Lindenwood University Athletics

Anthony Jones begins his second year as an assistant coach on the Lindenwood football staff.

In its first NCAA Division I season, the Lions went 7-3 record, including a 4-1 mark inside Hunter Stadium. Lindenwood picked up a thrilling 21-20 road win over Houston Baptist, as they blocked a punt with 28 seconds left, which was recovered in the end zone for a game-winning score. Lindenwood earned another road victory on October 8 in a 52-49 win over Central Arkansas, which was the start of a four-game winning streak. During that stretch, Lindenwood earned its fist win inside conference play after defeating Murray State in week six. The Lions received votes in the FCS weekly poll on three different occasions during the year. The Lions accumulated 10 all-conference selections and nine OVC weekly accolades, while Kobe McClendon was named a Stats Perform FCS Freshman All-American after an impressive 2022 campaign.

Jones came to Lindenwood after spending the 2021 season as the coordinator of player personnel at San Jose State.  Jones spent the previous season at San Diego State University as the recruiting coordinator. During the 2017 through 2019 seasons, Jones was the Contra Costa College passing game and special team’s coordinator.  Jones also coached the team's quarterbacks and wide receivers.
 
Jones began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at Union (Mo.) High near St. Louis, in 2011.  He spent the next three seasons as an assistant football coach at Pace (Fla.) High.  In 2015, Jones moved to California and became the passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach at Bishop O'Dowd High in Oakland, Calif.  The next year in 2016, Bishop O'Dowd won its first California Interscholastic Federation (C.I.F.) state championship defeating Valley View High of Moreno Valley, Calif., for the Division 5-AA title.
 
The 2009 Jacksonville State University graduate majored in business management. Jones played two seasons at Troy University as a running back and concluded his college football career as a wide receiver and running back for Jacksonville State in 2007 and 2008.  He went on to play professionally in the Indoor Football League (IFL) for the Billings Outlaws, Sioux City Bandits, and Richmond Revolution franchises in 2010 and 2011.
 
Jones was raised in Pensacola, Fla.