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padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Current position</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Title</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">Head coach</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Team</th><td class="infobox-data note"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Conference</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Record</th><td class="infobox-data">18–30</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Biographical details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-01-17</span>) </span>January 17, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 56)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Saugatuck,_Michigan" title="Saugatuck, Michigan">Saugatuck, Michigan</a>, U.S.<sup id="cite_ref-Press_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Press-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Playing career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1987–1989</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_Bulldogs_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferris State Bulldogs football">Ferris State</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Position(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">Running back</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cornerback" title="Cornerback">cornerback</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Coaching career (<a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach"><span style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;">HC</span></a> unless noted)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1987–1989</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> (intern)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1990–1992</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a> (<a href="/wiki/Graduate_assistant" title="Graduate assistant">GA</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1993–1994</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Wilkes_Colonels_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Wilkes Colonels football">Wilkes</a> (<a href="/wiki/Offensive_coordinator" title="Offensive coordinator">OC</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1995</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_Bulldogs_football" class="mw-redirect" title="Ferris State Bulldogs football">Ferris State</a> (RB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1996–1997</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Ferris State (OC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1998</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan</a> (TE)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">1999</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Central Michigan (WR)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2000</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Central Michigan (RB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2001–2003</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Central Michigan (OC)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2004</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Central Michigan (RB)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2005–2006</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_Mountaineers_football" title="West Virginia Mountaineers football">West Virginia</a> (WR)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2007–2009</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Central Michigan</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2010–2012</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2013–2017</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">Tennessee</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2018–2020</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_Football" class="mw-redirect" title="Alabama Crimson Tide Football">Alabama</a> (OA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2021–present</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><span class="nowrap">Administrative career (<a href="/wiki/Athletic_director" title="Athletic director"><span style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;">AD</span></a> unless noted)</span></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap; padding: 0 1px;">2020</th><td class="infobox-data" style="padding: 0 1px;">Alabama (asst. to HC)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;">Head coaching record</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Overall</th><td class="infobox-data">102–84</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bowls</th><td class="infobox-data">4–3</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:#FFFFFF;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; padding-left:0.3em; padding-right:0.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546">Accomplishments and honors</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Championships</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;">2 <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> (2007, 2009)<br />2 <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> (2011, 2012)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align: left;">Awards</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_football_individual_awards#Coach_of_the_Year" title="Big East Conference football individual awards">Big East Coach of the Year</a> (2011)</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Lyle Allen</b> "<b>Butch</b>" <b>Jones Jr.</b> (born January 17, 1968) is an <a href="/wiki/American_football" title="American football">American football</a> coach who is currently the <a href="/wiki/Head_coach" title="Head coach">head coach</a> at <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State University</a>. Jones previously served as a special assistant to the head coach and offensive analyst at the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">University of Alabama</a> from 2018 to 2020, the head coach at the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">University of Tennessee</a> from 2013 to 2017, the <a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">University of Cincinnati</a> from 2010 to 2012 and <a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan University</a> from 2007 to 2009. A <a href="/wiki/Michigan" title="Michigan">Michigan</a> native, he played <a href="/wiki/College_football" title="College football">college football</a> at <a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_University" title="Ferris State University">Ferris State University</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Running_back" title="Running back">running back</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wide_receiver" title="Wide receiver">wide receiver</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Coaching_career">Coaching career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Assistant_coaching_career">Assistant coaching career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Assistant coaching career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From 1987 to 1989, Jones was an intern for the <a href="/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Buccaneers" title="Tampa Bay Buccaneers">Tampa Bay Buccaneers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> (NFL), assisting the staff of head coach <a href="/wiki/Ray_Perkins" title="Ray Perkins">Ray Perkins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon his graduation from <a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_University" title="Ferris State University">Ferris State University</a> in 1990, Jones joined the defensive staff of <a href="/wiki/Rutgers_Scarlet_Knights_football" title="Rutgers Scarlet Knights football">Rutgers</a> as a graduate assistant. The new head coach of Rutgers at that time, <a href="/wiki/Doug_Graber" title="Doug Graber">Doug Graber</a>, had previously worked as the defensive coordinator for the Buccaneers, and was familiar with Jones. