Jack Jones

Jack Jones began his career in 1966 at Moscow High School where he taught and coached for five years before moving to the Treasure Valley. Jones spent twenty-eight years at Vallivue High School teaching, coaching golf, basketball, and football, and also serving as a part-time administrator.

Jones led his golf teams to eight district titles and two state championships and his basketball teams to six district titles and one state title. He was named 1976 State Basketball Coach of the Year, 2001 and 2002 State Golf Coach of the Year, and was nominated for National Golf Coach of the Year in 1986.

Throughout his career, Jones was dedicated to the advancement of the officiating profession, serving for over ten years as the IHSAA state and District III football commissioner, as a member of the District III Commissioner’s Advisory Board for seven years and as two-time president of the Third District Officials Association.