040911153605/http://starbulletin.com/2004/08/27/news/story2.html | archive-date=September 11, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

During his tenure at Hawaii, he coached five [[All-American]]s, 52 all-conference performers, and 16 NFL Draft picks. In particular, Jones claims to have made a special effort to recruit local talent in his players and coaching staff. One of the most notable of his recruits was quarterback [[Timmy Chang]], who became the all-time NCAA leader in passing yardage.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://starbulletin.com/2004/11/07/sports/story2.html | title=15,303 yards | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | last=Reardon | first=Dave | date=November 7, 2004 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041204061142/http://starbulletin.com/2004/11/07/sports/story2.html | archive-date=December 4, 2004 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

Jones was injured in a car accident on February 22, 2001, missing the spring season because of his injuries.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://starbulletin.com/2001/02/23/news/story1.html | work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin | title=Doctor: Jones getting better | first1=Rosemarie | last1=Bernardo | first2=Leila | last2=Fujimori | date=February 23, 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010320013642/http://starbulletin.com/2001/02/23/news/story1.html | archive-date=March 20, 2001 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

Jones negotiated a contract worth $800,016 during the 2004 season, which made him the highest-paid public employee in the state, even though the football team was struggling.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/2431864/detail.html | title=UH Professor Criticizes Jones, Dobelle Salaries | website=The Hawaii Channel | date=August 25, 2003 | access-date=September 8, 2022 | archive-date=September 27, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927184558/http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/news/2431864/detail.html | url-status=dead}}</ref> The team finished with a 7–5 regular season record and an invitation to the [[2004 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii Bowl]]. Half of Jones's $800,000 salary was paid by private donors.<ref name=Moore/>

On December 24, 2006, Jones passed [[Dick Tomey]] to become the winningest head coach in Hawaii football history (against an all-college schedule) with a 41–24 victory over [[2006 Arizona State Sun Devils football team|Arizona State]] in the [[2006 Hawaii Bowl]].

Frustrated with what he viewed as a lack of support from the university, Jones opted to leave Hawaii at the end of the 2007 season. After initial reports had him interviewing at SMU, Hawaii officials had offers to raise his salary from $800,000 a year to $1.7 million a year and offered a commitment to improve its facilities; in addition there was an outpouring of support from Hawaii fans, including Gov. [[Linda Lingle]]. However, Jones contacted Hawaii on January 7, 2008, and let them know he had decided to accept an offer from SMU. Jones said the work that needed to be done to improve the football facilities and the campus in general would never get done with him still there. He said after all of the broken promises, leaving was the only way to send a message. Jones went 76–41 at Hawaii, including 4–2 in bowls. His teams finished first in the WAC twice and second two other times.<ref name=AP010708a>{{cite magazine | url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/01/07/ap.fbc.apnewsalert.ap/index.html | title=SMU hires ex-Hawaii coach Jones | agency=Associated Press | date=January 7, 2008 | magazine=Sports Illustrated | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110175236/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/football/ncaa/01/07/ap.fbc.apnewsalert.ap/index.html | archive-date=January 10, 2008 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

====SMU====
In a press conference at the Hall of Champions adjacent to [[Gerald J. Ford Stadium]] on January 7, 2008, Jones was introduced as the new head football coach at [[Southern Methodist University]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/07/br/br5907241368.html | title=Jones introduced as SMU football coach | first=Stephen | last=Tsai | date=January 7, 2008 | work=The Honolulu Advertiser | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110103139/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2008/Jan/07/br/br5907241368.html | archive-date=January 10, 2008 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Dallas Morning News SMU Hires Jones">{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/010808dnsposmulede.1b8fc462.html | title=SMU's search ends with hiring of Jones | date=January 8, 2008 | first=Kate | last=Hairopoulos | work=The Dallas Morning News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080110093347/http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/colleges/topstories/stories/010808dnsposmulede.1b8fc462.html | archive-date=January 10, 2008 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref> He was the school's fifth coach since the NCAA-imposed "[[Death penalty (NCAA)|death penalty]]" in 1987.  Jones signed a five-year contract with SMU, paying him two million dollars annually, and making him the highest-paid coach in [[Conference USA]].<ref name="Dallas Morning News SMU Hires Jones" /> He guided the SMU Mustangs to a 1–11 record in 2008.

