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June Jones, a former college and NFL head coach who spent time at Hawaii and SMU, died at the age of 73 on Thursday, according to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser.
A family friend told the outlet that Jones suffered health issues this year and entered hospice two weeks ago.
Jones was the head coach at Hawaii from 1999-2007. In his nine seasons with the Warriors, Jones posted a 76-41 record and led the team to six bowl games. His best season was in 2007, when the Warriors finished 12-0 in the regular season and lost to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
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After his time in Hawaii ended, he became the head coach at SMU in 2008. He was there until early in the 2014 season and posted a 36-43 record with four consecutive bowl appearances.
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Jones was also the head coach of the Atlanta Falcons from 1994-96 and posted a 19-29 record. The Falcons reached the playoffs in 1995 with a 9-7 record and lost to the Green Bay Packers in the wild-card round.
June Jones Was a College and Pro Football Coach for 40 Years
Jones, who was born in Portland, Oregon, on Feb. 19, 1953, attended Grant High School in Portland before playing college football at Oregon (1971-72), Hawaii (1973-74), and Portland State (1975-76). The former quarterback then joined the NFL and played for the Falcons (1977-81) and the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League (1982).
Once his playing career ended, Jones became the quarterbacks coach at Hawaii in 1983. He then spent time as an assistant coach with the United States Football League's Houston Gamblers (1984) and Denver Gold (1985), the CFL's Ottawa Rough Riders (1986), the Houston Oilers (1987-88), the Detroit Lions (1989-90), the Falcons (1991-93), and the San Diego Chargers (1998).
In 2016, Jones was the offensive coordinator at Kapolei High School in Hawaii. He then became the head coach of the CFL's Hamilton Tiger-Cats (2017-18) and the XFL's Houston Roughnecks (2020). In 2023, Jones was named offensive coordinator of the XFL's Seattle Sea Dragons. He resigned in July of that year.
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