Ronnie Jones enters his third season with the Rangers after being hired as Northwestern Oklahoma State's head football coach after being hired in December of 2022.
In his first season with the Rangers he coached one All-GAC honoree as Braden Waters earned conference honorable mention team.
In his second season with the Rangers, he coached Muftah Ageli who was drafted in the 4th round of the CFL by the Ottawa Redblacks and All-GAC second team Coby Tillman who was top 5 in tackles in all of Division 2.
Jones has served on multiple coaching staffs at all different levels of football from the NFL, coaching six different teams from 1987-2001, to college at the NCAA DI, DII & NAIA levels, and now at the highest levels of Texas high school football.
Jones previosuly coached at Frisco Emerson High School since 2021 where he has served as an assistant coach. The Texas native helped lead the team to a 9-2 season. Before heading to Frisco Emerson Jones coached at Garland Lakeview Centennial High School from 2015-2021 serving as the defensive and special teams coordinators. Prior to Lakeview, Jones started his high school tenure at Arlington Martin High school from 2006-2015 as the linebackers coach and defensive coordinator. Through his high school coaching career he reached the Texas State Playoffs 13 times while coaching future NFL stars Myles Garrett and Seth Joyner along with NFL Hall of Famers Reggie White, Howie Long, and Ronnie Lott.
The former Ranger football player started his coaching career at Northeastern Oklahoma State University as the defensive line / linebackers coach before he was hired by the University of Tulsa as the offensive line coach / recruiting coordinator. Jones next stop was Arizona State as the head strength & conditioning coordinator where he helped lead the Sun Devils to the 1986 PAC-10 Championship and a Rose Bowl victory in 1987 over Michigan.
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After his stint with the Sun Devils, Jones transitioned to the NFL where his teams made the playoffs four times. He made six stops winning both the NFC East, with the Buddy Ryan led Philadelphia Eagles where Jones was the linebackers and head strength and conditioning coach, and AFC Central with the Houston Oilers. He ended his NFL career on Wade Phillips Buffalo Bills staff as the special teams coordinator.
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Jones returned to the NCAA Division I level with the University of Texas El Paso where he had several roles for the Miners from 1996-2000 including assistant head coach, defensive and specials teams coordinators, and wide receivers coach. In 2001, Jones took the head coaching job at NAIA Ottawa University which led him to landing the NCAA Division II head coaching job at West Texas A&M University from 2002-2005.
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Before Jones started his coaching career he came to Northwestern in 1974 becoming an All- American wide receiver for Northwestern earning All-OIC honors in football, baseball, and track. He was later inducted into the Northwestern Hall of Fame in 2001.
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Jones Career Highlights:
Texas High School State Playoffs 13 Times
NFC East Division Championship
AFC Central Division Championship
NFL Playoffs Four Times
PAC-10 Conference Championship
Rose Bowl Championship
Missouri Valley Conference Championship
Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference Championship Five times
NAIA National Playoffs Three Times
Inducted into the Northwestern Oklahoma State Hall of Fame (2001)
Inducted into the Sunray Bobcats Sports Hall of Fame (2021)
