ESPN: ECU set to hire former UNC assistant as cornerbacks coach

by | Jan 3, 2025

ESPN is reporting on a new assistant football coach being added to head coach Blake Harrell’s staff.

Pete Thamel posted on X on Friday that ECU “is expected to hire former UNC corners coach Jason Jones as the school’s new cornerbacks coach.”

Jones was at UNC for two seasons and also has stops at Indiana (3 seasons) and Ole Miss (6 seasons). He was co-defensive coordinator at Ole Miss, Thamel reports.

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