E. E. Jones
Encyclopedia
E. E. Jones was an American football
coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia
for one year in 1900, compiling a record of 2–4. Jones was the first of two head coaches to come to Georgia from Princeton University
. Only three outside schools have provided Georgia with more than one head coach in football: Princeton (Jones and William A. Reynolds
), Cornell University
(Pop Warner
and Gordon Saussy
), and Brown University
(Charles McCarthy, James Coulter, and Frank Dobson).
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia
The University of Georgia is a public research university located in Athens, Georgia, United States. Founded in 1785, it is the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning and is one of multiple schools to claim the title of the oldest public university in the United States...
for one year in 1900, compiling a record of 2–4. Jones was the first of two head coaches to come to Georgia from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. Only three outside schools have provided Georgia with more than one head coach in football: Princeton (Jones and William A. Reynolds
William A. Reynolds
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), Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
(Pop Warner
Glenn Scobey Warner
Glenn Scobey Warner , most commonly known as Pop Warner, was an American football player and coach...
and Gordon Saussy
Gordon Saussy
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), and Brown University
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
(Charles McCarthy, James Coulter, and Frank Dobson).