On November 28, 2009, Jones coached SMU to a win over [[2009 Tulane Green Wave football team|Tulane]], ending the regular season with a 7–5 record, the most SMU victories in a season since the 1980s. The 2009 season included a win over the defending and eventual repeat C-USA champion, [[2009 East Carolina Pirates football team|East Carolina]]. The 2009 season also saw Jones utilize the ground game more than in recent seasons. Jones led SMU to its third bowl-eligible season, and to its first bowl game ([[2009 Hawai'i Bowl|Hawai'i Bowl]]) since the [[1984 Aloha Bowl]] and the NCAA-imposed death penalty.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120109aaa.html | title=SMU Accepts Sheraton Hawai'i Bowl Invitation | date=December 1, 2009 | website=SMU Mustangs | access-date=September 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204090227/http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/120109aaa.html | archive-date=December 4, 2009}}</ref>  SMU defeated [[2009 Nevada Wolf Pack football team|Nevada]], 45–10, to finish the season 8–5.  As in 1999, Jones coached his team to the most improved record in Division I football.

In 2010, Jones coached the Mustangs to a .500 season. The Mustangs went 7–7 overall with a conference record of 6–2, helping them clinch the C-USA Western title. The team beat the previous year's C-USA champion, [[2010 East Carolina Pirates football team|East Carolina]], in overtime in the final regular-season game but lost the [[2010 Conference USA Football Championship Game|Conference USA Championship Game]] in [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando]] to [[2010 UCF Knights football team|UCF]] the next week. Jones and the Mustangs went to their second consecutive bowl game, the [[2010 Armed Forces Bowl|Armed Forces Bowl]], losing to the [[2010 Army Black Knights football team|Army Black Knights]], 16–14. The game was played at SMU's [[Gerald J. Ford Stadium]] because the game's normal venue, [[Texas Christian University]]'s [[Amon G. Carter Stadium]], was undergoing renovation.

On September 8, 2014, Jones stepped down as coach of the Mustangs, citing "personal issues".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/11490096/june-jones-resigns-smu-mustangs-coach | title=June Jones resigns as SMU Mustangs coach | date=September 8, 2014 | agency=Associated Press | website=ESPN.com}}</ref> Jones led the Mustangs to four straight bowl appearances before finishing 5–7 in the school's first season as a member of the AAC and starting the 2014 season 0–2, losing by a combined total of 88–6.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/_/id/2567/smu-mustangs| title = SMU Mustangs College Football - SMU News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More - ESPN}}</ref>

While at SMU, he was publicly questioned about the number of players on the team from outside of Texas, and for a lack of recruiting.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/kevin-sherrington/20140908-sherrington-june-jones-brought-smu-back-from-death-but-couldn-t-compete-with-big-boys.ece | title=Sherrington: June Jones brought SMU back to life, but couldn't compete with big boys | first=Kevin | last=Sherrington | date=September 8, 2014 | work=The Dallas Morning News | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025052320/http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/kevin-sherrington/20140908-sherrington-june-jones-brought-smu-back-from-death-but-couldn-t-compete-with-big-boys.ece | archive-date=October 25, 2014 | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/ex-smu-coach-june-jones-school-not-doing-enough-to-help-student-athletes-academically.html/ | title=Ex-SMU coach June Jones: School not doing enough to help student-athletes academically | first=E.J. | last=Holland | date=October 29, 2014 | work=The Dallas Morning News | access-date=September 8, 2022 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101215526/http://collegesportsblog.dallasnews.com/2014/10/ex-smu-coach-june-jones-school-not-doing-enough-to-help-student-athletes-academically.html/ | archive-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>  SMU won 1 game in 2014 and 2 games in 2015 with the players Jones had recruited.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fbschedules.com/2014-smu-football-schedule/|title=2014 SMU Football Schedule|website=FBSchedules.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fbschedules.com/2015-smu-football-schedule/|title=2015 SMU Football Schedule|website=FBSchedules.com}}</ref>

