HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - It was four games into the season before win No. 1 rolled around, a 40-10 thumping of Lane College. He'd only win once more in that 1999 season, which was still a humongous improvement considering Morehouse had floundered around at 0-11 the year before he became head coach.
Now, a relatively short time later, Alabama A&M coach Anthony Jones is on the cusp of win No. 100.
It could come as soon as Saturday's homecoming game against Mississippi Valley State.
"I know there's a milestone, but the first thing I'm concerned about is Valley because it's our next game, our next conference game, our next opportunity to show what improvements we've made in our football program this season," Jones said.
Jones, now 53, came to Alabama A&M in 2002, where he's won 81 games. He's only 13 wins from leapfrogging the venerable Louis Crews as A&M's all-time winningest coach. A&M has had but two losing seasons in that time and reached the SWAC title game five times, an accomplishment no other team in the SWAC can touch.
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