Amos Jones

Amos Jones

Pittsburgh Steelers
Date of birth:	December 31, 1959 (1959-12-31)
Place of birth:	Tallahassee, Florida, United States
Career information
Status:	Active (coach)
Position(s):	S/RB
College:	Alabama (1978-1980)
High school:	Pickens Academy Carrollton, Alabama
Organizations
As coach:
1981–1982 1983–1985 1986–1988 1989 1990–1991 1992 1993–1994 1995–1996 1997 1998 1999–2002 2003 2004–2005 2006 2007–present	Alabama (graduate assistant) Temple (tight ends coach) Temple (defensive line coach) Shades Valley HS (Irondale, AL) (assistant coach) Alabama (special teams coach) Univ. of Pittsburgh (kicking game coordinator) Eau Gallie HS (Melbourne, FL) (assistant coach) Tulane (linebackers coach) BC Lions (CFL) (assistant coach) East St. John HS (Reserve, LA) (assistant coach) Univ. of Cincinnati (running backs/ special teams coach) James Madison (tight ends/ special teams coach) Mississippi State (special teams/ linebackers coach) Mississippi State (outside linebackers coach) Pittsburgh Steelers (asst. special teams coach)
Career highlights and awards
Super Bowl winner (as coach) — XLIII (2008) AFC Champion (as coach) — 2008 2-time NCAA Football National Champion (as player) — 1978 (Alabama), 1979 (Alabama) 2-time SEC champion (as player) — 1978 (Alabama), 1979 (Alabama)

Amos Jones (born December 31, 1959 in Tallahassee, Florida) is an assistant special teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

College Playing Career

Jones played safety and running back at the University of Alabama, under Paul "Bear" Bryant. He graduated from Alabama in 1982 and later earned a master's degree from the same institution.

Coaching career

Amos Jones began his NFL coaching career as an assistant special teams coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He was hired on January 29, 2007. He works under special teams coach Bob Ligashesky and head coach Mike Tomlin. He had previously worked with Tomlin as well as Steelers offensive line coach Larry Zierlein in the late 90's at the University of Cincinnati. Other connections with the current Steelers staff include serving under current offensive coordinator Bruce Arians when he was head coach at Temple in the 80's and playing and coaching at Alabama during the late 70's and early 80's when Steelers assistant head coach John Mitchell served at the Tide's defensive line coach.

Prior to joining the Steelers, Jones had coached football for 26 years — four seasons at the high school level; 21 seasons at the college level at Alabama, Temple, Pitt, Tulane, Cincinnati, James Madison, and Mississippi State; and a single year with the Canadian Football League's BC Lions.

Personal life

Jones grew up in Aliceville, Alabama. He is a 1978 graduate of Pickens Academy, a private school in Carrollton, Alabama. He was baptized in the Southern Baptist faith on the same day as his father.

Jones and his wife Stacey (formerly Stacey Merkle) have four children. Their oldest daughter attends the University of Alabama. The family makes their off-season home on a farm in Pickens County, Alabama located between Aliceville and Carrollton.