Ronnie Jones (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 17-Oct-1955
Place of Birth: Dumas, Texas, United States
Profession: head coach
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Ronnie Jones (American football)
- Ronnie Joe Jones (born October 17, 1955) is an American football coach.
- Jones has served on coaching staffs at numerous colleges and NFL teams, and is currently an assistant at Martin High School in Arlington, Texas. A native of Sunray, Texas, Jones graduated from Sunray High School in 1974.
- He went on to receive a bachelor's degree from Northwestern Oklahoma State University and a master's degree from Northeastern State University.
- While at Northeastern, he began his coaching career.
- In 1984, he joined John Cooper's staff at Tulsa as strength and conditioning coach and moved with him to Arizona State a year later. In 1987, he joined Buddy Ryan's coaching staff with the Philadelphia Eagles.
- After two stints with the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Raiders in 1991 and 1992, respectively, Jones rejoined Ryan as linebackers coach for the Houston Oilers in 1993.
- As Ryan became head coach for the Arizona Cardinals, he selected Jones as his defensive coordinator.
- In 1995, Arizona ranked last in total defense in the NFL, giving up 26.4 points and 356.5 total yards per game.
- Ryan and his complete staff were fired subsequently. Heading back to the collegiate ranks, Jones became defensive coordinator at the University of Texas at El Paso under coach Charlie Bailey.
- In 2000, Bailey was replaced by Gary Nord, so Jones went on to coach the special teams for the Buffalo Bills. Jones became head coach at Ottawa University, a small NAIA school in Ottawa, Kansas.
- Jones was the 27th head coach for the Braves and he held that position for the 2001 season.The Ottawa Braves, coming of a 9–0 season in 2000, finished 6–4 under Jones, who then left for West Texas A&M University.Despite making the bold statement that West Texas A&M would win a NCAA Division II national football championship under his guidance, Jones amassed only a 5–27 record as Buffaloes head coach.
- He currently serves as defensive coordinator at Arlington Martin High School.
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