DeWitt Jones
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Jones won a high school state championship in 1973 at Troup High School in Troup, Texas. He is one of two coaches in Texas who has won a state championship on the high school level and a national championship at the college level. In 2005, Jones was inducted into the Abilene Christian Sports Hall of Fame.[3]
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abilene Christian Wildcats (Lone Star Conference) (1977–1978) | |||||||||
| 1977 | Abilene Christian | 11–1–1 | 5–1–1 | T–1st | W NAIA Division I Championship | ||||
| 1978 | Abilene Christian | 7–3 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| Abilene Christian: | 18–4–1 | 10–3–1 | |||||||
| Total: | 18–4–1 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
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- ↑ 2008 Wildcat Football (media guide) Script error: No such module "webarchive". ACU Record Book
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". He and Eugene Toole are the only player/coach combination to ever win a National and State High School championship as a Coach / Player combination.
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