Jaguars head coach Mike Mularkeyfinalized his coaching staff today with the hiring of Ron Prince as assistant offensive line coach. Prince spent the last two seasons with the Indianapolis Colts in the same capacity.
Prince has 20 years of coaching experience including 18 at the collegiate level. He served three seasons as head coach at Kansas State from 2006-08 where he had 19 players earn all-conference honors. His tenure included the school's first-ever consensus All-America selection in wide receiver Jordy Nelson, and he recruited and signed record-setting quarterback Josh Freeman.
Prince spent six seasons on the coaching staff at Virginia (2001-05, 2009). He began his stint with the Cavaliers as offensive line coach in 2001, and added the duties of offensive coordinator in 2003. During Prince's time at Virginia, 11 Cavaliers earned All-ACC honors, including the league's 2002 Player of the Year, Matt Schaub, and first-team All-Americans Elton Brown, D'Brickashaw Ferguson and Heath Miller. Overall, Prince helped develop nine offensive players into NFL draft selections.
A native of Junction City, Kansas, Prince also spent time as an assistant at Dodge City Community College (1992), Alabama A&M (1993), South Carolina State (1994), James Madison (1995-97) and Cornell (1998-2000). He also served minority internships with the Jaguars (1996), Washington Redskins (1997), Atlanta Falcons (1998) and the New York Giants (2000). He played collegiately at Dodge City Community College and Appalachian State. He and his wife, Zoe, have four children: Deuce, James, Grace and John.
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The 2012 Jaguars Coaching Staff
Mike Mularkey, Head Coach
Mel Tucker, Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator
Greg Olson, Assistant Head Coach/Quarterbacks Coach
Bob Bratkowski, Offensive Coordinator
John Bonamego, Special Teams Coordinator
Tom Myslinski, Strength and Conditioning Coach
Craig Aukerman, Assistant Special Teams Coach
Brandon Blaney, Defensive Assistant Coach
Sylvester Croom, Running Backs Coach
Joe Cullen, Defensive Line Coach
Mark Duffner, Linebackers Coach
Andy Heck, Offensive Line Coach
Josh Hingst, Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
Bobby Johnson, Tight Ends Coach
Marlon McCree, Assistant Secondary Coach
Patrick Mularkey, Strength Assistant
Tony Oden, Secondary Coach
Ron Prince, Assistant Offensive Line Coach
Cedric Scott, Strength Assistant
Charlie Skalaski, Assistant to the Head Coach/Offensive Assistant
Paul Spicer, Assistant Defensive Line Coach
Jerry Sullivan, Wide Receivers Coach