Former University of Hawaii coach June Jones has accepted another football challenge.

On Monday, Jones reached agreement on a two-year deal to serve as head coach and general manager of the XFL’s Houston franchise.

The fledgling eight-team XFL debuts in February 2020, a week after the NFL’s Super Bowl LIV.

“It’s going to be fun, absolutely,” Jones said.

Jones said he was approached about the XFL job last month, but “I kind of sat on it because my son was getting married. I didn’t want to deal with it (at the time). They kind of made the offer about 10 days ago.”

Jones said he decided to accept on Sunday night, then finalized his commitment on Monday.

This will be Jones’ sixth head-coaching job. He was a head coach in the NFL (Atlanta Falcons, San Diego Chargers), NCAA (Hawaii, Southern Methodist) and Canadian Football League (Hamilton).

Jones, who was a quarterback at three colleges, has coached in three pro leagues. In addition to coaching in the NFL and Canada, he helped develop the run-and-shoot offense in the U.S. Football League with the Houston Gamblers and Denver Gold. Jones has coached Hall of Fame quarterbacks Warren Moon and Jim Kelly.

To join the XFL, Jones resigned as Hamilton’s offensive coordinator. Jones was the Tiger-Cats’ head coach last year before volunteering to move back to coordinator. Jones said his successor, Tommy Condell, has been “plugged” into the offensive schemes.

Jones said he enjoyed his time at Hamilton but the XFL’s shorter season will enable him to “spend six months in Hawaii.” The XFL is divided into two divisions, with each team playing 10 regular-season games. The postseason will consist of two semifinal games and the championship.

Jones said he welcomes a chance to build another program. Jones inherited a UH team that went 0-12 in 1998. The Warriors went 9-4 in his first season as head coach. In 2007, Jones’ final season at UH, the Warriors won all 12 regular-season games before losing 41-10 to Georgia in the Sugar Bowl. He also turned programs at SMU and Hamilton.

Jones said the XFL’s blueprint mirrors his time as an assistant with the USFL’s Gamblers. “It’s kind of like the USFL when we went out and found receivers and quarterbacks,” Jones said. “I’m kind of excited about doing that.”

WWE chairman Vince McMahon is creator of the XFL. McMahon, who helped pro wrestling ascend to unprecedented popularity, secured television deals with ESPN and Fox. The Indianapolis Star reported Oliver Luck signed a multi-year deal valued at $20 million to serve as the XFL’s commissioner.

“I’m excited about it,” said Jones, who will implement his run-and-shoot schemes, “and we’re gonna be the No. 1 offense in another new league.”