Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Shaw |
Conference | CIAA |
Record | 29–41 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Durham, North Carolina, U.S. | January 3, 1974
Alma mater | North Carolina Central University (2001) |
Playing career | |
1994–1997 | North Carolina Central |
2000 | Greensboro Prowlers |
2001 | Carolina Cobras |
2002 | Augusta Stallions |
2003 | Carolina Cobras |
Position(s) | Defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2003 | North Carolina Central (OLB) |
2004–2005 | North Carolina Central (DB) |
2006 | South Georgia Wildcats (DC) |
2007–2013 | Southern E&S HS (NC) |
2014–2015 | North Carolina Central (RB) |
2016–present | Shaw |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 29–41 (college) 64–29 (high school) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
3× All-CIAA (1994, 1996–1997) 1× Division II All-American (1996) | |
Adrian Jones (born January 3, 1974) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach for Shaw University, a position he has held since 2016. [1] [2] [3] He was also the head coach for the Southern High School football team from 2007 to 2013. He also coached for North Carolina Central and the South Georgia Wildcats of the af2. [4] He played college football for North Carolina Central as a defensive back and professionally for the Greensboro Prowlers, Carolina Cobras, and Augusta Stallions of the Arena Football League (AFL). [5] [6] [7]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Shaw Bears (Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(2016–present) | |||||||||
2016 | Shaw | 2–8 | 2–5 | T–4th (Southern) | |||||
2017 | Shaw | 3–7 | 2–5 | T–4th (Southern) | |||||
2018 | Shaw | 5–5 | 4–2 | T–2nd (Southern) | |||||
2019 | Shaw | 6–4 | 5–2 | 2nd (Southern) | |||||
2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
2021 | Shaw | 6–4 | 5–2 | 2nd (Southern) | |||||
2022 | Shaw | 4–6 | 4–4 | 2nd (Southern) | |||||
2023 | Shaw | 3–7 | 3–5 | 5th (Southern) | |||||
2024 | Shaw | 0–0 | 0–0 | (Southern) | |||||
Shaw: | 29–41 | 25–25 | |||||||
Total: | 29–41 |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Southern S&E Spartans ()(2007–2013) | |||||||||
2007 | Southern S&E | 10–5 | 6–1 | 1st | |||||
2008 | Southern S&E | 9–4 | 5–3 | 4th | |||||
2009 | Southern S&E | 12–2 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
2010 | Southern S&E | 6–7 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
2011 | Southern S&E | 7–4 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
2012 | Southern S&E | 6–5 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
2013 | Southern S&E | 14–2 | 7–0 | 1st | |||||
Southern S&E: | 64–29 | 39–7 | |||||||
Total: | 64–29 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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