coordinator at Kapolei High School in January 2016. In December 2016, Jones was named director of athletics at Saint Louis School and the door was left open for him to step into the football coach's job, if it opened. CFL On August 2, 2017, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats hired Jones as an assistant coach. His hiring came after the team lost their first five regular season games of the season (the last of which was a 60–1 blowout). On August 24, 2017, the Ti-Cats named June the new head coach, after Kent Austin stepped down to focus on his duties as vice-president of Football Operations. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats were 0–8 at the time Jones was appointed to head coach. Jones quickly became embroiled in controversy when he attempted to hire his longtime friend and former Baylor University coach Art Briles as an assistant. Briles had been fired from Baylor for his actions in connection with a major sexual assault scandal at the school. Following a media firestorm, the team reversed the decision to hire Briles. After taking over, Jones led the Ti-Cats to a respectable 6–4 record for the remainder of the 2017 season. Because of this, the Tiger-Cats removed the interim tag and retained Jones as their Head Coach for the next three seasons. After an 8–10 season in 2018 (which included a playoff berth), Jones agreed to step aside for the highly sought after Orlando Steinauer to take over as head coach moving forward. Jones initially intended to stay on in 2019 as associate head coach and offensive coordinator but departed May 13, 2019. His record as a CFL head coach is 14–14. XFL On May 20, 2019, the XFL confirmed it had hired Jones to serve as its Houston franchise's head coach. For the 2023 XFL season, Jones signed on as the offensive coordinator for Jim Haslett's coaching staff, with Jones stating that he and Haslett would be coaching the Seattle Sea Dragons. Coaching style As an American collegiate coach, Jones's offenses rarely run the ball, favoring a wide-open, pass-heavy offense, the run and shoot approach; however, in 2010 sophomore tailback Zach Line rushed for over 1,450 yards in 14 games, making him the 11th best rusher in the FBS. Jones is also notable for never holding full-contact practices. Head coaching record College Notes NFL † Became interim head coach when Kevin Gilbride was fired after the sixth