Now 33, Jones has been working with the youth players at United as he gains initial coaching experience.
Asked about his time on the Carrington training pitches, Jones told MUTV: "Brilliant.
"I worked alongside Adam Lawrence, the (then) manager, who was terrific, and Colin Little, who's still there.
"I was able to learn off Adam, learn off Col, in terms of how they set sessions up, what they're going after in sessions and learn about the development programme with these kids so they transition from Academy to first team, and what that looks like when they get there, and having a succession plan for them.
"I really enjoyed it and it's something I'm really excited about. It's what I want to go into, it's what I feel passionate about. So, like I said, let's see what the future holds."
He also said: "Football aside, they're great lads who want to learn, who want to develop and get better, as individuals and as a team as well.
"But, you know, there's some technically very, very good players in there. I watch some of them, and I can only look back from when I was in the Blackburn Academy coming through, and I'd have loved to have the ability that some of those lads have.
"Really promising, really bright," Jones continued. "I know there are a few lads who have been in and around and trained with the first team last season.
"Darren Fletcher's there now, so I'm sure he's got them all firing on all cylinders and getting the best out of them, so yeah, hopefully we'll see some of them in the first team in the future."