Daronte Jones

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Daronte Jones
Minnesota Vikings
Position:Defensive passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach
Personal information
Born: (1978-11-11) November 11, 1978 (age 46)
Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Career information
High school: Bishop McNamara (MD)
College: Morgan State
Career history
As a coach:

Daronte Jones (born November 11, 1978) is an American football coach who is the defensive passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL).

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Playing career

Jones played as a cornerback for one season at Temple in 1996, but then transferred to Morgan State University. [1] His playing career ended after his second season with the Morgan State after repeated injuries led to nerve damage. [2]

Coaching career

Early coaching career

After being a graduate assistant at Lenoir–Rhyne and coaching safeties at Nicholls State, [2] he was a defensive coordinator for two years at two separate Louisiana high schools. [3] From 2005 to 2009, Jones was assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Bowie State University in his home state of Maryland. He spent the 2010 season coaching at UCLA. After a one-year stint coaching the Montreal Allouettes of the CFL, he spent 3 years coaching at Hawaii. He then would spend a year in the Big 10 coaching at Wisconsin. [4]

Jones then began coaching in the NFL with the Miami Dolphins, where he worked as assistant defensive backs coach for two seasons. [5] The next two years he spent coaching the secondary for the Cincinnati Bengals. In 2020 he was the defensive backs coach for the Minnesota Vikings. [6]

LSU

Jones was named the defensive coordinator at LSU on January 26, 2021. [7] He was not retained for the following season. [8]

Minnesota Vikings

On February 23, 2022, Jones returned to the Minnesota Vikings as the team's defensive backs coach for the 2022 season. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "5 Things to Know About New Vikings DBs Coach Daronte Jones". www.vikings.com. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  2. 1 2 Singleton, Chris. "New LSU defensive coordinator Daronte Jones started coaching career at Nicholls, left lasting impression". Houma Today. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  3. ↑ "LSU hires Vikes' Jones as defensive coordinator". ESPN.com. January 25, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Meet LSU's new defensive staff: Young, bright and ready to work". [225]. February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Former Dolphins Assistants Up for DC Position; No Go for Crow". Miami Dolphins On SI. January 28, 2025. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ Goessling, Ben (December 12, 2020). "Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones charts his own course". www.startribune.com. Retrieved January 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Daronte Jones Named Defensive Coordinator". LSUSports.net. January 26, 2021. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
  8. ↑ "LSU LB Coach won't return under Brian Kelly's staff". BRProud.com. December 19, 2021. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Vikings add Daronte Jones, Mike Smith, Ben Kotwica to coaching staff". February 21, 2022.
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