"You have to boast a relentless mentality to cut it as a coach in the NFL. Your job is never safe for long, and you take all of the blame but none of the credit. For Jones, it's been a lifetime of moving every couple of years, beginning with his time as a graduate assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne University in 2001."
"In 2002, Jones lived in his 1988 Honda Prelude while working at North Park University, a Division III school in Chicago. He would keep the engine running to provide heat, and his aunt would call him in the morning to wake him up. Coach Brian Schottenheimer spoke about coaches who love football. Show me another candidate (Daronte Jones) who slept in a car for 6 months to coach in Chicago.Do you know how cold Chicago can get?"
The Washington Commanders hired Daronte Jones as their defensive coordinator after he served as the Minnesota Vikings' defensive backs coach and defensive pass game coordinator. Jones interviewed with at least five teams and brings experience under Brian Flores, in the CFL, at Louisiana high schools, and at collegiate stops including Lenoir-Rhyne, North Park, Bowie State, and UCLA. Early in his career he lived in a 1988 Honda Prelude while coaching at North Park University. He held one-year high school coordinator roles, a five-year run at Bowie State, and entered the NFL in 2016 as a cornerbacks assistant before advancing to a head cornerbacks coach role.
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