Coaches
Derek Jones
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Derek Jones
Played at Ole Miss 1993-1996
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998-1999 | Ole Miss | GA | GA | Tommy Tuberville (1998), David Cutcliffe (1999) |
| 2000-2004 | Murray State | Position | CB/RC | not known |
| 2005 | Middle Tennessee | Position | DB | Andy McCollum |
| 2006 | Tulsa | Position | CB | Steve Kragthorpe |
| 2007 | Memphis | Position | CB | Tommy West |
| 2008-2014 | Duke | Position | DB/assistant ST | David Cutcliffe |
| 2015-2017 | Duke | Position | CB/assistant ST | David Cutcliffe |
| 2018-2019 | Duke | Position | AHC/DB | David Cutcliffe |
| 2020-2021 | Texas Tech | DC | AHC/co-DC/DB✓ | Matt Wells |
| 2022-2025 | Virginia Tech | Position | CB | Brent Pry (2022-2024), Philip Montgomery (2025) |
| 2026- | Tennessee | Position | CB | Josh Heupel*+ |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Texas Tech | Co-defensive coordinator | 79 | 94 | 83 | 105 | 127 |
| 2021 | Texas Tech | Co-defensive coordinator | 100 | 108 | 85 | 79 | 130 |
Worked under
- Tommy Tuberville · Ole Miss 1998 (GA)
- David Cutcliffe · Ole Miss 1999 (GA)
- Andy McCollum · Middle Tennessee 2005 (Position)
- Steve Kragthorpe · Tulsa 2006 (Position)
- Tommy West · Memphis 2007 (Position)
- David Cutcliffe · Duke 2008-2019 (Other, Position)
- Matt Wells · Texas Tech 2020-2021 (DC, Other, Position)
- Brent Pry · Virginia Tech 2022-2024 (Position)
- Philip Montgomery · Virginia Tech 2025 (Position)
- Josh Heupel*+ · Tennessee 2026 (Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Art Kaufman · Ole Miss 1998-1999 · him GA, them DC, Position
- David Cutcliffe · Ole Miss 1998-1999 · him GA, them Head coach
- Eddie Gran · Ole Miss 1998 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Greg Knox · Ole Miss 1998 · him GA, them Other, Position
- John Lovett · Ole Miss 1998 · him GA, them Position
- Noel Mazzone · Ole Miss 1998 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Tommy Tuberville · Ole Miss 1998 · him GA, them Head coach
- Kurt Roper · Ole Miss 1999 · him GA, them Position
- Marion Hobby · Ole Miss 1999 · him GA, them Position
- Matt Luke · Ole Miss 1999 · him GA, them GA
- Mike MacIntyre · Ole Miss 1999 · him GA, them Position
- Matt Luke · Murray State 2000-2001 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Dennis Therrell · Murray State 2004 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Andy McCollum · Middle Tennessee 2005 · him Position, them Head coach
- Art Kaufman · Middle Tennessee 2005 · him Position, them Position
- Darin Hinshaw · Middle Tennessee 2005 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Mark Criner · Middle Tennessee 2005 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Charlie Stubbs · Tulsa 2006 · him Position, them OC, Position
- D. J. Eliot · Tulsa 2006 · him Position, them Position
- Keith Patterson · Tulsa 2006 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Wells · Tulsa 2006 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Steve Kragthorpe · Tulsa 2006 · him Position, them Head coach
- Brent Pry · Memphis 2007 · him Position, them Position
- Clay Helton* · Memphis 2007 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Darin Hinshaw · Memphis 2007 · him Position, them Analyst, Position
- Rick Kravitz · Memphis 2007 · him Position, them DC
- Tommy West · Memphis 2007 · him Position, them Head coach
- Walt Bell · Memphis 2007 · him Position, them GA
- David Cutcliffe · Duke 2008-2019 · him Other, Position, them Head coach
- Kurt Roper · Duke 2008-2013 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Marion Hobby · Duke 2008-2010 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Luke · Duke 2008-2011 · him Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Mike MacIntyre · Duke 2008-2009 · him Other, Position, them DC
- Scottie Montgomery · Duke 2008-2015 · him Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Zac Roper · Duke 2008-2019 · him Other, Position, them OC, Other, Position, ST coord.
- Jim Knowles · Duke 2010-2017 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Lubick · Duke 2010-2012 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Jeff Faris · Duke 2012-2019 · him Other, Position, them GA, Position
- Matt Guerrieri · Duke 2012-2019 · him Other, Position, them DC, GA, Position
- Re'quan Boyette · Duke 2013 · him Other, Position, them Position
- Ben Albert · Duke 2016-2019 · him Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Gerad Parker* · Duke 2017-2018 · him Other, Position, them Analyst, Position
- Trooper Taylor · Duke 2019 · him Other, Position, them Position
- David Yost · Texas Tech 2020-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Joel Filani · Texas Tech 2020-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Keith Patterson · Texas Tech 2020-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them DC
- Kevin Cosgrove · Texas Tech 2020-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Matt Wells · Texas Tech 2020-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Paul Randolph · Texas Tech 2020-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Nick Holt · Texas Tech 2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them Analyst
- Sonny Cumbie* · Texas Tech 2021 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach, OC, Position
- Brad Glenn · Virginia Tech 2022 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Brent Pry · Virginia Tech 2022-2025 · him Position, them Head coach
- Chris Marve · Virginia Tech 2022-2024 · him Position, them DC, Position
- J.C. Price · Virginia Tech 2022-2025 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Joe Rudolph · Virginia Tech 2022 · him Position, them Position
- Shawn Quinn · Virginia Tech 2022-2025 · him Position, them Position
- Tyler Bowen · Virginia Tech 2022-2024 · him Position, them OC, Position
- Philip Montgomery · Virginia Tech 2025 · him Position, them Head coach, OC
- Sam Siefkes · Virginia Tech 2025 · him Position, them DC
- Anthony Poindexter · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Jim Chaney · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them Analyst
- Jim Knowles · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them DC
- Joey Halzle · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them OC, Position
- John Bonamego · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them Analyst
- Josh Heupel*+ · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them Head coach
- William Inge · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them Position
- Willie Martinez · Tennessee 2026 · him Position, them Position
Played together
- Matt Luke · Ole Miss 1995-1996
- Grant Heard · Ole Miss 1996