The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have hired Chris Jones as a senior defensive assistant and have cut ties with assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Mark Washington, the CFL club announced Monday.
The club said in a release that Jones will take over defensive play-calling duties after it “mutually agreed to part ways” with Washington.
The announcement comes after the Ticats (2-8) were defeated 47-22 by the Edmonton Elks (3-7) on Saturday at Tim Hortons Field.
Jones was fired as head coach and general manager of the Elks in July after the team got off to an 0-5 start.
The move reunites Jones with Ticats head coach Scott Milanovich. The two led the Argonauts to a Grey Cup title in 2012 with Milanovich as head coach and Jones as defensive coordinator.
Jones led Edmonton to a Grey Cup in 2015 as head coach, and was the CFL’s coach of the year in 2018 with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.