Mark Sean Jones (born 5 June 1966) is a former Australian
association football
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player. He last served as manager of the
Newcastle Jets.
Playing career
Jones began his career with
Newcastle Rosebud in 1985 before joining
Sydney Croatia in 1987, where he enjoyed the most success including winning the NSL Cup in
1987
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and made the
NSL Grand Final in
1988. He joined
Marconi Fairfield in 1990 and spent two seasons at
Bossley Park before finishing his career in his hometown with
Newcastle Breakers in the
1993/1994 season. Playing as a midfielder and as a defender, Jones concluded his NSL career with over 200 NSL games to his name.
He represented the
Australia U-20 team at the
1985 Fifa World Youth Championship
The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition FIFA U-20 World Cup, FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host citie ...
in the
USSR
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, where he played all three games.
Managerial career
Jones possesses an FFA A Licence, an AFC Pro Licence, is a certified Asian Football Confederation elite conditioning instructor and is one of only 12 accredited FIFA fitness instructors. Jones' status as one of only twelve FIFA Fitness Instructors has allowed him to be an instructor at a number of FIFA Football Fitness courses in Bahrain, North Korea, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.
Jones began his managerial career at the N.S.W. Institute of Sport in 2000 where he was head coach of the women program before taking up an assistant coach role at Newcastle Jets in 2006.
Following the takeover by
Nathan Tinkler in late 2010, Mark Jones left his post, as the assistant coach to
Branko Culina, in a mutual-termination. Jones had made a recognizable contribution to the club, aiding Newcastle in their first
Championship
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.
Jones worked as an assistant coach for 5 months with
Chongqing Lifan, before departing in May 2012. He was subsequently appointed as an assistant coach with
Perth Glory FC
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, where he was charged with overseeing technique, conditioning and video analysis.
After departing from his role with Perth Glory in December 2012, In 2013, Jones was appointed as manager of the
Central Coast Mariners Academy.
In early 2015, following major staff and player changes by
Newcastle Jets owner and chairman,
Nathan Tinkler, Jones was appointed assistant to Phil Stubbins with the first team. Jones also took on the role of Strength and Conditioning Coach at the club.
In January 2016, Jones joined
Adelaide United to coach their
youth team
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. 8 months later he was appointed to coach
Adelaide United's women's side.
However, in September 2016, Jones was named as coach of
Newcastle Jets with
Clayton Zane as his assistant.
On 16 April 2017, Jones was sacked as manager of Newcastle, after the team finished last in the A-League.
Jones was appointed Technical Director of
Football West State League Division 1 team Murdoch University Melville FC in February 2018.
Since his departure from the Jets, Jones has also served as a university lecturer at Edith Cowan University and as a strength and conditioning educator at FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation. In 2021 Mark helped MUMFC to promotion to Football West State League Division 1
Managerial statistics
Honours
With
Sydney Croatia:
*
NSL Cup: 1987
References
External links
Coach profile at newcastlejets.com.au
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1966 births
Living people
Australian men's soccer players
National Soccer League (Australia) players
Marconi Stallions FC players
Sydney United 58 FC players
Soccer players from Newcastle, New South Wales
Newcastle Jets FC managers
Men's association football defenders
Australian soccer managers
Newcastle Breakers FC players
20th-century Australian sportsmen