His team is on a downward trend and Jones states that he has personal issues to deal with.

 

From the article:

 

<p style="margin-left:40px;">"...I have devoted my life for the last 50 years to playing and coaching this game and it has been a great journey. This job has a lot of demands, as you know, and along with that journey comes a price that is paid. I have some personal issues I have been dealing with and I need to take a step away so I can address them at this time
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On a side note, I always thought that if any program could come back from a death penalty, SMU could do it. They have a big geography advantage and it would seem that they could easily tap into the local Texas talent. But no one seems to be able to make it happen.

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I'm trying to make myself more informed and less opinionated.

Stop saying whatever stupid thing you're talking about and pay attention to all the interesting things I have to say!

He did a great job returning SMU back to some semblance of relevancy which was good to see. Hopefully they can bring in a coach who can continue to elevate the program to higher heights.

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"Sucess Is Not a Goal, It is a By-product"

He had a few decent years and brought in some good receivers like Emmanuel Sanders and Aldrick Robinson. But like Mike Price at UTEP, success is hard to sustain at "mid-major" schools in Texas.

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