===High school football===
After interviewing for the vacant coaching job at Hawaii, Jones was hired as the offensive coordinator at [[Kapolei High School]] in January 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/sports/sports-breaking/former-uh-coach-june-jones-to-be-offensive-coordinator-at-kapolei-high-school/|title=Former UH coach June Jones to be offensive coordinator at Kapolei|work=Honolulu Star Advertiser|first=Billy|last=Hull|date=January 9, 2016|access-date=January 9, 2016}}</ref> In December 2016, Jones was named director of athletics at [[Saint Louis School]] and the door was left open for him to step into the football coach's job, if it opened.<ref>{{cite web | last=Lewis | first=Ferd | title=June Jones to oversee athletics at Saint Louis School | website=Honolulu Star-Advertiser | date=2016-12-02 | url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2016/12/02/sports/sports-breaking/june-jones-joins-saint-louis-school-as-athletic-director/ | access-date=2025-07-04}}</ref>

===CFL===
On August 2, 2017, the [[Hamilton Tiger-Cats]] hired Jones as an assistant coach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2017/08/02/austin-ticats-add-june-jones-assistant-head-coach/|title=Austin, Ticats add June Jones as assistant head coach|date=August 2, 2017|website=CFL.ca|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> He was hired after the team had lost their first five regular-season games, the last of which was a 60–1 blowout. On August 24, 2017, he was named interim head coach, after [[Kent Austin]] stepped down to focus on his duties as vice-president of Football Operations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cfl.ca/2017/08/24/austin-appoints-june-jones-head-coach/|title=Austin hands over head coaching duties to June Jones|date=August 24, 2017|website=CFL.ca|access-date=August 25, 2017}}</ref> The team was 0–8 at the time Jones was appointed head coach.

He quickly became embroiled in controversy when he attempted to get his longtime friend and former [[Baylor University]] coach [[Art Briles]] hired as an assistant. Briles had been fired from Baylor for his actions in connection with a [[Baylor University sexual assault scandal|major sexual assault scandal]] at the school. Following a media firestorm, the team reversed the decision to hire Briles.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

As head coach, Jones led the Tiger-Cats to a respectable 6–4 record over the ten games that remained in the [[2017 CFL season|2017 season]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/2017/11/04/tiger-cats-have-reasons-for-optimism-after-ending-season-with-6-4-run.html|title=Tiger-Cats have reasons for optimism after ending season with 6–4 run|last=Phillips|first=Carol|date=November 4, 2017|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=November 6, 2017|language=en-CA|issn=0319-0781}}</ref> Because of this, the Tiger-Cats removed the "interim" tag and retained Jones as head coach for the next three seasons.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cfl.ca/2017/12/04/ticats-remove-interim-tag-head-coach-june-jones/ | 
title=June in December: Ticats retain Jones as head coach | date=December 4, 2017 | website=CFL.ca | access-date=September 8, 2022}}</ref>

After an 8–10 season in 2018 (which included a playoff berth), Jones agreed to step aside for the highly sought-after [[Orlondo Steinauer]] to take over as head coach. Jones initially intended to stay on in 2019 as associate head coach and offensive coordinator but departed May 13, 2019. His record as a CFL head coach is 14–14.

===XFL===
On May 20, 2019, the XFL confirmed it had hired Jones to serve as its Houston franchise's head coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/26788144/june-jones-named-xfl-houston-club-coach-gm|title=June Jones named XFL Houston club's coach/GM|work=ESPN|date=May 20, 2019|access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