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later, Jones took a job as offensive coordinator at <a href="/wiki/Wilkes_University" title="Wilkes University">Wilkes University</a>, helping to guide the team deep into the Division III playoffs.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1995, he returned to his alma mater, <a href="/wiki/Ferris_State_Bulldogs" title="Ferris State Bulldogs">Ferris State</a>, to serve in the offensive coordinator role. He led Ferris State to the top-ranked offense nationally for three straight years.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1998, Jones arrived at Central Michigan, where he coached tight ends for one year, running backs for two more, and was the offensive playcaller from 2002 to 2004. Initially hired as an assistant by head coach <a href="/wiki/Dick_Flynn_(American_football)" title="Dick Flynn (American football)">Dick Flynn</a>, he was retained by new CMU head coaches <a href="/wiki/Mike_DeBord" title="Mike DeBord">Mike DeBord</a> in 2000, and <a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Brian Kelly</a> in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left the school in 2005 to work for <a href="/wiki/Rich_Rodriguez" title="Rich Rodriguez">Rich Rodriguez</a> and coach wide receivers at <a href="/wiki/West_Virginia_University" title="West Virginia University">West Virginia University</a>, helping the school reach back-to-back top 10 seasons.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a 2013 interview with <i>Cityview</i> magazine in <a href="/wiki/Knoxville,_Tennessee" title="Knoxville, Tennessee">Knoxville</a>, Jones listed Perkins, Graber, DeBord, Rodriguez, and Kelly as influences on his coaching career.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Central_Michigan">Central Michigan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Central Michigan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones returned to Central Michigan as head coach in 2007. In his first year, he posted an 8–5 overall record and a 7–1 conference record.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones ended two streaks that had haunted his predecessors. On September 29, 2007, the Chippewas beat Northern Illinois University, which was the first win over Northern Illinois going back to 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On November 6, 2007, CMU beat its chief rival, <a href="/wiki/Western_Michigan_Broncos_football" title="Western Michigan Broncos football">Western Michigan</a>, at its home field of Waldo Stadium for the first time since 1993.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He guided CMU to the <a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">MAC</a> title at <a href="/wiki/Ford_Field" title="Ford Field">Ford Field</a> in Detroit against Miami (Ohio), and led the team to its second consecutive <a href="/wiki/Motor_City_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Motor City Bowl">Motor City Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was only the ninth football coach in Mid-American Conference history to win the championship in his first season. In 2008, a 31–24 loss to Ball State on November 19 derailed the Chippewas' MAC title hopes, but CMU earned a trip to a third consecutive Motor City Bowl.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009, he guided the Chippewas to their third MAC Championship in four years after an 8–0 MAC schedule, the first time in school history the Chippewas went undefeated in the MAC.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CMU completed its run with a 20–10 win against Ohio in the MAC title game at Ford Field.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He left CMU with a 27–13 overall record and 20–3 MAC record. He did not win a bowl game during his time at Central Michigan, though his team won the 2009 bowl game against Troy, 44–41.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cincinnati">Cincinnati</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Cincinnati"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 16, 2009, Jones was named as the head coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Cincinnati" title="University of Cincinnati">University of Cincinnati</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Press_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Press-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He replaced Brian Kelly, who left to become the head coach at <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones had previously replaced Kelly at Central Michigan.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones led the Bearcats to records of 4–8 in 2010<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and 10–3 in 2011,<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including a <a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East</a> championship, a <a href="/wiki/2011_Liberty_Bowl" title="2011 Liberty Bowl">Liberty Bowl</a> victory (31–24 over <a href="/wiki/2011_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team" title="2011 Vanderbilt Commodores football team">Vanderbilt</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he was named Big East Coach of the Year. Also in 2011, Cincinnati was the only program to win both its conference championship as well as the league's team academic award. </p><p>He led the Bearcats to a 9–3 regular season record in 2012, leading them to the <a href="/wiki/Belk_Bowl" class="mw-redirect" title="Belk Bowl">Belk Bowl</a> in <a href="/wiki/Charlotte,_North_Carolina" title="Charlotte, North Carolina">Charlotte</a> to play against <a href="/wiki/Duke_University" title="Duke University">Duke University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Twenty days prior to the bowl game, on December 7, 2012, Jones announced to the team that he would be resigning to accept the job as head coach at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Tennessee" title="University of Tennessee">University of Tennessee</a>, after declining offers from Colorado, Purdue, and others.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was required to pay $1.4 million to buy out his Cincinnati contract extension, signed on January 23, 2012, that went through the 2017 season.