The 2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...

in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach

Joey Jones Joseph Patrick Jones (born 4 March 1955) is a Welsh former international football full-back who most notably played for Liverpool, with whom he won two European Cups. Club career Wrexham Jones was born in Llandudno, and joined Wrexham in 19 ...

and played their home games at

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. They were a member of the Sun Belt Conference. As part of their two-year transition to the FBS from the FCS, the Jaguars were not eligible for the Sun Belt championship and were not eligible to play in a bowl game. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.

Schedule

Coach death

On April 11, inside linebacker coach

Kurt Crain Kurt Crain (December 31, 1964 – April 10, 2012) was an American football player and coach. He played college football for the University of Memphis and Auburn University. He went on to play two seasons in the NFL – one for the Houston Oilers, ...

was found dead in

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from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Crain had been on the Jaguars staff since 2008. He was 47 years old.

References

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South Alabama Jaguars football seasons

South Alabama Jaguars football The South Alabama Jaguars football program, established in 2009, represents the University of South Alabama in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. South Alabama joined the FBS in 2012 as a member o ...

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