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SMU Is Gaining Ground on Recruiting

During the first two seasons of June Jones' tenure at SMU, he and his players would walk through airports in different cities and passersby would ask what SMU stood for and where the school was located. It was a reality check for Jones, who was well-versed on the storied history of an SMU program that was one of the top...

Army vs. Southern Methodist: Armed Forces Bowl

The Army Black Knights (6-6) will face the Southern Methodist Mustangs (7-6) in a battle of downtrodden programs back on the rise in the Armed Forces Bowl. The game will take place at Ford Stadium in Dallas, SMU's home, on Dec. 30 at 12 p.m. ET. It's Army's first bowl game in 14 years, and comes in the second season under...

Five-Step Drop: June Jones Reportedly Denies Maryland Overtures

FanHouse's college football staff provides you with a personal quarterback. We do the primary and secondary reads for you so you can properly start your day. 1. At least one big name has removed himself from the running to become Maryland's next coach -- and he turned down a huge pile of money to do so. SMU coach June...

SMU Takes Next Step Toward Restoring Program Under June Jones

June Jones didn't expect to play for a conference title this early. The third-year SMU coach wasn't sure what type of team he'd have, especially with the loss of star receiver Emmanuel Sanders, running back Shawnbrey McNeal and a slew of defensive players. His young team also was just learning how to win. A year ago,...

Best of BCS Busters Will Get Tested Early

It remains the final grass ceiling, if you will, in college football: the prospect of a non-BCS conference school playing in the BCS Championship Game. Of Boise State becoming Butler. Six times in the past six seasons, a non-BCS school, a.k.a. "BCS Buster," has qualified to participate in a BCS bowl. Utah and the Broncos...

June Jones News From the Web

05/20/12 Hundred year old native American SKULLS are flown home... Source: Daily Mail - London - UK Seven Native American skulls have returned to California's central coast after being discovered locked in a metal cabinet at a United Kingdom medical school.
05/18/12 SMU fires athletic director Steve Orsini Source: The Daily Tribune - Mount Pleasant TX SMU athletic director Steve Orsini was fired Thursday, just four weeks after he and the Mustangs hired Hall of Fame basketball coach Larry Brown.
05/04/12 Jones Named Top Coach In C-USA Source: Conference USA The Sporting News has named SMU head Coach June Jones the top coach in Conference USA, the news outlet announced this week.
04/26/12 SMU positional series: New OC Jason Phillips should... Source: College Sports Blog June Jones looked to have SMU poised for a double-digit win season after the Mustangs shot out of the gate to a 5-1 start, but stumbles down the stretch left the team with a somewhat disappointing 8-5 finish.
04/09/12 SMU football standouts return to spring practice Source: College Sports Blog WR Darius Johnson and LB Taylor Reed returned to spring practice today.

Background on June Jones

June Sheldon Jones, III (born February 19, 1953) ) grew up in Portland, Oregon, the [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2007/Dec/16/ln/hawaii712160360.html second of four children born to Marilyn and June Jones Jr]., and is an American football coach and former NFL player.

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