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Matthew Zemek- Top Coaches of the Past Decade

7) June Jones, Hawaii and SMU. The same man who was tarred as a finesse coach unfit for the NFL has developed quite the resume over the past decade in the college game. What sneaks up on evaluators when trying to assess Jones’s overall portfolio is the fact that he did so much more than produce winning seasons at two underequipped programs in Honolulu and Dallas. Jones denied BYU a shot at a BCS bowl game in 2001, and then plucked a premium postseason prize with the Warriors in 2007. At SMU, Jones didn’t merely deliver a bowl season in 2009; he – not anyone else before him – led the Ponies out of the shadows of the NCAA Death Penalty, a feat which will become only more remarkable with the passage of time. No coach – with the possible exception of Chris Petersen (and he has an ideal situation in Boise) - did more outside the realm of the power conferences over the past 10 seasons than June Jones. It’s not that close, either.

Always nice to know our coach is one of the very best!

Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:Matthew Zemek- Top Coaches of the Past Decade

7) June Jones, Hawaii and SMU. The same man who was tarred as a finesse coach unfit for the NFL has developed quite the resume over the past decade in the college game. What sneaks up on evaluators when trying to assess Jones’s overall portfolio is the fact that he did so much more than produce winning seasons at two underequipped programs in Honolulu and Dallas. Jones denied BYU a shot at a BCS bowl game in 2001, and then plucked a premium postseason prize with the Warriors in 2007. At SMU, Jones didn’t merely deliver a bowl season in 2009; he – not anyone else before him – led the Ponies out of the shadows of the NCAA Death Penalty, a feat which will become only more remarkable with the passage of time. No coach – with the possible exception of Chris Petersen (and he has an ideal situation in Boise) - did more outside the realm of the power conferences over the past 10 seasons than June Jones. It’s not that close, either.

I hate to say it, but Patterson has done a great job at a non-BCS school: TCU. I think JJ has more going for him on the HIlltop and it is only a matter of time when we meet and exceed the the success of TCU.

Jones has replaced Dirk as my number one man-crush.

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Stlhockeyguy02 wrote:Matthew Zemek- Top Coaches of the Past Decade

7) June Jones, Hawaii and SMU. The same man who was tarred as a finesse coach unfit for the NFL has developed quite the resume over the past decade in the college game. What sneaks up on evaluators when trying to assess Jones’s overall portfolio is the fact that he did so much more than produce winning seasons at two underequipped programs in Honolulu and Dallas. Jones denied BYU a shot at a BCS bowl game in 2001, and then plucked a premium postseason prize with the Warriors in 2007. At SMU, Jones didn’t merely deliver a bowl season in 2009; he – not anyone else before him – led the Ponies out of the shadows of the NCAA Death Penalty, a feat which will become only more remarkable with the passage of time. No coach – with the possible exception of Chris Petersen (and he has an ideal situation in Boise) - did more outside the realm of the power conferences over the past 10 seasons than June Jones. It’s not that close, either.

I hate to say it, but Patterson has done a great job at a non-BCS school: TCU. I think JJ has more going for him on the HIlltop and it is only a matter of time when we meet and exceed the the success of TCU.

Chris Petersen took over a pretty good program from Hawkins. JJ took over a rundown program.

ozfan wrote:Chris Petersen took over a pretty good program from Hawkins. JJ took over a rundown program.

"Rundown" is an understatement