Joe Jones played for Virginia Tech from 1980-1984 under Bill Dooley, who was the Hokies head football coach from 1978-1986. After playing a few years in the NFL and serving as a graduate assistant coach early on in Frank Beamer’s tenure, Jones, a native of Windber, Pennsylvania, has spent the majority of his professional career coaching in the state of Virginia’s high school ranks. In 2008 he took over as varsity football head coach at King’s Fork High School (Suffolk, VA), where he has been for the last eight seasons.