:DeWitt Jones

{{Short description|American football player and coach}}

{{distinguish|text=the American photographer Dewitt Jones}}

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{{Infobox college coach

| name = DeWitt Jones

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| birth_date = {{Circa|1943}}

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| alma_mater =

| player_years1 = 1962–1964

| player_team1 = Abilene Christian

| player_positions = End

| coach_years1 = 1965–1966

| coach_team1 = Highland Park HS (TX) (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1967

| coach_team2 = Ranger Park HS (TX) (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1968

| coach_team3 = Cooper HS (TX) (assistant)

| coach_years4 = 1969–1970

| coach_team4 = Midland Lee HS (TX) (assistant)

| coach_years5 = 1971

| coach_team5 = Midland HS (TX) (assistant)

| coach_years6 = 1972–1974

| coach_team6 = Troup HS (TX)

| coach_years7 = 1976

| coach_team7 = Abilene HS (TX)

| coach_years8 = 1977–1978

| coach_team8 = Abilene Christian

| overall_record = 18–4–1 (college)
44–11–2 (high school)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 2–0 (NAIA D-I playoffs)

| championships = 1 NAIA Division I (1977)
1 LSC (1977)

| awards = NAIA Coach of the Year (1977)

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DeWitt Jones (born {{Circa|1943}}) is a former American football coach. He was the 11th head football coach at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, serving two seasons, from 1977 to 1978, and compiling a record of 18–4–1[http://www.acusports.com/pdf5/135647.pdf?ATCLID=1554217&SPSID=45014&SPID=3615&DB_OEM_ID=8900#14 2008 Wildcat Football (media guide)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707104010/http://www.acusports.com/pdf5/135647.pdf?ATCLID=1554217&SPSID=45014&SPID=3615&DB_OEM_ID=8900 |date=July 7, 2011 }} ACU Record Book His coaching record at Abilene Christian was 18–4–1.[http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/lsc/abilene_christian/coaching_records.php Abilene Christian University coaching records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217222524/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/lsc/abilene_christian/coaching_records.php |date=December 17, 2014 }} In 1977, his team won the NAIA Division I National Football Championship. Jones was named the NAIA Division I National Coach of the Year.

Jones won a high school state championship in 1973 at Troup High School in Troup, Texas. He is one of two coaches in Texas who has won a state championship on the high school level and a national championship at the college level. In 2005, Jones was inducted into the Abilene Christian Sports Hall of Fame.{{cite web|url=http://www.acusports.com/news/2004/12/11/6460.aspx?path=general|publisher=Abilene Christian University|title=Kittley leads Hall of Fame class|date=December 11, 2004|access-date=May 10, 2018}} He and Eugene Toole are the only player/coach combination to ever win a National and State High School championship as a Coach / Player combination.

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Abilene Christian Wildcats

| conf = Lone Star Conference

| startyear = 1977

| endyear = 1978

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = national

| year = 1977

| name = Abilene Christian

| overall = 11–1–1

| conference = 5–1–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = NAIA Division I Championship

| bowloutcome = W

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1978

| name = Abilene Christian

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Abilene Christian

| overall = 18–4–1

| confrecord = 10–3–1

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 18–4–1

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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