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tennessee">Tennessee</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Tennessee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 7, 2012, Jones was hired as the head coach of the <a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">Tennessee Volunteers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones made his coaching debut on August 31, 2013, in <a href="/wiki/Neyland_Stadium" title="Neyland Stadium">Neyland Stadium</a> against the FCS <a href="/wiki/2013_Austin_Peay_Governors_football_team" title="2013 Austin Peay Governors football team">Austin Peay Governors</a>, resulting in a 45–0 Tennessee victory.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tennessee earned its 800th victory in program history and became only the eighth school in the nation to reach that plateau after <a href="/wiki/Michigan_Wolverines_football" title="Michigan Wolverines football">Michigan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Texas_Longhorns_football" title="Texas Longhorns football">Texas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Notre_Dame_Fighting_Irish_football" title="Notre Dame Fighting Irish football">Notre Dame</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football" title="Nebraska Cornhuskers football">Nebraska</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes_football" title="Ohio State Buckeyes football">Ohio State</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Sooners_football" title="Oklahoma Sooners football">Oklahoma</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football" title="Alabama Crimson Tide football">Alabama</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On October 19, 2013, in <a href="/wiki/Neyland_Stadium" title="Neyland Stadium">Neyland Stadium</a>, Jones led the Vols to a win over No. 11 <a href="/wiki/2013_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2013 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina Gamecocks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was widely considered Jones's first signature win. Jones's second signature win came on November 1, 2014, at Williams-Brice Stadium against the <a href="/wiki/2014_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2014 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina Gamecocks</a>. The Vols trailed 42–28 with less than five minutes remaining and came back to win 45–42 in overtime.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With the youngest roster in the FBS in 2014, Jones and the Vols finished the season with a record of 6–6 with bowl eligibility–the best regular season record and the first bowl game appearance the team had since the 2010 season, which was a 6–7 finish.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On January 2, 2015, Jones led Tennessee to their first bowl win since <a href="/wiki/2007_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2007 Tennessee Volunteers football team">2007</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/2015_TaxSlayer_Bowl" title="2015 TaxSlayer Bowl">TaxSlayer Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 2015 season, Jones's team finally defeated No. 19 <a href="/wiki/2015_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a> after five straight losses to the team in their annual <a href="/wiki/Georgia%E2%80%93Tennessee_football_rivalry" title="Georgia–Tennessee football rivalry">rivalry</a>. In most of the first half, the Vols trailed 24–3, until Tennessee came back and put up 28 unanswered points late in the second quarter and all through the third quarter. The Vols won 38–31, giving Jones his third signature win.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To conclude the 2015 season, Jones's Vols defeated the <a href="/wiki/2015_Northwestern_Wildcats_football_team" title="2015 Northwestern Wildcats football team">Northwestern Wildcats</a> by a score of 45–6 on January 1, 2016, in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Outback_Bowl" title="2016 Outback Bowl">Outback Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2016, Jones led the Vols to another 9–4 campaign and second-place finish in the SEC East.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season saw Tennessee snap <a href="/wiki/Florida%E2%80%93Tennessee_football_rivalry" title="Florida–Tennessee football rivalry">rival</a> <a href="/wiki/2016_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2016 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a>'s 11-game winning streak over the Vols with a 38–28 victory on September 24.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following week, the Vols defeated the <a href="/wiki/2016_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2016 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia Bulldogs</a> in dramatic fashion via a game-ending Hail Mary pass by quarterback <a href="/wiki/Joshua_Dobbs" title="Joshua Dobbs">Joshua Dobbs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite these wins, the Vols struggled down the stretch with losses to <a href="/wiki/2016_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2016 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a> and <a href="/wiki/2016_Vanderbilt_Commodores_football_team" title="2016 Vanderbilt Commodores football team">Vanderbilt</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The season finished with a 38–24 victory over <a href="/wiki/2016_Nebraska_Cornhuskers_football_team" title="2016 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team">Nebraska</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2016_Music_City_Bowl" title="2016 Music City Bowl">2016 Music City Bowl</a> on December 30.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While the Volunteers did not win the SEC championship, a proud Jones stated of his senior class: ""They've won the biggest championship – that's the championship of life."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2017, Jones's team saw a significant turnover of starting players, and the results were not positive. After a 42–41 2OT victory over <a href="/wiki/2017_Georgia_Tech_Yellow_Jackets_football_team" title="2017 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team">Georgia Tech</a> in the season opener and a 42–7 win over <a href="/wiki/Indiana_State_Sycamores_football" title="Indiana State Sycamores football">Indiana State</a>, the season started to shift downward.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the annual rivalry game against <a href="/wiki/2017_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2017 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a>, a last-second 26–20 loss on a game-winning Hail Mary from quarterback <a href="/wiki/Feleipe_Franks" title="Feleipe Franks">Feleipe Franks</a> was a harbinger for the remaining conference games.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the next game, in a hard-fought win over <a href="/wiki/2017_UMass_Minutemen_football_team" title="2017 UMass Minutemen football team">Massachusetts</a>, the Volunteers struggled until the end of the game.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next game, a 41–0 loss to #7 <a href="/wiki/2017_Georgia_Bulldogs_football_team" title="2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team">Georgia</a>, was the worst shutout loss in Neyland Stadium history.