Jason Jones - Assistant Coach (Defensive Backs) - Staff Directory

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Jason Jones

Title:
Assistant Coach (Defensive Backs)
Phone:
205-348-3600

Personal Information

Hometown: Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Education: Alabama, 2001; Alabama, 2005
Spouse: Kysha
Children: Andrew, Jace, Jarah, Jathan
Birthday: November 13

Coaching Experience

2025-present: Alabama, ADB
2023-24: North Carolina, CB
2020-22: Indiana, S
2019: FAU, CB
2018: Ole Miss, Co-DC/S
2017: Ole Miss, Co-DC/DB
2013-16: Ole Miss, Co-DC/CB
2008-12: Oklahoma State, CB
2007: Tulsa, STC/CB
2006: Rice, CB
2005: Tulsa, CB
2003-04: Alabama, GA

Playing Experience

1997-2000: Alabama, DB

University of Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer officially added Jason Jones to the Crimson Tide staff in January of 2025. Jones was hired as the assistant defensive backs coach.

A 20-plus year coaching veteran, Jones has spent his entire career in the secondary in addition to six seasons of defensive coordinator experience. Over that time, he has mentored nine first team all-conference honorees and 20 total all-conference selections, in addition to four Jim Thorpe Award semifinalists and one Nagurski Trophy finalist. Jones has also been a part of the coaching staff for five conference championship teams and has coached in 16 total bowl games.

North Carolina - Cornerbacks (2023-24)

Served two seasons at North Carolina as cornerbacks coach from 2023-24
In 2024, Jones helped Alijah Huzzie earn all-conference honors for a second consecutive season
Huzzie highlighted UNC's 2023 cornerback unit that contributed to the Tar Heels' 12 interceptions, its most since 2019

Indiana - Safeties (2020-22)

Spent three seasons as the safeties coach at Indiana from 2020-22
Helped the Hoosiers lead the Big Ten and rank 13th nationally for turnovers gained with 20 in 2020, including a league-high 17 interceptions that finished second in Division I
The IU defense in '20 also led the nation in red zone defense, finished 10th in turnover margin and ranked in the top-25 for scoring and pass efficiency defense
Indiana's secondary in 2020 was led by a pair of All-Big Ten honorees in Jamar Johnson and Devon Mathews

Florida Atlantic - Cornerbacks (2019)

Coached corners at Florida Atlantic during the 2019 campaign
Jones' group was led by Meiko Dotson, who earned first team all-conference accolades and tied for the national lead in interceptions with nine
The FAU defense was top in the nation with 33 takeaways en route to Conference USA and Boca Raton Bowl championships

Ole Miss - Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties (2018) | Co-DC/Defensive Backs (2017) | Co-DC/Cornerbacks (2013-16)

Worked six seasons at Ole Miss from 2013-18, serving as co-defensive coordinator while also focusing on corners (2013-16), defensive backs (2017) and safeties (2018)
His 2015 group tallied four pick-sixes to tie the OM single-season mark that dated back to 1938
Ole Miss finished that campaign ranked second in the SEC with 15 interceptions and third in the league with 23 total turnovers
In 2014, Jones was named the National Defensive Backs Coach of the Year by FootballScoop.com after turning one of the Rebels' most inexperienced groups the previous year into one of the most dominant units in the country
The corners helped Ole Miss lead the nation in scoring defense (16.0 ppg) and fewest touchdowns allowed (24) while forcing an SEC-leading 32 turnovers, good for eighth nationally
A total of 22 of the 32 turnovers were interceptions to lead the conference and rank fifth in Division I in '14
The 2014 defense was highlighted by Nagurski Trophy finalist and consensus first team All-American Senquez Golson, who led the SEC and ranked second nationally with a school-high tying 10 interceptions

Oklahoma State - Cornerbacks (2008-12)

Served as the cornerbacks coach at Oklahoma State for five seasons from 2008-12
The Cowboys accumulated a 49-16 mark during Jones' time in Stillwater
With his assistance, the defense forced 130 turnovers from 2009-12 to rank second in the nation during that span
Jones coached three different corners to first team All-Big 12 honors and a pair of Thorpe Award semifinalists in Brodrick Brown (2011) and Perrish Cox (2009)
Cox led the nation in passes defended per game in 2009 on his way to first team All-America honors with Brown ranking third in the same category in 2011 as part of an OSU defense that led the nation with 44 turnovers
While in Stillwater, Jones also helped develop former high school quarterback Justin Gilbert into the eighth overall pick of the 2014 NFL Draft

Additional Coaching Experience

Worked as the cornerbacks coach and special teams coordinator at Tulsa in 2007
Helped the Golden Hurricane to a 10-4 record, an appearance in the Conference USA title game and a 63-7 win over Bowling Green in the GMAC Bowl
During the 2006 season, he worked as the cornerbacks coach at Rice and helped the Owls to their first bowl appearance in 45 years
In his first stint at Tulsa in 2005, Jones coached the corners and helped UT to a C-USA Championship and bowl berth
With Jones guiding the Tulsa secondary, the defense ranked third nationally in takeaways (36) and interceptions (22) and was 11th in pass efficiency defense along with 17th for pass defense

Playing Career

Earned his undergraduate degree in financial planning from Alabama in 2001 before achieving his master's in sport management in 2005
Began his coaching career at UA where he served as a graduate assistant from 2003-04
As a player, Jones was a three-year letterman at defensive back for the Tide and was a part of three bowl teams, an SEC West title in 1996 and an SEC Championship in 1999