Butch Jones has taken the program reigns as the Red Wolves’
years to lead Tennessee to back-to-back nine-win
31st all-time head football coach, following the departure of Blake
seasons, and he led Cincinnati and Central Michigan
Anderson to be head coach at Utah State.
to four conference championships over a six-year period. Butch has also worked with one of the most-well-respected coaches
Not only does Jones bring 11 years of head-coaching experience
in history in Nick Saban the last three years at Alabama. Our
at the NCAA FBS level after previous stops leading programs at
candidate pool was fantastic, but following extensive and positive
Tennessee (2013-17), Cincinnati (2010-12) and Central Michigan (2017-
conversations with Butch, while also looking at his winning history,
09), he also spent the last three seasons (2018-20) working as part of
coaching and leadership abilities and vision for our program, we
Nick Saban’s staff at national champion Alabama.
became confident he was the clear choice to be our next head coach.”
Jones is very appreciative of the A-State alumni who support the
Jones was formally introduced during a news conference Dec. 16 in
athletes and the football program, and he is looking forward to seeing
the Centennial Bank Athletics Operations Center.
Red Wolves fans filling Centennial Bank Stadium once again. “It is truly an honor and privilege to be the head football coach at During his 11 seasons as a head coach, his teams combined to win
Arkansas State University,” said Jones. “It is a position that I take
four conference championships, played in eight bowl games and
great pride in, and I look forward to connecting with our student-
finished ranked in the AP Top 25 five times. He coached a combined
athletes to build upon the strong tradition of excellence both on and
77 all-conference honorees and 27 NFL Draft picks, including All-Pro
off the field of play. I am extremely grateful to Terry Mohajir, Dr.
selections Alvin Kamara, Travis Kelce and Antonio Brown.
(Kelly) Damphousse and Dr. (Chuck) Welch for trusting me to be the caretaker of Arkansas State football.”
“Butch Jones’ outstanding record of success at both the G5 and P5 levels is evident, and we’re excited to having him leading our football
In addition to working as a special assistant at Alabama this season,
program into the future,” said Terry Mohajir, former vice chancellor
he also was an offensive analyst for the program in 2018 and 2019 as
for intercollegiate athletics. “He is the only coach over the last 12
it compiled a combined 25-3 record.
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