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Post by wvumaryjane on Dec 26, 2007 22:22:37 GMT -5
Its actually becoming a really exciting game... 41 all but they keep Chatting up the coaching Situation with WVU and apparently Butch Jones has a second interview at WVU tomorrow. and Jones was PISSED that interaction had made it public prior to this game
Butch Jones for Head Coach? What are your thoughts?
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Post by mountaineerinpa on Dec 26, 2007 23:13:39 GMT -5
I am impressed with him, he needs to find anothr d coor if he comes to Motown. This is the 2nd game ive seen him coach in, I watched the MAC championship game and I like him and think he would do ok in Touchdown city with a new D.
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Post by rainman on Dec 27, 2007 9:54:21 GMT -5
from the web site of central michigan:
Butch Jones
01/10/2007
Over the past two seasons, Butch Jones has been a part of back-to-back 11-win campaigns, New Year’s Day bowl victories, and top-10 final rankings. Now, he plans to translate that success to his new role as head coach at Central Michigan University.
“I am excited to have Butch Jones leading our football program,” said director of athletics Dave Heeke. “Butch has all the skills to be a highly successful head coach. He will provide the leadership necessary to help take our program to the next level—winning consistently and competing for championships on an annual basis.”
A native of Michigan and a former offensive coordinator at CMU, Jones returns to Mount Pleasant after spending the 2005 and 2006 seasons as an assistant coach at West Virginia University. The Mountaineers, ranked 10th in the final Associated Press Top 25, rallied for a 38-35 victory over Georgia Tech in the Gator Bowl on New Year’s Day. West Virginia, employing a spread offensive attack, ranked second in Division I-A in rushing offense (303.0 ypg), third in scoring offense (38.9 ppg) and fifth in total offense (461.4 ypg).
The 2005 Mountaineers finished 11-1 overall, capping their season with a 38-35 victory over Georgia in the Sugar Bowl and climbing to fifth in the final Associated Press Top 25. WVU scored at least 38 points in five of the final six games.
Jones, whose primary responsibility was coaching the WVU wide receivers, worked directly with Brandon Myles and Darius Reynaud during the 2005 and 2006 seasons. Myles concluded his career in 2006 with 13 touchdown catches, ninth-most in West Virginia history; 11 of his 13 came in the past two years with Jones as his position coach. Myles caught eight touchdown passes as a senior, tied for the fourth-most in a single season at West Virginia. Reynaud, meanwhile, earned All-Big East second team honors after leading WVU in receptions and receiving yards in 2006.
Jones spent a total of 11 seasons as an assistant at the Division I-A level. He served as the offensive coordinator at three different schools, spanning eight seasons, and worked directly with 24 all-conference selections in 15 years as a full-time position coach.
Jones filled a variety of roles during his first stint at CMU (1998-2004), including serving as offensive coordinator from 2001-03. The Chippewas averaged just 271.5 yards per game and 12.5 points per game in 2000; in 2001, Jones’ first season directing the offense, those averages jumped to 379.5 yards per game and 22.8 points per game, respectively. He coached three different running backs who earned All-Mid-American Conference first team or second team honors.
Jones also helped recruit CMU’s two returning starters in the offensive backfield: 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year and all-conference first team quarterback Dan LeFevour and running back Ontario Sneed, the team’s leading rusher each of his first two seasons.
“It’s an honor and a privilege to be the head football coach at Central Michigan University,” Jones said. “It’s a program that now has national prominence, and along with that, a program that has the support of the administration, faculty, students, and alumni.
“Growing up in Michigan, going to school in the state, and now being the head coach at CMU, it’s obviously very exciting,” he added. “I’ve recruited in Michigan throughout my entire coaching career, and I look forward to working with the high school coaches all across the state as the head coach at CMU. Having spent seven years here previously, my family and I are very excited to be making Mount Pleasant our home again.”
A 1990 graduate of Ferris State University where he was a two-year letterman on the football team, Jones broke into the coaching ranks while still an undergraduate by serving as intern for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987-89. Upon graduation, he spent the 1990-92 seasons as a graduate assistant at Rutgers University before taking over as the offensive coordinator at Wilkes University in 1993. He directed an offense at Wilkes that led the Middle Atlantic Conference in both scoring offense and total offense in 1993, a season in which it won a conference title and qualified for the NCAA Division III Playoffs.
Jones returned to his alma mater in 1995 as a running backs coach, only to be promoted to offensive coordinator for the 1996 season. The Bulldogs, while leading the Midwestern Intercollegiate Football Conference in total offense and scoring offense, won a second consecutive MIFC championship in 1996 and advanced to the NCAA Division II Quarterfinals.
Jones, 39, and his wife Barb are the parents of three children: Alex (10), Adam (6) and Andrew (born January 3, 2007).
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Post by smurph on Dec 27, 2007 13:03:27 GMT -5
I lost count, but I believe Andre Ware mentioned the fact that Jones is a potential candidate for the WVU job at least 15 times. Don't want to be overly critical of the announcers, but he is one of the worst.
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Post by mountaineerinpa on Dec 27, 2007 17:12:09 GMT -5
I didnt even attempt to count the number of times they mentioned him as being a candidate but geez it was alot. It was like his own personl lobbying for the job knowing WVU officials were watching.
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