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Volunteers lost the next conference game, a lethargic 15–9 performance against <a href="/wiki/2017_South_Carolina_Gamecocks_football_team" title="2017 South Carolina Gamecocks football team">South Carolina</a>, to start 0–3 in the SEC.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vols' next game was a 45–7 loss to #1 <a href="/wiki/2017_Alabama_Crimson_Tide_football_team" title="2017 Alabama Crimson Tide football team">Alabama</a>, the 11th straight victory for the longtime <a href="/wiki/Third_Saturday_in_October" title="Third Saturday in October">rivals</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Volunteers lost 29–26 to <a href="/wiki/2017_Kentucky_Wildcats_football_team" title="2017 Kentucky Wildcats football team">Kentucky</a> in the next game for only the second time in the last 33 meetings between the two programs.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Jones was fired from his position as head coach on November 12, 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The decision came following a 50–17 loss to <a href="/wiki/2017_Missouri_Tigers_football_team" title="2017 Missouri Tigers football team">Missouri</a> the previous day, which left Tennessee at a 4–6 record for the season and 0–6 in conference.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Vols' loss to the Tigers was their worst loss to an unranked opponent in the AP Poll era.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He became the second coach in the SEC to be fired mid-season during 2017, after <a href="/wiki/Jim_McElwain" title="Jim McElwain">Jim McElwain</a> had been fired from <a href="/wiki/2017_Florida_Gators_football_team" title="2017 Florida Gators football team">Florida</a> two weeks prior.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His replacement was interim head coach <a href="/wiki/Brady_Hoke" title="Brady Hoke">Brady Hoke</a>, who had worked as the assistant head coach and defensive line coach during the 2017 season.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Pruitt" title="Jeremy Pruitt">Jeremy Pruitt</a> was his permanent replacement.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alabama">Alabama</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Alabama"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After his termination at the University of Tennessee, Jones was hired by the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Alabama" title="University of Alabama">University of Alabama</a> to be an offensive analyst for the football team.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On December 10, 2018, it was reported that Jones agreed to join the <a href="/wiki/Maryland_Terrapins_football" title="Maryland Terrapins football">Maryland Terrapins</a>, under new head football coach <a href="/wiki/Mike_Locksley" title="Mike Locksley">Mike Locksley</a>, as associate head coach and tight ends coach.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In mid-January 2019, it was reported that Jones would remain at Alabama.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jones became the special assistant to the head coach in February 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arkansas_State">Arkansas State</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Arkansas State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On December 12, 2020, Jones was hired to become the 34th head coach at <a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State University</a>, replacing <a href="/wiki/Blake_Anderson_(American_football)" title="Blake Anderson (American football)">Blake Anderson</a>, who left Arkansas State to become the head coach at <a href="/wiki/Utah_State_Aggies_football" title="Utah State Aggies football">Utah State University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2021 season, Jones went 2–10.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The two wins for the Red Wolves marked the fewest in a single season since 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2022 season, Jones led the team to a 3–9 mark.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 2023 season, Jones led the team to a 6–6 regular season mark and a berth in the <a href="/wiki/2023_Camellia_Bowl" title="2023 Camellia Bowl">Camellia Bowl</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Red Wolves lost to <a href="/wiki/Northern_Illinois_Huskies_football" title="Northern Illinois Huskies football">Northern Illinois</a> 21–19 in the bowl game.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Jones and his wife, Barb, have three sons.<sup id="cite_ref-Press_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Press-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Head_coaching_record">Head coaching record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Butch_Jones&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Head coaching record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Team </th> <th>Overall </th> <th>Conference</th> <th>Standing </th> <th>Bowl/playoffs </th> <th>Coaches<sup>#</sup> </th> <th>AP<sup>°</sup> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football" title="Central Michigan Chippewas football">Central Michigan Chippewas</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Mid-American_Conference" title="Mid-American Conference">Mid-American Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2007–2009)</small> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2007_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2007</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football_team" title="2007 Central Michigan Chippewas football team">Central Michigan</a> </td> <td>8–6</td> <td>6–1</td> <td>1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td><b>L</b> <a href="/wiki/2007_Motor_City_Bowl" title="2007 Motor City Bowl">Motor City</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2008_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2008</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2008_Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football_team" title="2008 Central Michigan Chippewas football team">Central Michigan</a> </td> <td>8–5</td> <td>6–2</td> <td>T–2nd <small>(West)</small></td> <td><b>L</b> <a href="/wiki/2008_Motor_City_Bowl" title="2008 Motor City Bowl">Motor City</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2009_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Central_Michigan_Chippewas_football_team" title="2009 Central Michigan Chippewas football team">Central Michigan</a> </td> <td>11–2</td> <td>8–0</td> <td>1st <small>(West)</small></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_GMAC_Bowl" title="2010 GMAC Bowl">GMAC</a>*</td> <td style="text-align:right">24</td> <td style="text-align:right">23 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Central Michigan:</b> </td> <td>27–13</td> <td>20–3</td> <td colspan="5">*<small>resigned prior to bowl game</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Cincinnati_Bearcats_football" title="Cincinnati Bearcats football">Cincinnati