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After a short stint at the former Lamson College in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, Jones came to Grambling in 1926, when it was the two-year Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institution.<ref name=rwej/> There he taught chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Having been a player in the former Negro League, Jones launched the Grambling baseball team. He also was the dean of men and the college registrar. Under his tenure, Grambling grew from 120 students to a peak of 4,200, nearly all African Americans. The school grew from a few modest buildings to a multimillion-dollar physical plant under Jones's leadership.<ref name=rwej/> When Jones was only thirty, he became both the president of the school and the baseball coach as well.<ref name=nyt/> His actual total Grambling service, 1926 to 1977, exceeded fifty years.<ref name=rwej/>

After a short stint at the former Lamson College in [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], Louisiana, Jones came to Grambling in 1926, when it was the two-year Louisiana Negro Normal and Industrial Institution.<ref name=rwej/> There he taught chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Having been a player in the former Negro League, Jones launched the Grambling baseball team. He also was the dean of men and the college registrar. Under his tenure, Grambling grew from 120 students to a peak of 4,200, nearly all African Americans. The school grew from a few modest buildings to a multimillion-dollar physical plant under Jones's leadership.<ref name=rwej/> When Jones was only thirty, he became both the president of the school and the baseball coach as well.<ref name=nyt/> His actual total Grambling service, 1926 to 1977, exceeded fifty years.<ref name=rwej/>

Jones started the college marching band<ref name=nyt/> and even composed the Grambling Tigers ''[[alma mater]],'' For seventeen years, Wilbert Ellis, a Ruston native and 1959 Grambling graduate, was Jones's assistant baseball coach.  Between 1958 and 1967, Jones's teams rumbled through conference play, winning seven titles between 1958 and 1967 and gaining induction into the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] Hall of Fame after leading his teams to national baseball tournaments in 1961, 1963, 1964, and 1967. He was national coach of the year in 1967.<ref name=legend>{{cite web|url=http://gramblinglegends.net/Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-Jones.html|title=Grambling Legends: Ralph Waldo Emerson "Prez" Jones|publisher=gramblinglegends.net|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>

Jones started the college marching band<ref name=nyt/> and even composed the Grambling Tigers ''[[alma mater]],'' For seventeen years, Wilbert Ellis, a Ruston native and 1959 Grambling graduate, was Jones's assistant baseball coach.  Between 1958 and 1967, Jones's teams rumbled through conference play, winning seven titles between 1958 and 1967 and gaining induction into the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Hall of Fame after leading his teams to national baseball tournaments in 1961, 1963, 1964, and 1967. He was national coach of the year in 1967.<ref name=legend>{{cite web|url=http://gramblinglegends.net/Ralph-Waldo-Emerson-Jones.html|title=Grambling Legends: Ralph Waldo Emerson "Prez" Jones|publisher=gramblinglegends.net|accessdate=July 7, 2011}}</ref>

In 1941, Jones hired the inexperienced Eddie Robinson as the football coach of the Grambling Tigers. Robinson amassed a still-standing Division I record for career wins—408—from 1941 tol 1997. Of Jones, Robinson said, "Boy, oh, boy, he was some kind of guy. There were many times I thought that if he hadn't come along to hire me, that I might have gotten caught on the streets in Baton Rouge. I thank God that Dr. Jones just grabbed me and took me. ... President Jones was my teacher, even when I did not realize it."<ref name=legend/> The Grambling campus is now the home of the Eddie Robinson Museum.

In 1941, Jones hired the inexperienced Eddie Robinson as the football coach of the Grambling Tigers. Robinson amassed a still-standing Division I record for career wins—408—from 1941 tol 1997. Of Jones, Robinson said, "Boy, oh, boy, he was some kind of guy. There were many times I thought that if he hadn't come along to hire me, that I might have gotten caught on the streets in Baton Rouge. I thank God that Dr. Jones just grabbed me and took me. ... President Jones was my teacher, even when I did not realize it."<ref name=legend/> The Grambling campus is now the home of the Eddie Robinson Museum.