SMU Head Coach June Jones arrived on the Hilltop in January after nine years at Hawaii, where he resurrected a downtrodden Warrior football program to make it one of the most exciting and competitive squads in the country.

Jones, a mastermind of one the nation’s most prolific offenses, has coached six All-Americans, 56 all-conference performers and 16 NFL draft picks. Jones’ run-and-shoot attack led the Western Athletic Conference and ranked in the top five nationally in each of his nine seasons at Hawaii.

In 2007, Jones led his team to the national spotlight with a top-10 national ranking, a BCS Bowl berth and the school's first Heisman Trophy finalist. Hawaii finished the 2007 regular season undefeated at 12-0 and was the only team in the Football Bowl Subdivision to earn that distinction. Along the way, the team shattered dozens of NCAA, conference and school records as Jones became just the third coach to lead a team to a BCS Bowl from a conference without an automatic BCS berth. For his efforts, Jones was named the 2007 WAC Coach of the Year and was one of seven finalists for the 2007 Paul "Bear" Bryant College Coach of the Year Award.