Hoosick Falls head football coach Ron Jones takes the field when his team took on Saranac Lake in a state Class C regional playoff game on Nov. 10, 2012 at AuSable Valley. (Enterprise file photo — Lou Reuter)

HOOSICK FALLS — Longtime Hoosick Falls football coach and physical education teacher Ron Jones died of a heart attack at his home Monday according to several reports. He was 51 years old.

Jones, a 1986 Hoosick Falls graduate, was the Panthers’ all-time leader in victories and coached the 2012 team to the state Class C championship. The Panthers were also state runners-up in 2003 and 2014, and won eight Section II Class C titles, including six straight from 2009-14. Those six teams went a combined 68-5, including 59 straight wins against Section II competition.

In 23 seasons as head coach, Jones compiled a career record of 155-76 from 1996-99 and 2001-19. He spent the 2000 season as an assistant at Siena College.

He is survived by his wife, Ikuko, and his daughter, Kai.

Saranac Lake’s football program was no stranger to facing Hoosick Falls with Jones at the helm as the two teams have clashed a handful of times in state Class C quarterfinal games.

The last time the two teams met up, Hoosick Falls rallied twice to top Saranac Lake 20-12 on November 11, 2012 in a regional playoff game at AuSable Valley. Two weeks later, Jones and his Panthers went on to win the state Class C title with a 34-21 victory over Hornell at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse.

Enterprise Senior Sports Writer Lou Reuter

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