Having been compelled to curtail his enjoying profession sooner than he’d have appreciated, Jones launched into the subsequent neatest thing: teaching.
He is already accomplished his UEFA A Licence teaching badge, and is presently within the strategy of ending his UEFA Professional Licence, the very best stage obtainable. As a part of that transition, the previous defender hung out with the Academy, serving to out with our Beneath-18s final season.
“Sensible,” Jones replied when requested in regards to the expertise. “I labored alongside Adam Lawrence, the [then] supervisor, who was terrific, and Colin Little, who’s nonetheless there.
“I used to be capable of be taught off Adam, be taught off Col, by way of how they set classes up, what they are going after in classes and be taught in regards to the growth programme with these youngsters so that they transition from Academy to first group, and what that appears like once they get there, and having a succession plan for them.
