Orlando (FL) Jones High hires Kenard Lang as head football coach

Former NFL player and Evans High great Kenard Lang has accepted the head football coaching job at Jones High School and will replace Boris Jackson.

Jones Principal Bridget Williams said the school is waiting for completed paperwork before making it official. Lang, who takes over a team that went 1-9 last season, played at Evans for current Edgewater Coach Bill Gierke and graduated in 1993. He spent last season coaching tight ends and helping with strength and conditioning at Edgewater.

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Lang is a University of Miami Hurricane and former Washington Redskins player, but we won't hold that against him. It's great to see someone with his considerable playing skills to start at a level where the rubber meets the road--at the high school level at a historical program like Jones High School. The connection here is Jones High has always been a feeder for both Florida A&M and Bethune Cookman, for athletes, band members and outstanding students.

Hopefully, Lang will keep the pipeline open for the MEAC and SWAC programs. Lang had an 11 year NFL career as a first round, #17 pick for the Washington Redskins in the 1997 NFL Draft. He later played linebacker and defensive end for Cleveland and closed out his career with Denver.