Butch Jones was formally announced as Arkansas State’s head coach on Wednesday.
Jones served as Tennessee’s head coach from 2013-17, compiling a 34-27 record and going 3-0 in bowl games. He spent the last three seasons in an off-field capacity at Alabama.
The former Tennessee head coach has assigned Matt Wilson as his Director of Player Personnel at Arkansas State.
Wilson served as Associate Director of Player Personnel at Tennessee under Jones from 2014-17. At Tennessee, Wilson provided recruiting assistance to Jones and his staff. He was a key part in identifying prospects two years in advance of a signing class.
Wilson comes to Arkansas State after serving two-plus years as Director of Player Personnel at Mississippi State and one-plus years at Indiana as Senior Director of Recruiting Personnel.
Jones also announced that former Vols’ offensive quality control assistant Derrick Lett has joined his coaching staff at Arkansas State. Jones mentioned Lett will serve as wide receivers coach for the Red Wolves.
Lett was at Tennessee from 2013-14 under Jones, working with running backs, wide receivers and punt return specialists. He has coached running backs at Yale since 2015.
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