Ray Perkins
Head Coach

• Begins second season as head coach at Jones County Junior College.
• Guided the Bobcats to a 6-3 record in 2012 and a three-way tie for first place in the MACJC South Division.
• Played on three SEC championship teams under Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant at the University of Alabama from 1964-66 and two national championship teams in 1964-65.
• Was an All-American wide receiver in 1966.
• Drafted in seventh round by the Baltimore Colts in 1967.
• Played for the Baltimore Colts from 1967-71. Helped the Colts to a 16-13 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl V.
• Assistant coach for Mississippi State University in 1973.
• Assistant coach for New England Patriots in 1974-77.
• Offensive coordinator for San Diego Chargers in 1978.
• Head coach for New York Giants from 1979-82.
• Head coach for the University of Alabama from 1983-86.
• Head coach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 1987-90.
  
• Head coach for Arkansas State University in 1992.
• Offensive coordinator for New England Patriots from 1993-96.
• Offensive coordinator for Oakland Raiders in 1997.
• Assistant coach for Cleveland Browns in from 1999-2000.
• Named head coach at Jones County Junior College on Dec. 20, 2011.

Steve Boyd
Assistant Coach

• Enters 21st season at JCJC. Serves defensive coordinator and secondary coach.
• Bobcat defense consistently ranks among the leaders in the state.
• Coached defensive line at JCJC during his first four years, coaching several All-Americans.
• Taught history and coached Philadelphia High School before coming to Jones. Also served as assistant baseball and track coach at Philadelphia.
• Received his master’s of education in health, physical education and recreation in 1988 from Mississippi State University.
• A Starkville native, Boyd is married to the former Yvonne Nicks, also a native of Starkville.

David Thornton
Assistant Coach

• Begins second year as offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/running backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Jones County Junior College.
• Came to JCJC after serving as offensive coordinator at Southwest Mississippi for the past four years.
• Native of Vernon, Ala., and a 1990 graduate of Lamar County High School.
• After high school, attended the University of the South (1990-92) in Sewanee, Tenn., where he played quarterback for the Tigers.
• Finished college career at the University of Alabama-Birmingham (1992-95) where he was a running back for the Blazers. Received a BS degree in secondary education from UAB in 1995 and a Masters in 1998.
• Served UAB as a student assistant and graduate assistant from 1994-98. Coached offensive line, tight ends and running backs during that time.
• Served as offensive coordinator at Middle Georgia Junior College from 1998-2000. The Warriors were 27-8, won two NJCAA bowl games and had two top five national rankings during that time.
• Served as offensive coordinator at the University of West Alabama from 2001-04. At UWA, he coached two Harlon Hill South Regional finalists, three All-Americans, four All-South selections and four All-Gulf South Conference players.
• During Thornton’s time at UWA, the Tigers rewrote numerous school rushing, passing and receiving marks. Their offense ranked fourth nationally in 2002 and 12th in 2003. UWA finished with around 4,100 yards of total offense during those two years.
• Became offensive coordinator at Northwest Mississippi from 2005-07 before going to Southwest.
• He and his wife, Tonya, have three children: Andrew, Carson and Lizzie.

Ron Brewer
Assistant Coach

• Enters his eighth season as offensive line coach.
• Served as offensive line coach and defensive coordinator at East Side High School in Cleveland, prior to coming to Jones.
• Served as graduate assistant at Delta State University for two years before going to East Side.
• Member of the 2002 Delta State Division II national championship team.
• Played on undefeated 1998 state and national championship team at Jones.
• Two-year letterman in the offensive line at JCJC.
• Earned undergraduate degree in heath, physical education and recreation in 2001 and a master’s of education in HPER in 2003 from Delta State.
• Native of Piave.
• He is married to the former Callie Green and they have a son, Beau.

Anthony Maddox
Assistant Coach

• Returns for fourth season as defensive line coach at JCJC.
• Played at JCJC in 1997-98 and was a member of the Bobcats’ 12-0 national championship team in 1998.
• Played for Delta State University where he starred for the Statesmen in 2002-03.
• Was named the Gulf South Conference’s Defensive Player of the Year in 2003. He was an All-GSC selection and was also named All-American by the American Football Coaches Association.
• Drafted by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2004 in the fourth round. Played two years for the Jaguars and three years for the Houston Texans before leaving the NFL.
• Established the Anthony Maddox Foundation in 2008. The Foundation is designed to benefit the single parents and poverty-stricken youngsters.
• Maddox and his wife, Deidre, reside in Hattiesburg and have four children.
  

Donavan Baucum
Assistant Coach

• Begins his fourth season as an assistant at Jones, serving as linebackers coach.
• Raleigh native and 2003 graduate of Sylva-Bay Academy.
• Played at Delta State in 2004-05
• Graduated from University of Mississippi in 2008.

Brad Reynolds
Assistant Coach

• Begins his second season as tight ends coach at JCJC
• A graduate of West Jones High School and JCJC
• Completing his BS degree from United States Sports Academy in Fairhope, Ala.
• He is engaged to Dawn Gentry and has two children: Corlee and Riley.

Melvin Tart
Assistant Coach

• Enters his second season as wide receivers coach at Jones County Junior College.
• Came to JCJC from Pearl River Community College after spending seven years as a volunteer offensive assistant. During these years he coached wide receivers, running backs, and one year helping with quarterbacks.
• While at PRCC he coached on the 2005, 2006 MACJC State Championship teams, and 2006 national runner-up team.
• A native of Hattiesburg. Graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 2001, where he was a three-year letterman in football and a standout performer in track.
• After graduation from Hattiesburg High he played football at PRCC 2001-2003.
• After graduation from PRCC he transferred to the University of Southern Mississippi; where he received his BS degree in Exercise Science in December 2005.
• Received his master’s in Sport Management in August 2010.