Boulder High School named Jesse Jones as its next football coach Friday, with the hopes he can bring new life and consistency to a program that has now seen four coaches in as many seasons.
“We’re very excited,” athletic director Ryan Bishop said by phone.
We are excited to announce the hiring of our new HEAD FOOTBALL COACH Jesse Jones. Jesse brings the passion and energy we need to revamp and rebuild BHS football. #energyup pic.twitter.com/4ngBVUUteC
— Ryan Bishop (@ADbishopbhs) February 24, 2023
Energy, passion, a proven leader — the former indoor professional player and Adams City coach checked off all the boxes, Bishop said.
Jones played professionally for eight years in arena and indoor football leagues, lastly suiting up for the Colorado Lightning in 2012 at the age of 39 in the now-ceased American Professional Football League.
He then coached at the Commerce City school for five years before stepping away to focus on his property maintenance business, Taconic Companies, with his wife in 2019.
The opening with the Panthers was the perfect situation for a return, he said.
“I have some familiarity with Boulder,” Jones said. “We played them in 2018 and 2019 and I just loved how they did things over there. Ryan Bishop (the coach at the time) just did things the right way and ran things like we did. I love the potential of the program.”
He loves the community’s renewed football passion as a whole, too, with the hiring of Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders in December. He now wants to do his part for its high school football scene.
Jones takes over for Casey Geiger, who stepped down after one year for “family reasons”, Bishop said.
The Panthers have missed the postseason the past two years following Bishop’s last season at the helm before he was promoted to AD, when he led them to the spring season championship game.
