June Jones’s Retirement, and the Lasting Influence and Likely End of the Run-and-Shoot Offense

Posted Sep 23, 2014
The anticlimactic end to his time at SMU shouldn’t diminish what Jones has accomplished over the course of his career. A longtime NFL assistant and head coach with the Houston Oilers, Atlanta Falcons,1 and San Diego Chargers, Jones’s second act was to become one of college football’s best turnaround artists — first with Hawaii and then with SMU. (Grantland.com)

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