Rick Jones

Biography

Rick Jones joined the Mizzou staff as special assistant to head coach in February, 2020. He coached at the collegiate and high school levels for 40+ years, including 16 seasons at Greenwood High School in Arkansas. Jones’ high school coaching stops include Del City, Edmond Memorial, Tulsa Union and Broken Arrow High Schools, all in Oklahoma, and Greenwood High School, in Arkansas. He spent three seasons as an assistant to Jesse Branch at Missouri State. In his 31 seasons as a high school head coach, Jones accumulated a record of 317-74, with a winning percentage of 81%, and is an 18-time coach of the year honoree. He was named the 2012 National Federation of High Schools National Football Coach of the Year, was named the 2018 AFCA Power of Influence National Coach of the Year, was inducted to the Oklahoma High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2013), and was inducted to the Harding University Athletic Hall of Fame (2016). A walk-on linebacker at Division II Harding University in Searcy, Ark., Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education and a master’s degree in education. He remains in the Bison single-season record book, tied for third all-time in blocked kicks with two (1974), and tied for third all-time with three fumbles recovered (1975). Jones is a former member of the Arkansas Activities Association Football Advisory Board, and an active member of the American Football Coaches Association and Missouri High School Football Coaches Association. He has bee