FIU coach Simmons knows history has been made

Head Coach Willie Simmons Looks To Win Right Away With FIU Football
MIAMI, FL - Spirits were high on Monday afternoon as FIU introduced Willie Simmons, the seventh head coach in program history. Simmons dove into plenty of topic
FIU coach Simmons knows history has been made, but wants to focus on making the Panthers winners
It still shocks me that in 2024 — about to be 2025 — that we’re still saying “first” African-American or Latino doing things. It shows how much more work we have to do collectively as a nation to truly have equality.
Gadsden County native Willie Simmons named new FIU head coach
Local football coach Willie Simmons earns his most prestigious opportunity yet by being named head coach at Florida International University.
FIU hires Willie Simmons, former head football coach of winning Florida A&M
Simmons went 45-13 as the head coach at Florida A&M between 2018 and 2023, leading the Rattlers to a pair of HBCU national championships. A former Clemson quarterback, Simmons also has coached collegiately at Prairie View A&M, Alcorn State, Middle Tennessee State and his alma mater.
FIU football hires former FAMU coach Willie Simmons for vacant head coaching job
He was named the Big Bend Offensive Player of the Year and received 25 scholarship offers. Miami was among his four finalists, but he chose the Clemson Tigers and coach Tommy Bowden – son of Florida State legend Bobby Bowden -- over the Hurricanes back in 2000. (Miami went 11-1 that season with Ken Dorsey at quarterback.)
Willie Simmons reacts to becoming new FIU football coach
Florida International University (FIU) is entering a new era as they’ve announced Willie Simmons as the next head coach of the football program. The news of Simmons securing a four-year contract to lead the Panthers was broken by ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Saturday morning and the athletics department officially confirmed the hire hours later.
FIU hires Duke assistant Willie Simmons as new head coach
Florida International has hired Duke assistant Willie Simmons as its next head coach. FIU previously considered hiring Simmons as its coach in 2021.
Florida International announces hiring of Willie Simmons as football coach
Simmons went 45-13 as the head coach at Florida A&M between 2018 and 2023, leading the Rattlers to a pair of HBCU national championships.
FIU Announces Willie Simmons As New Head Football Coach
Florida International University (FIU) has announced the hiring of Willie Simmons as the new head football of the Panthers' program.
Willie Simmons lands FBS head coaching job one year removed from HBCU championship
Simmons spent this season at Duke University as the running backs coach, helping the Blue Devils to a 9-3 record on the season. He follows former South Carolina State coach Willie Jeffries, Jackson State’s Deion Sanders, and former NCCU head coach Jerry Mack in an elite group who went from the HBCU ranks to lead FBS institutions.
FIU has new football coach
Worried loved ones reached out to the Ivy League graduate named as a person of interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing days before the executive was executed outside of a New York City hotel.
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