Bearcats</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Big_East_Conference_(1979%E2%80%932013)" title="Big East Conference (1979–2013)">Big East Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2010–2012)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2010_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2010 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2010</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2010_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2010 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati</a> </td> <td>4–8</td> <td>2–5</td> <td>7th</td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2011_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2011</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2011 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati</a> </td> <td>10–3</td> <td>5–2</td> <td>T–1st</td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2011_Liberty_Bowl" title="2011 Liberty Bowl">Liberty</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">21</td> <td style="text-align:right">25 </td></tr> <tr style="background:#ff9"> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2012_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Cincinnati_Bearcats_football_team" title="2012 Cincinnati Bearcats football team">Cincinnati</a> </td> <td>9–3</td> <td>5–2</td> <td>T–1st</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_Belk_Bowl" title="2012 Belk Bowl">Belk</a>*</td> <td style="text-align:right">22</td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Cincinnati:</b> </td> <td>23–14</td> <td>12–9</td> <td colspan="5">*<small>resigned prior to bowl game</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football" title="Tennessee Volunteers football">Tennessee Volunteers</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Southeastern_Conference" title="Southeastern Conference">Southeastern Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2013–2017)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2013_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2013</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2013 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>5–7</td> <td>2–6</td> <td>6th <small>(East)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2014_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2014 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>7–6</td> <td>3–5</td> <td>T–4th <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2015_TaxSlayer_Bowl" title="2015 TaxSlayer Bowl">TaxSlayer</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2015_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2015</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2015 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>9–4</td> <td>5–3</td> <td>T–2nd <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2016_Outback_Bowl" title="2016 Outback Bowl">Outback</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">23</td> <td style="text-align:right">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2016_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2016</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>9–4</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>T–2nd <small>(East)</small></td> <td><b>W</b> <a href="/wiki/2016_Music_City_Bowl" title="2016 Music City Bowl">Music City</a></td> <td style="text-align:right">24</td> <td style="text-align:right">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2017_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2017</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Tennessee_Volunteers_football_team" title="2017 Tennessee Volunteers football team">Tennessee</a> </td> <td>4–6<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td>0–6</td> <td><small>(East)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Tennessee:</b> </td> <td>34–27</td> <td>14–24</td> <td colspan="5"> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#dddddd; border-bottom: 2px solid #aaaaaa;text-align:center;" colspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football">Arkansas State Red Wolves</a></b> <i>(<a href="/wiki/Sun_Belt_Conference" title="Sun Belt Conference">Sun Belt Conference</a>)</i> <small>(2021–present)</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2021_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2021</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_team" title="2021 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team">Arkansas State</a> </td> <td>2–10</td> <td>1–7</td> <td>5th <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2022_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2022</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2022_Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_team" title="2022 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team">Arkansas State</a> </td> <td>3–9</td> <td>1–7</td> <td>7th <small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2023_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2023</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2023_Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_team" title="2023 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team">Arkansas State</a> </td> <td>6–7</td> <td>4–4</td> <td>T–2nd <small>(West)</small></td> <td><b>L</b> <a href="/wiki/2023_Camellia_Bowl" title="2023 Camellia Bowl">Camellia</a></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr> <td scope="row"><a href="/wiki/2024_NCAA_Division_I_FBS_football_season" title="2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_team" title="2024 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team">Arkansas State</a> </td> <td>7–4</td> <td>5–2</td> <td><small>(West)</small></td> <td></td> <td style="text-align:right"></td> <td style="text-align:right"> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#fafafa; border-top: 2px solid #aaaaaa;"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" scope="row"><b>Arkansas State:</b> </td> <td>18–30</td> 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navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Shawn_Clark" title="Shawn Clark">Shawn Clark</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Appalachian_State_Mountaineers_head_football_coaches" title="List of Appalachian State Mountaineers head football coaches">Appalachian State</a>) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Tim_Beck_(American_football,_born_1966)" title="Tim Beck (American football, born 1966)">Tim Beck</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Coastal_Carolina_Chanticleers_head_football_coaches" title="List of Coastal Carolina Chanticleers head football coaches">Coastal Carolina</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Clay_Helton" title="Clay Helton">Clay Helton</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Georgia_Southern_Eagles_head_football_coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Georgia Southern Eagles head football coaches">Georgia Southern</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Dell_McGee" title="Dell McGee">Dell McGee</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Georgia_State_Panthers_head_football_coaches" title="List