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12-16-2009, 12:37 PM
http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20091...to+UC+deal
CINCINNATI â Central Michiganâs Butch Jones is the new football coach at the University of Cincinnati, the Enquirer has confirmed. According to the Associated Press, Jones will sign a 5-year deal.
UC has not announced the deal or when Jones will be formally introduced.
Jones emerged as the front-runner over East Carolina coach Skip Holtz on Tuesday night. He is the second coach in three years to jump from Central Michigan and the Mid-American Conference to UC and the Big East.
He coached for one year under Brian Kelly at Central before moving on as an assistant under Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia. He then took over at CMU after Kelly left for UC and has gone 26-13 in three years.
Central Michigan is preparing to face Troy in the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6. It was not immediately known if Jones will coach in that game.
UC is preparing to play Florida on Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl. Jeff Quinn is UCâs interim coach and is preparing the team for that game. Quinn, who said he was interested in UCâs head coaching position, has also been linked to jobs at Buffalo and Central Michigan.
Jones was believed to be a target of UCâs Thomas from the beginning because his teams run a wide-open offense similar to the spread offense that Kelly ran at UC.
Jones has three years left on his Central Michigan contract with a buyout clause of $450,000. That buyout clause goes up to $700,000 if he leaves before the Chippewas play in their bowl game.
Jones, 41, was the running backs coach at Central Michigan from 1999 to 2001 and the offensive coordinator from 2002-04.
He left to become the wide receivers coach at West Virginia in 2005 and 2006 then returned to Central to replace Kelly after Kelly was hired at UC.
Heâs 26-13 at Central Michigan, with Mid-American Conference championships in 2007 and 2009
CINCINNATI â Central Michiganâs Butch Jones is the new football coach at the University of Cincinnati, the Enquirer has confirmed. According to the Associated Press, Jones will sign a 5-year deal.
UC has not announced the deal or when Jones will be formally introduced.
Jones emerged as the front-runner over East Carolina coach Skip Holtz on Tuesday night. He is the second coach in three years to jump from Central Michigan and the Mid-American Conference to UC and the Big East.
He coached for one year under Brian Kelly at Central before moving on as an assistant under Rich Rodriguez at West Virginia. He then took over at CMU after Kelly left for UC and has gone 26-13 in three years.
Central Michigan is preparing to face Troy in the GMAC Bowl on Jan. 6. It was not immediately known if Jones will coach in that game.
UC is preparing to play Florida on Jan. 1 in the Sugar Bowl. Jeff Quinn is UCâs interim coach and is preparing the team for that game. Quinn, who said he was interested in UCâs head coaching position, has also been linked to jobs at Buffalo and Central Michigan.
Jones was believed to be a target of UCâs Thomas from the beginning because his teams run a wide-open offense similar to the spread offense that Kelly ran at UC.
Jones has three years left on his Central Michigan contract with a buyout clause of $450,000. That buyout clause goes up to $700,000 if he leaves before the Chippewas play in their bowl game.
Jones, 41, was the running backs coach at Central Michigan from 1999 to 2001 and the offensive coordinator from 2002-04.
He left to become the wide receivers coach at West Virginia in 2005 and 2006 then returned to Central to replace Kelly after Kelly was hired at UC.
Heâs 26-13 at Central Michigan, with Mid-American Conference championships in 2007 and 2009
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12-16-2009, 04:06 PM
It is kind of funny. Maybe Central Mich. can be like UC north. Kelly was in the same situation 3 years ago. Good to see that they got a good hire.
12-17-2009, 02:20 PM
Jones bought Kelly's house in Michigan maybe he'll do it again in Cincinnati. But CM has to be ****ed to lose a really good coach twice to the same school. Where's the come on man guys when you need them. But all in all this will keep the recruiting class and returning players together as the system is almost the exact same. Great hire twice in a row for the Bearcats. Maybe UK can try and learn something from this rising program.
12-17-2009, 05:19 PM
Perfect man for the job. UC should have just as much success with him as they did Kelly!!
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