Amos Jones begins his first year as the special teams coordinator at Alabama A&M University.
Jones has more than 40 years in the coaching business at the high school, college and professional level.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater, the University of Alabama, in 1981-82, serving the Crimson Tide as a graduate assistant before going to Temple from 1983-1988. While at Temple, Jones coached the special teams, along with both the tight ends (83-85) and defensive line (86-88).
Jones came back to the State of Alabama, serving as an assistant coach at Shades Valley High School in 1989, before joining the Crimson Tide as the special teams coordinator under Gene Stallings. It’s at this time back at Alabama that Jones met and coached a young player named Sam Shade.
In 1992, Jones joined the University of Pittsburgh as the special teams coordinator. Jones would go to Eau Gallie High School in Florida from 1993-94 where he helped the program to back-to-back winning seasons.
Jones got back to his collegiate roots for the 1995-96 seasons, serving in the capacity of linebackers coach at Tulane.
In 1997, Jones reached the professional ranks as an assistant coach of the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League for one season, where the Lions won the Western Conference and made the CFL playoffs.
He spent the 1998 season as an assistant coach at East St. John High School in Louisiana, helping the program advance to the third round of the Louisiana high school playoffs.
His next three spots were back in college football, first serving as the running back coach and special teams coach at the University of Cincinnati from 1999-2002. Jones left Cincinnati and moved to FCS member James Madison during the 2003 season as the tight ends and special teams coach. He spent the next three years in Starkville, Miss. where he served as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach for Sylvester Croom for three seasons.
Jones then began his NFL coaching career as an assistant special teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers under Mike Tomlin. He had previously worked with Tomlin as well as former Steelers offensive line coach Larry Zierlein in the late 1990s at the University of Cincinnati. Other connections with the Steelers staff included serving under (former) offensive coordinator Bruce Arians when he was head coach at Temple in the 1980s and playing and coaching at Alabama during the late 1970s and early 1980s when Steelers assistant head coach John Mitchell served at the Tide's defensive line coach.
Jones spent six total seasons (2007-2013) in Pittsburgh, including the final season as the special teams coordinator. The Steelers went to two Super Bowls while Jones was there, winning one and losing the other.
Jones then left the Steelers to join Bruce Arians during the 2013-2017 seasons for the Arizona Cardinals. While at Arizona, Jones helped the Cardinals win 50 games in five years.
In 2018, Jones became the special teams coordinator for the Cleveland Browns under head coach Hue Jackson, this is where Jones’ path crossed with now coach Sam Shade. Jones hired Coach Shade as his special teams assistant.
Jones then joined the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an assistant special teams coordinator after just one season in Cleveland and concluded his NFL stint as special projects and situations for the New York Giants (2020-21) under Joe Judge (Jones had coached judge at Miss State).
Jones, who is a native of Aliceville, Ala., played for Pickens Academy High School as a safety and running back where he graduated in 1978. After high school, Jones continued his playing career at the University of Alabama under legendary head coach and hall of famer Paul “Bear” Bryant. He was a two-time National Champion with the Crimson Tide, winning the title in 1978 and 1979. He graduated from Alabama with his bachelor's degree in 1982, and later earned a master's degree from Alabama.
Jones and his wife Stacey, have four children. Samantha (Corey), Joshua (Ashley), Nathan and Jeremy and granddaughter Evy.