of Georgia State Panthers head football coaches">Georgia State</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Bob_Chesney" title="Bob Chesney">Bob Chesney</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/James_Madison_Dukes_football#Head_coaches" title="James Madison Dukes football">James Madison</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Huff_(American_football)" title="Charles Huff (American football)">Charles Huff</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Marshall_Thundering_Herd_head_football_coaches" title="List of Marshall Thundering Herd head football coaches">Marshall</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Rahne" title="Ricky Rahne">Ricky Rahne</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Old_Dominion_Monarchs_head_football_coaches" title="List of Old Dominion Monarchs head football coaches">Old Dominion</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color:#0A2240;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F6A800, inset -2px -2px 0 #F6A800;;width:1%">Western Division</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Butch Jones</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_head_football_coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Arkansas State Red Wolves head football coaches">Arkansas State</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Michael_Desormeaux" title="Michael Desormeaux">Michael Desormeaux</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Louisiana_Ragin%27_Cajuns_head_football_coaches" title="List of Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns head football coaches">Louisiana</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Bryant_Vincent" title="Bryant Vincent">Bryant Vincent</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Louisiana%E2%80%93Monroe_Warhawks_head_football_coaches" title="List of Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks head football coaches">Louisiana–Monroe</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Major_Applewhite" title="Major Applewhite">Major Applewhite</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_South_Alabama_Jaguars_head_football_coaches" class="mw-redirect" title="List of South Alabama Jaguars head football coaches">South Alabama</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Reed_Stringer" title="Reed Stringer">Reed Stringer</a> #</b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Southern_Miss_Golden_Eagles_head_football_coaches" title="List of Southern Miss Golden Eagles head football coaches">Southern Miss</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/G._J._Kinne" title="G. J. Kinne">G. J. Kinne</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Texas_State_Bobcats_head_football_coaches" title="List of Texas State Bobcats head football coaches">Texas State</a>)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><b><a href="/wiki/Gerad_Parker" title="Gerad Parker">Gerad Parker</a></b> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_Troy_Trojans_head_football_coaches" title="List of Troy Trojans head football coaches">Troy</a>)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#0A2240;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #F6A800, inset -2px -2px 0 #F6A800;"><div><i># denotes interim head coach</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Links_to_related_articles" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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href="/wiki/Ralph_Thacker" title="Ralph Thacker">Ralph Thacker</a> (1907)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Sutherland_(American_football)" title="Hugh Sutherland (American football)">Hugh Sutherland</a> (1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Helmer" title="Harry Helmer">Harry Helmer</a> (1909–1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1913–1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Blake_Miller_(American_football)" title="Blake Miller (American football)">Blake Miller</a> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fred_Johnson_(American_football_coach)" title="Fred Johnson (American football coach)">Fred Johnson</a> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Tambling" title="Charles Tambling">Charles Tambling</a> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Garland_Nevitt" title="Garland Nevitt">Garland Nevitt</a> (1919)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Simmons_(coach)" title="Joe Simmons (coach)">Joe Simmons</a> (1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Parker" title="Wallace Parker">Wallace Parker</a> (1921–1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lester_Barnard" title="Lester Barnard">Lester Barnard</a> (1924–1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wallace_Parker" title="Wallace Parker">Wallace Parker</a> (1926–1928)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Butch_Nowack" title="Butch Nowack">Butch Nowack</a> (1929–1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Van_Bibber" title="George Van Bibber">George Van Bibber</a> (1931–1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Yunevich" title="Alex Yunevich">Alex Yunevich</a> (1934–1936)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Finch" title="Ron Finch">Ron Finch</a> (1937–1946)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lyle_Bennett" title="Lyle Bennett">Lyle Bennett</a> (1947–1949)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Schmakel" title="Warren Schmakel">Warren Schmakel</a> (1950)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Kelly" title="Kenneth Kelly">Kenneth Kelly</a> (1951–1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Roy_Kramer" title="Roy Kramer">Roy Kramer</a> (1967–1977)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herb_Deromedi" title="Herb Deromedi">Herb Deromedi</a> (1978–1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dick_Flynn_(American_football)" title="Dick Flynn (American football)">Dick Flynn</a> (1994–1999)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_DeBord" title="Mike DeBord">Mike DeBord</a> (2000–2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Brian Kelly</a> (2004–2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Quinn" title="Jeff Quinn">Jeff Quinn</a> # (2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Butch Jones</a> (2007–2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Stripling" title="Steve Stripling">Steve Stripling</a> # (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Enos" title="Dan Enos">Dan Enos</a> (2010–2014)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Bonamego" title="John Bonamego">John Bonamego</a> (2015–2018)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McElwain" title="Jim McElwain">Jim McElwain</a> (2019–2024)</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" 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Durant Berry">W. Durant Berry</a> (1894–1895)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Ayres_Reynolds" title="William Ayres Reynolds">William Ayres Reynolds</a> (1896)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Fennell" title="Tom Fennell">Tom Fennell</a> (1897)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Cavanaugh_(American_football)" title="Frank