Arkansas State has hired Butch Jones as its next football coach, the school announced Saturday. The news comes two days after former coach Blake Anderson stepped down to take the vacant Utah State job.
Jones, 52, is currently an assistant at Alabama. He has previously been the head coach at Tennessee, Cincinnati and Central Michigan.
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"Butch Jones's outstanding record of success at both the G5 and P5 levels is evident, and we're excited to having him leading our football program into the future," Arkansas State Vice Chancellor for Intercollegiate Athletics Terry Mohajir said in a statement.