- June 19th, 2006, 9:56 pm
#18580
this is a weird twist. as BSC drops to DIII, they add football. the travel expenses will be a killer with trips to texas, indiana, kentucky, colorado and the closest mississippi. i know they will not be giving schollies, but it just does not make sense. i will say that the league they are joining has a powerhouse in trinity of texas. they are a DIII playoff contender yearly.
Mountain Brook’s Jones tabbed to revive BSC football
6/19/2006 12:26:05 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham-Southern College announced today the hiring of Joey Jones as head football coach, reviving a program that has remained dormant since 1939.
Widely considered as one of the top coaches in the Alabama high school ranks, Jones fashioned a 13-year career record of 125-38. Jones compiled a 101-27 ledger over the past 10 years at Birmingham’s Mountain Brook High School, a program that had nine consecutive losing seasons prior to his arrival. Jones directed the Spartans to a playoff berth in each of his 10 seasons, including a Class 6A State Championship runner-up finish in 1996, a pair of semifinal appearances (2002, 2004), three quarterfinal appearances (1998, 1999, 2003) and four region titles (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003).
Prior to his stint at MBHS, Jones registered a 24-11 mark in three seasons at Dora High School.
A Mobile, Ala., native, Jones was an All-SEC wide receiver for legendary head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant at the University of Alabama from 1980-83. He was selected to Alabama’s All-Decade team for the 1980s and ranks third on the Crimson Tide’s all-time touchdown reception chart. Jones played professionally for the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.
BSC, the newest member of NCAA Division III’s Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, is expected to begin play on the gridiron in the fall of 2007.
“We felt that the best coach and the best person to start our new football program and lead us into Division III competition was right here in Birmingham,” said BSC President Dr. David Pollick. “Joey Jones has excelled as a college player and he has excelled as a coach, and Birmingham-Southern is excited that he has accepted the challenge of bringing exciting and successful football back to our campus.”
In identifying the best coach to lead our football program, our first and only choice was Joey Jones,” BSC Athletics Director Joe Dean, Jr., said. “Joey was an overachiever as a player and brought that competitive spirit to his coaching. We are all very excited that he has chosen to build our program to one that I know will be of championship quality in the years ahead.”
Jones and his wife, Elise, have three children, Joe, 20, Jake, 18 and Caroline, 11.
Prior to World War II, BSC competed in football for 22 seasons from 1918-39, recording an all-time mark of 87-80-16. The Panthers were Dixie Conference Champions in 1932, 1934 and 1937.
The ’34 Panthers turned in the school’s most successful season, winning the Dixie Conference title with a perfect 9-0 mark, which included a season-opening 7-0 win over Auburn. BSC won its final two games in ’39, including a 9-6 win over arch-rival Howard College (now Samford) in the season finale.
Jones becomes the fifth coach in Panther football history, joining Baby Haynes (1918), Charlie Brown (1919-1923), Harold "Red" Drew (1924-27) and the all-time winningest coach in BSC history, Jenks Gillem (1928-39). Gillem was 51-43-8 in 12 seasons.
Mountain Brook’s Jones tabbed to revive BSC football
6/19/2006 12:26:05 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Birmingham-Southern College announced today the hiring of Joey Jones as head football coach, reviving a program that has remained dormant since 1939.
Widely considered as one of the top coaches in the Alabama high school ranks, Jones fashioned a 13-year career record of 125-38. Jones compiled a 101-27 ledger over the past 10 years at Birmingham’s Mountain Brook High School, a program that had nine consecutive losing seasons prior to his arrival. Jones directed the Spartans to a playoff berth in each of his 10 seasons, including a Class 6A State Championship runner-up finish in 1996, a pair of semifinal appearances (2002, 2004), three quarterfinal appearances (1998, 1999, 2003) and four region titles (1996, 1999, 2002, 2003).
Prior to his stint at MBHS, Jones registered a 24-11 mark in three seasons at Dora High School.
A Mobile, Ala., native, Jones was an All-SEC wide receiver for legendary head coach Paul “Bear” Bryant at the University of Alabama from 1980-83. He was selected to Alabama’s All-Decade team for the 1980s and ranks third on the Crimson Tide’s all-time touchdown reception chart. Jones played professionally for the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons.
BSC, the newest member of NCAA Division III’s Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, is expected to begin play on the gridiron in the fall of 2007.
“We felt that the best coach and the best person to start our new football program and lead us into Division III competition was right here in Birmingham,” said BSC President Dr. David Pollick. “Joey Jones has excelled as a college player and he has excelled as a coach, and Birmingham-Southern is excited that he has accepted the challenge of bringing exciting and successful football back to our campus.”
In identifying the best coach to lead our football program, our first and only choice was Joey Jones,” BSC Athletics Director Joe Dean, Jr., said. “Joey was an overachiever as a player and brought that competitive spirit to his coaching. We are all very excited that he has chosen to build our program to one that I know will be of championship quality in the years ahead.”
Jones and his wife, Elise, have three children, Joe, 20, Jake, 18 and Caroline, 11.
Prior to World War II, BSC competed in football for 22 seasons from 1918-39, recording an all-time mark of 87-80-16. The Panthers were Dixie Conference Champions in 1932, 1934 and 1937.
The ’34 Panthers turned in the school’s most successful season, winning the Dixie Conference title with a perfect 9-0 mark, which included a season-opening 7-0 win over Auburn. BSC won its final two games in ’39, including a 9-6 win over arch-rival Howard College (now Samford) in the season finale.
Jones becomes the fifth coach in Panther football history, joining Baby Haynes (1918), Charlie Brown (1919-1923), Harold "Red" Drew (1924-27) and the all-time winningest coach in BSC history, Jenks Gillem (1928-39). Gillem was 51-43-8 in 12 seasons.
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