Cavanaugh (American football)">Frank Cavanaugh</a> (1898)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_A._Reed_(politician)" title="Daniel A. Reed (politician)">Daniel A. Reed</a> (1899–1900)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Henry_S._Pratt" title="Henry S. Pratt">Henry S. Pratt</a> (1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Chez" title="Anthony Chez">Anthony Chez</a> (1902–1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Amos_Foster" title="Amos Foster">Amos Foster</a> (1904–1905)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/William_Foley_(American_football)" title="William Foley (American football)">William Foley</a> (1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1907)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Inott" title="Ralph Inott">Ralph Inott</a> (1908)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Burch_(American_football)" title="Robert Burch (American football)">Robert Burch</a> (1909–1911)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Dana" title="Lowell Dana">Lowell Dana</a> (1912–1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Little_(American_football_coach)" title="George Little (American football coach)">George Little</a> (1914–1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ion_Cortright" title="Ion Cortright">Ion Cortright</a> (1916)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Marty" title="Frank Marty">Frank Marty</a> (1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Boyd_Chambers" title="Boyd Chambers">Boyd Chambers</a> (1918–1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_McLaren_(American_football)" title="George McLaren (American football)">George McLaren</a> (1922–1926)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Babcock_(American_football)" title="George Babcock (American football)">George Babcock</a> (1927–1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dana_M._King" title="Dana M. King">Dana M. King</a> (1931–1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Russ_Cohen" title="Russ Cohen">Russ Cohen</a> (1935–1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Wade_Woodworth" title="Wade Woodworth">Wade Woodworth</a> # (1937)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_A._Meyer" title="Joseph A. Meyer">Joseph A. Meyer</a> (1938–1942)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1943–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Nolting" title="Ray Nolting">Ray Nolting</a> (1945–1948)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sid_Gillman" title="Sid Gillman">Sid Gillman</a> (1949–1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Blackburn_(American_football)" title="George Blackburn (American football)">George Blackburn</a> (1955–1960)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Studley" title="Chuck Studley">Chuck Studley</a> (1961–1966)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Homer_Rice" title="Homer Rice">Homer Rice</a> (1967–1968)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Callahan" title="Ray Callahan">Ray Callahan</a> (1969–1972)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tony_Mason_(American_football)" title="Tony Mason (American football)">Tony Mason</a> (1973–1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Staub_(American_football)" title="Ralph Staub (American football)">Ralph Staub</a> (1977–1980)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Gottfried" title="Mike Gottfried">Mike Gottfried</a> (1981–1982)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Watson_Brown_(American_football)" title="Watson Brown (American football)">Watson Brown</a> (1983)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dave_Currey_(American_football)" title="Dave Currey (American football)">Dave Currey</a> (1984–1988)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tim_Murphy_(American_football_coach)" title="Tim Murphy (American football coach)">Tim Murphy</a> (1989–1993)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Minter" title="Rick Minter">Rick Minter</a> (1994–2003)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Dantonio" title="Mark Dantonio">Mark Dantonio</a> (2004–2006)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brian_Kelly_(American_football_coach)" title="Brian Kelly (American football coach)">Brian Kelly</a> (2006–2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Quinn" title="Jeff Quinn">Jeff Quinn</a> # (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Butch Jones</a> (2010–2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Stripling" title="Steve Stripling">Steve Stripling</a> # (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Tuberville" title="Tommy Tuberville">Tommy Tuberville</a> (2013–2016)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Luke_Fickell" title="Luke Fickell">Luke Fickell</a> (2017–2022) </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_Coombs" title="Kerry Coombs">Kerry Coombs</a> # (2022)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Scott_Satterfield" title="Scott Satterfield">Scott Satterfield</a> (2023– )</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Tennessee_Volunteers_head_football_coaches" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#FF8200;color:black;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Tennessee_Volunteers_football_coach_navbox" title="Template:Tennessee Volunteers football coach navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:black">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Tennessee_Volunteers_football_coach_navbox" title="Template talk:Tennessee Volunteers football coach navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:black">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Tennessee_Volunteers_football_coach_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Tennessee Volunteers football coach navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:black">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Tennessee_Volunteers_head_football_coaches" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Tennessee_Volunteers_head_football_coaches" title="List of Tennessee Volunteers head football coaches"><span style="color:black">Tennessee Volunteers head football coaches</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/J._A._Pierce" title="J. A. Pierce">J. A. Pierce</a> (1899–1900)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Kelly" title="Gilbert Kelly">Gilbert Kelly</a> (1901)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hubert_Fisher" title="Hubert Fisher">Hubert Fisher</a> (1902–1903)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sax_Crawford" title="Sax Crawford">Sax Crawford</a> (1904)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/James_DePree" title="James DePree">James DePree</a> (1905–1906)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/George_Levene" title="George Levene">George Levene</a> (1907–1909)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lex_Stone" title="Lex Stone">Lex Stone</a> (1910)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Zora_G._Clevenger" class="mw-redirect" title="Zora G. Clevenger">Zora