Northern Illinois University Athletics

Houston Jones joined the Northern Illinois University football coaching staff in February 2019 as wide receivers coach. 
 
A former wide receiver at Iowa State University, Jones came to DeKalb from Concordia University in St. Paul, Minn. where he was passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach from 2016-2018.
 
Before joining the Golden Bears staff, Jones was the quarterbacks and wide receivers coach at Dakota Wesleyan for three seasons, where he also earned his master's degree in educational policy & administration. He worked with standout wide receiver Anthony Muilenburg, who set the program’s single game receiving yards record (251) and was the ninth-ranked receiver in NAIA with 1,002 yards in 2013.
 
A native of Oklahoma City, Okla., Jones played wide receiver at Iowa State from 2005-09 and earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts and sciences in 2009. He and his wife Samantha have a daughter, Parker.