It’s a bye week for the Hawaii football team, and it’s also time to say goodbye to June Jones, who died Thursday at age 73. Jones is Hawaii’s all-time winningest coach, with 76 victories in nine seasons, including a 23-4 record over his final two years in 2006 and 2007. He was known for popularizing the run-and-shoot offense, which was much more about shooting than running.
Jones learned the run-and-shoot from its creator, Mouse Davis, while playing quarterback for Portland State in the mid-1970s. He went on to play and coach in both the NFL and the Canadian Football League.
Jones is best remembered for his time at Hawaii, where he recruited record-setting quarterback Timmy Chang, now the program’s head coach. An innovator who helped put Hawaii football on the national map, Jones built entertaining, high-powered passing offenses.…