(1968-01-17) January 17, 1968 (age 56) Saugatuck, Michigan, U.S.[1]
Playing career
1987–1989
Ferris State
Position(s)
Running back, wide receiver, cornerback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1989
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (intern)
1990–1992
Rutgers (GA)
1993–1994
Wilkes (OC)
1995
Ferris State (RB)
1996–1997
Ferris State (OC)
1998
Central Michigan (TE)
1999
Central Michigan (WR)
2000
Central Michigan (RB)
2001–2003
Central Michigan (OC)
2004
Central Michigan (RB)
2005–2006
West Virginia (WR)
2007–2009
Central Michigan
2010–2012
Cincinnati
2013–2017
Tennessee
2018–2019
Alabama (OA)
2021–present
Arkansas State
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2020
Alabama (asst. to HC)
Head coaching record
Overall
95–80
Bowls
4–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MAC (2007, 2009) 2 Big East (2011, 2012)
Awards
Big East Coach of the Year (2011)
Lyle Allen "Butch" Jones Jr. (born January 17, 1968) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Arkansas State University. Jones previously served as a special assistant to the head coach and offensive analyst at the University of Alabama from 2018 to 2020, the head coach at the University of Tennessee from 2013 to 2017, the University of Cincinnati from 2010 to 2012 and Central Michigan University from 2007 to 2009. A Michigan native, he played college football at Ferris State University as a running back and wide receiver.[2]
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