G. Clevenger</a> (1911–1915)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_R._Bender" title="John R. Bender">John R. Bender</a> (1916–1920)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/M._B._Banks" title="M. B. Banks">M. B. Banks</a> (1921–1925)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Neyland" title="Robert Neyland">Robert Neyland</a> (1926–1934)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/W._H._Britton" title="W. H. Britton">W. H. Britton</a> (1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Neyland" title="Robert Neyland">Robert Neyland</a> (1936–1940)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Barnhill_(American_football)" title="John Barnhill (American football)">John Barnhill</a> (1941–1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Neyland" title="Robert Neyland">Robert Neyland</a> (1946–1952)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Robinson" title="Harvey Robinson">Harvey Robinson</a> (1953–1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bowden_Wyatt" title="Bowden Wyatt">Bowden Wyatt</a> (1955–1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_McDonald_(halfback)" title="Jim McDonald (halfback)">Jim McDonald</a> (1963)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Dickey" title="Doug Dickey">Doug Dickey</a> (1964–1969)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Battle" title="Bill Battle">Bill Battle</a> (1970–1976)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Majors" title="Johnny Majors">Johnny Majors</a> (1977–1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Fulmer" title="Phillip Fulmer">Phillip Fulmer</a> (1992–2008)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Lane_Kiffin" title="Lane Kiffin">Lane Kiffin</a> (2009)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Derek_Dooley_(American_football)" title="Derek Dooley (American football)">Derek Dooley</a> (2010–2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Chaney" title="Jim Chaney">Jim Chaney</a> # (2012)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Butch Jones</a> (2013–2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brady_Hoke" title="Brady Hoke">Brady Hoke</a> # (2017)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Pruitt" title="Jeremy Pruitt">Jeremy Pruitt</a> (2018–2020)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Josh_Heupel" title="Josh Heupel">Josh Heupel</a> (2021– )</span></li></ul> <p><i># denotes interim head coach</i> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_head_football_coaches" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#CC092F;color:white;box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_coach_navbox" title="Template:Arkansas State Red Wolves football coach navbox"><abbr title="View this template" style="color:white">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_coach_navbox" title="Template talk:Arkansas State Red Wolves football coach navbox"><abbr title="Discuss this template" style="color:white">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football_coach_navbox" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Arkansas State Red Wolves football coach navbox"><abbr title="Edit this template" style="color:white">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_head_football_coaches" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Arkansas_State_Red_Wolves_football" title="Arkansas State Red Wolves football"><span style="color:white">Arkansas State Red Wolves head football coaches</span></a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/F._T._Parks" title="F. T. Parks">F. T. Parks</a> (1911–1912)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Clinton_Young_(American_football)" title="Clinton Young (American football)">Clinton Young</a> (1913)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Brannon" title="Earl W. Brannon">Earl W. Brannon</a> (1914–1917)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1918)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Foy_Hammons" title="Foy Hammons">Foy Hammons</a> (1919–1921)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Dandelet" title="Tom Dandelet">Tom Dandelet</a> (1922–1923)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Stanley_(American_football)" title="Bill Stanley (American football)">Bill Stanley</a> (1924)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Schwartz" title="Herbert Schwartz">Herbert Schwartz</a> (1925–1930)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Jack_Dale_(coach)" title="Jack Dale (coach)">Jack Dale</a> (1931–1932)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Elza_T._Renfro" title="Elza T. Renfro">Elza T. Renfro</a> (1933)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Mills" title="Tommy Mills">Tommy Mills</a> (1934–1935)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Speck" title="Leslie Speck">Leslie Speck</a> (1936–1938)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Adams_(American_football_coach)" title="Bill Adams (American football coach)">Bill Adams</a> (1939–1941)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i>No team</i> (1942–1944)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ike_Tomlinson" title="Ike Tomlinson">Ike Tomlinson</a> (1945)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Forrest_England" title="Forrest England">Forrest England</a> (1946–1953)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Glen_Harmeson" title="Glen Harmeson">Glen Harmeson</a> (1954)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gene_Harlow" title="Gene Harlow">Gene Harlow</a> (1955–1957)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Taylor_(American_football)" title="Hugh Taylor (American football)">Hugh Taylor</a> (1958–1959)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/King_Block_(American_football)" title="King Block (American football)">King Block</a> (1960–1962)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bennie_Ellender" title="Bennie Ellender">Bennie Ellender</a> (1963–1970)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Davidson_(American_football,_born_1935)" title="Bill Davidson (American football, born 1935)">Bill Davidson</a> (1971–1978)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Larry_Lacewell" title="Larry Lacewell">Larry Lacewell</a> (1979–1989)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Al_Kincaid" title="Al Kincaid">Al Kincaid</a> (1990–1991)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Perkins" title="Ray Perkins">Ray Perkins</a> (1992)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/John_Bobo" title="John Bobo">John Bobo</a> (1993–1996)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Hollis" title="Joe Hollis">Joe Hollis</a> (1997–2001)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Roberts_(American_football)" title="Steve Roberts (American football)">Steve Roberts</a> (2002–2010)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Freeze" title="Hugh Freeze">Hugh Freeze</a> (2011)</span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/David_Gunn_(American_football)" title="David Gunn (American football)">David Gunn</a> # 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J. Dale">D. J. 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