For the [[2023 XFL season]], Jones signed on as the offensive coordinator for [[Jim Haslett]]'s coaching staff,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seifert |first=Kevin |date=June 9, 2022 |title=Longtime NFL DC Williams among XFL assistants |url=https://www.espn.com/xfl/story/_/id/34063138/long-nfl-defensive-coordinator-gregg-williams-heads-xfl-first-batch-assistant-coach-hires |access-date=June 21, 2022 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> with Jones stating that he and Haslett would be coaching the [[Seattle Sea Dragons]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rachuk |first=Stephan |date=April 26, 2022 |title=June Jones Set to Return to XFL a OC of Seattle Franchise |url=https://xflnewsroom.com/news/june-jones-set-to-return-to-the-xfl-a-oc-of-seattle-franchise/ |access-date=April 26, 2022 |website=XFL Newsroom |language=en-US}}</ref> He resigned on July 1, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lyons |first=Matt |date=September 8, 2023 |title=EXCLUSIVE: June Jones Likely Will Not Return As Seattle Sea Dragons OC In 2024 |url=https://xflnewshub.com/xfl-news/seattle-dragons/exclusive-june-jones-likely-will-not-return-as-seattle-sea-dragons-oc-in-2024/ |access-date=September 9, 2023 |website=xflnewshub.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

==Coaching style==
As an American collegiate coach, Jones's offenses rarely run the ball, favoring a wide-open, pass-heavy offense, the [[run and shoot offense|run and shoot]] approach; however, in 2010 sophomore tailback [[Zach Line]] rushed for over 1,450 yards in 14 games, making him the 11th best rusher in the FBS. Jones is also notable for never holding full-contact practices.<ref name="g244">{{cite web | last=Steinberg | first=Leigh | title=Action Points To Combat The Specter Of Athletic Concussions | website=Forbes | date=August 1, 2017 | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/leighsteinberg/2017/08/01/the-spectre-of-athletic-concussion-action-points-part-iii/#592e0da61d8b | access-date=September 16, 2024}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
On June 30, 2023, at age 70, Jones was arrested in Honolulu under suspicion of driving while under the influence of alcohol.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tsai |first=Stephen |date=July 1, 2023 |title=Former UH football coach June Jones arrested for alleged DUI |url=https://www.staradvertiser.com/2023/07/01/sports/sports-breaking/former-uh-football-coach-june-jones-arrested-for-alleged-dui/ |access-date=July 4, 2023 |website=Honolulu Star-Advisor}}</ref>

==Head coaching record==
===College===
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[Hawaii Warriors football|Hawaii Warriors]]
 | conf      = [[Western Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 1999
 | endyear   = 2007
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[1999 NCAA Division I-A football season|1999]]
 | name         = [[1999 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 9–4
 | conference   = 5–2
 | confstanding = T–1st
 | bowlname     = [[1999 Oahu Bowl|Oahu]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2000 NCAA Division I-A football season|2000]]
 | name         = [[2000 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 3–9
 | conference   = 2–6
 | confstanding = T–6th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2001 NCAA Division I-A football season|2001]]
 | name         = [[2001 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 9–3
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2002 NCAA Division I-A football season|2002]]
 | name         = [[2002 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 10–4
 | conference   = 7–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = [[2002 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | ranking      = 24
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2003 NCAA Division I-A football season|2003]]
 | name         = [[2003 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 9–5
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = T–4th
 | bowlname     = [[2003 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2004 NCAA Division I-A football season|2004]]
 | name         = [[2004 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = [[2004 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2005 NCAA Division I-A football season|2005]]
 | name         = [[2005 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 5–7
 | conference   = 4–4
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  =
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | year         = [[2006 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2006]]
 | name         = [[2006 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 11–3
 | conference   = 7–1
 | confstanding = 2nd
 | bowlname     = [[2006 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 24
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | year         = [[2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2007]]
 | name         = [[2007 Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii]]
 | overall      = 12–1
 | conference   = 8–0
 | confstanding = 1st
 | bowlname     = [[2008 Sugar Bowl|Sugar]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | bcsbowl      = yes
 | ranking      = 17
 | ranking2     = 19
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Hawaii
 | overall    = 76–41
 | confrecord = 47–24
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]]
 | conf      = [[Conference USA]]
 | startyear = 2008
 | endyear = 2012
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | year         = [[2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2008]]
 | name         = [[2008 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 1–11
 | conference   = 0–8
 | confstanding = 6th <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2009]]
 | name         = [[2009 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2009 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = division
 | year         = [[2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2010]]
 | name         = [[2010 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 7–7
 | conference   = 6–2
 | confstanding = T–1st <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2010 Armed Forces Bowl|Armed Forces]]
 | bowloutcome  = L
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2011]]
 | name         = [[2011 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 8–5
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = 3rd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2012 BBVA Compass Bowl|BBVA Compass]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2012]]
 | name         = [[2012 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 7–6
 | conference   = 5–3
 | confstanding = 2nd <small>(West)</small>
 | bowlname     = [[2012 Hawaii Bowl|Hawaii]]
 | bowloutcome  = W
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name      = [[SMU Mustangs football|SMU Mustangs]]
 | conf      = [[American Athletic Conference]]
 | startyear = 2013
 | endyear   = 2014
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2013]]
 | name         = [[2013 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 5–7
 | conference   = 4–4 
 | confstanding = 5th
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship =
 | year         = [[2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season|2014]]
 | name         = [[2014 SMU Mustangs football team|SMU]]
 | overall      = 0–2 {{#tag:ref|Resigned on September 8, 2014. Defensive coordinator [[Tom Mason (American football)|Tom Mason]] served as interim head coach for the final 10 games of the season.|group="n"}}
 | conference   = 0–0
 | confstanding = 10th 
 | bowlname     = 
 | bowloutcome  = 
 | ranking      = 
 | ranking2     = 
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = SMU
 | overall    = 36–43
 | confrecord = 26–22
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
 | overall   = 112–84
 | yearstart = 2007
 | yearend   = 2007
 | poll      = two
 | polltype  = 
}}

