CLINTON, S.C. - Successful Blue Hose coach Benjamin Franklin Jones, Jr., died July 24, 2009. He served as head football coach from 1957 to 1961 and helmed the only PC football team to play in a bowl game (the Tangerine Bowl during the 1959 season). Coach Jones also served as Athletic Director during his tenure at Presbyterian College.

His coaching career began at Cordele High School and continued at Decatur High School where he was named “Coach of the Week” several times in the Atlanta Journal and Constitution Touchdown Club.

On the heels of his successful record at PC, Jones went on to serve as assistant head coach and offensive coordinator at Mississippi State from 1962 to 1965. The 1963 squad went on the play in the Liberty Bowl and posted its best record since 1946. As head coach at the University of Richmond, Jones is the only one to record two eight-win seasons. Jones was named Southern Conference Coach of the Year following the 1967, '68, and '71 league championship seasons. He guided the Spiders to two Tangerine Bowl appearances and the only Division I Top 20 appearance in the University's history. The Spiders had the longest losing streak in the nation prior to Jones taking the reigns. That streak was broken in 1966. The Spiders went to their first bowl game in 1968. The Tangerine Bowl bid came on the heels of a perfect 6-0 Southern Conference mark. The 49-42 victory over Ohio University capped the Spiders' best football season in 30 years. In 1973, his last season as head coach, the Spiders were ranked in the Top 20 in the nation. He was named to the University of Richmond Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Frank Jones Scholarship Fund, Presbyterian College Athletic Department, 503 S. Broad St, Clinton, SC 29325.