THE OFFICIAL HOME OF McNEESE ATHLETICS

He was a football standout for the Cowboys in the 1950s and went on to serve as a head baseball coach, an assistant football coach and as director of financial aid at the univer­sity. Jones was the football team’s MVP in 1951 when he helped the Cowboys to 5-4-1 record and to victory in the Cosmopolitan Bowl in the school’s first season of senior college football. That year he helped set a school record on a 99 yard touchdown pass reception from Lester Landry. He also served as the team’s co-captain. He coached the Cowboy baseball team for two years, his team placing third in the conference in 1967 and he was a member of the McNeese football coaching staff from 1965 to 1969. (DECEASED)