===Notes===
{{Reflist|group="n"}}

===NFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won !!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!!Won!!Lost!!Win %!!Result
|-
![[1994 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]||[[1994 NFL season|1994]]
|7||9||0||.438||3rd in NFC West|| – || – || – || –
|- style="background:#fdd;"
![[1995 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]||[[1995 NFL season|1995]]
|9||7||0||.563||'''2nd in NFC West'''||0||1||.000||<small>'''Lost to [[Green Bay Packers]] in [[NFL playoffs, 1995-96|NFC Wild Card Round]]'''</small>
|-
![[1996 Atlanta Falcons season|ATL]]||[[1996 NFL season|1996]]
|3||13||0||.188||4th in NFC West|| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|Atlanta Total ||19||29||0||.396|| ||0||1||.000||
|-
![[1998 San Diego Chargers season|SD]] †||[[1998 NFL season|1998]]
|3||7||0||.300||'''5th in [[AFC West]]'''|| – || – || – || –
|-
! colspan="2"|San Diego Total ||3||7||0||.300|| ||0||0||.000||
|-
! colspan="2"|Total ||22||36||0||.348|| ||0||1||.000||
|}
<small>† '''Became interim head coach when [[Kevin Gilbride]] was fired after the sixth game of the season'''</small>

===CFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !!  Result
|-
![[2017 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|HAM]]||[[2017 CFL season|2017]]
||6||4||0||.600|| 3rd in East Division || – || – || Missed Playoffs
|-style="background:#fdd;"
![[2018 Hamilton Tiger-Cats season|HAM]]||[[2018 CFL season|2018]]
||8||10||0||.444|| 2nd in East Division || 1 || 1 || Lost in Eastern Final
|- 
! colspan="2"|'''Total'''
||'''14'''||'''14'''||'''0'''||'''.500'''||'''0 Division<br />Championships'''|| '''1''' || '''1''' ||'''0 Grey Cups'''
|}

===XFL===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="5"|Regular season !! colspan="4"|Postseason
|-
!Won!!Lost!!Ties!!Win %!!Finish!! Won !! Lost !! Win % !! Result
|-<!-- !style="background:"-->
![[2020 Houston Roughnecks season|HOU]]||[[2020 XFL season|2020]]
||5||0||0||1.000||TBD|| 0 || 0 || .000 || TBD
|-
! colspan="2"|Total||5||0||0||1.000|||| 0 || 0 || .000 || 
|}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.JuneJonesFoundation.org June Jones Foundation] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513045553/http://www.junejonesfoundation.org/ |date=May 13, 2007 }}
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