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University of Oklahoma Athletics
Football
Jones, Emmett
Emmett Jones
- Title:
- Passing Game Coordinator / Wide Receivers
Coaching Notes and Accomplishments
• Named Oklahoma's passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach on Jan. 10, 2023.
• Coached a 2023 OU wide receivers group that helped Oklahoma lead the Big 12 with its 41.7 points (ranked fourth nationally), 507.0 total yards (third) and 324.8 passing yards (sixth) per contest and lead the Big 12 with its 167.5 passing efficiency (sixth). Receiver Drake Stoops finished with 84 catches for 962 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named first-team All-Big 12, while Nic Anderson set an OU freshman record with 10 TD receptions was a freshman All-American by The Athletic.
• Spent the 2022 season at Texas Tech as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. From 2019-21, Jones served as wide receivers coach at Kansas and added the title of passing game coordinator his final two years there. He also served as KU's interim head coach in spring 2021 until Lance Leipold was hired as head coach.
• In 2022, Texas Tech led the Big 12 and ranked 12th nationally in passing offense (302.0 yards per game) and 13th nationally in passing yards (3,926). Eight receivers under his tutelage registered at least 20 receptions and five of those averaged at least 12.0 yards per catch.
• In each of Jones' three seasons at Kansas, the Jayhawks produced a top-11 receiver in the Big 12. In 2019, Andrew Parchment ranked fourth in the league by averaging 69.3 receiving yards per game, becoming the first KU player to rank among the top-five Big 12 receivers in the category since 2009. In 2020 and '21, Kwamie Lassiter II ranked 11th (50.9 yards per game) and eighth (54.4 ypg) in the Big 12, respectively.
• Jones's background is firmly rooted in the state of Texas. A highly respected figure from his time as head coach at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas from 2012-14, he made the jump to the collegiate ranks in 2015 when then-Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury hired him as director of player development. He was promoted the next year to outside receivers coach and spent three seasons in that role.
• Regarded as a top developer of wide receivers in the college game, he helped build one of the nation's most productive offenses in his first stint at Texas Tech. In 2016, the Red Raiders led the nation in total offense (566.6 ypg) and passing offense (463.0 ypg), and ranked fifth in the country in scoring offense (43.7 ppg).
• In 2018 under Jones' tutelage, Tech receiver Antoine Wesley earned first-team All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America after catching 88 passes for 1,410 yards and nine touchdowns. His receiving yard total ranked as the third-best in Tech history, behind only a pair of two other eventual NFL players in Michael Crabtree and Keke Coutee. Wesley ranked second nationally that season in receiving yards per game (117.5), third in total receiving yards and eighth in receptions per contest (7.3). He led the Big 12 in receiving yards and catches per game.
• A Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, Wesley was one of four Red Raider outside receivers who made it to the NFL under Jones. The others were Dylan Cantrell (drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers and also played for the Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots and the now-Washington Commanders), Derrick Willies (Cleveland Browns) and T.J. Vasher (Dallas Cowboys).
• Led South Oak Cliff High School to a 30-8 record in his three seasons as head coach. The Golden Bears advanced deep into the Class 4A and 5A playoffs each of those three years. The school produced several FBS signees under Jones, including five players in the 2014 class alone.
• Prior to his time at South Oak Cliff, Jones served as an assistant coach at multiple Dallas-area high schools. He spent seven seasons at Dallas Skyline, starting there as wide receivers coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator. He served on the Dallas Lincoln staff for the 2004 season. He began his coaching career at Seagoville, spending the 2001-03 seasons at his alma mater.
As a Player
• Was a walk-on quarterback at Texas Tech during the 1994 season before transferring to North Texas.
• Named Oklahoma's passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach on Jan. 10, 2023.
• Coached a 2023 OU wide receivers group that helped Oklahoma lead the Big 12 with its 41.7 points (ranked fourth nationally), 507.0 total yards (third) and 324.8 passing yards (sixth) per contest and lead the Big 12 with its 167.5 passing efficiency (sixth). Receiver Drake Stoops finished with 84 catches for 962 yards and 10 touchdowns and was named first-team All-Big 12, while Nic Anderson set an OU freshman record with 10 TD receptions was a freshman All-American by The Athletic.
• Spent the 2022 season at Texas Tech as wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator. From 2019-21, Jones served as wide receivers coach at Kansas and added the title of passing game coordinator his final two years there. He also served as KU's interim head coach in spring 2021 until Lance Leipold was hired as head coach.
• In 2022, Texas Tech led the Big 12 and ranked 12th nationally in passing offense (302.0 yards per game) and 13th nationally in passing yards (3,926). Eight receivers under his tutelage registered at least 20 receptions and five of those averaged at least 12.0 yards per catch.
• In each of Jones' three seasons at Kansas, the Jayhawks produced a top-11 receiver in the Big 12. In 2019, Andrew Parchment ranked fourth in the league by averaging 69.3 receiving yards per game, becoming the first KU player to rank among the top-five Big 12 receivers in the category since 2009. In 2020 and '21, Kwamie Lassiter II ranked 11th (50.9 yards per game) and eighth (54.4 ypg) in the Big 12, respectively.
• Jones's background is firmly rooted in the state of Texas. A highly respected figure from his time as head coach at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas from 2012-14, he made the jump to the collegiate ranks in 2015 when then-Texas Tech head coach Kliff Kingsbury hired him as director of player development. He was promoted the next year to outside receivers coach and spent three seasons in that role.
• Regarded as a top developer of wide receivers in the college game, he helped build one of the nation's most productive offenses in his first stint at Texas Tech. In 2016, the Red Raiders led the nation in total offense (566.6 ypg) and passing offense (463.0 ypg), and ranked fifth in the country in scoring offense (43.7 ppg).
• In 2018 under Jones' tutelage, Tech receiver Antoine Wesley earned first-team All-America honors from the Football Writers Association of America after catching 88 passes for 1,410 yards and nine touchdowns. His receiving yard total ranked as the third-best in Tech history, behind only a pair of two other eventual NFL players in Michael Crabtree and Keke Coutee. Wesley ranked second nationally that season in receiving yards per game (117.5), third in total receiving yards and eighth in receptions per contest (7.3). He led the Big 12 in receiving yards and catches per game.
• A Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, Wesley was one of four Red Raider outside receivers who made it to the NFL under Jones. The others were Dylan Cantrell (drafted by the Los Angeles Chargers and also played for the Arizona Cardinals, New England Patriots and the now-Washington Commanders), Derrick Willies (Cleveland Browns) and T.J. Vasher (Dallas Cowboys).
• Led South Oak Cliff High School to a 30-8 record in his three seasons as head coach. The Golden Bears advanced deep into the Class 4A and 5A playoffs each of those three years. The school produced several FBS signees under Jones, including five players in the 2014 class alone.
• Prior to his time at South Oak Cliff, Jones served as an assistant coach at multiple Dallas-area high schools. He spent seven seasons at Dallas Skyline, starting there as wide receivers coach before being promoted to offensive coordinator. He served on the Dallas Lincoln staff for the 2004 season. He began his coaching career at Seagoville, spending the 2001-03 seasons at his alma mater.
As a Player
• Was a walk-on quarterback at Texas Tech during the 1994 season before transferring to North Texas.
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