Arkansas State hired former Tennessee coach Butch Jones as its new head coach Saturday.
Jones has spent the last three seasons in an off-the-field role at Alabama under Nick Saban. He was on the sideline for the Crimson Tide's 52-3 victory at Arkansas on Saturday afternoon.
He replaces Blake Anderson, who left Arkansas State to become Utah State’s new head coach. Utah State announced it had hired Anderson about an hour before Arkansas State made the hiring of Jones official.
Jones spent five seasons as coach of the Volunteers, going 34-27, though just 14-24 in the Southeastern Conference.