Football: Rodriguez Names WR Coach
January 18, 2005 03:20 PM | General
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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Butch Jones has joined the West Virginia University football staff, head coach Rich Rodriguez announced today. Jones, who begins his duties Friday, will serve as assistant coach for the Mountaineer wide receivers.
Jones comes to WVU from Central Michigan, where he served as offensive coordinator and running backs coach for the past three years. He spent seven seasons total on the Chippewa staff; Jones was the tight ends coach in 1998 and wide receivers coach in 1999 before taking charge of the running backs.
Jones spent three seasons from 1995-97 (two as offensive coordinator) at his alma mater Ferris State; during that time, FSU won two Midwestern Intercollegiate Football Championships and advanced to the Division II semifinals in 1995.
Jones worked within the Tampa Bay Buccaneers organization as an intern from 1987-90 and began his college coaching career as a graduate assistant at Rutgers from 1990-92. He served as the offensive coordinator at Wilkes University from 1992-95 before returning to Ferris.
“We’re very excited to have Butch Jones join the Mountaineer family,” says Rodriguez. “He has experience as a coordinator at the I-A level working with a similar offense, and he has recruiting experience in key areas we look to focus on in the future. We look forward to his arrival later this week.”
A 1990 graduate of Ferris State with a bachelor’s degree in business administration, he earned two letters in football before suffering a career-ending knee injury. A native of Saugatuck, Mich., Jones and his wife Barbara have two sons, Alex and Adam.
