MIAMI – Possessing a proven pedigree as a program-changing and championship-winning collegiate head coach with deep Florida ties, Willie Simmons has been named FIU's seventh head football coach, Director of Athletics Scott Carr announced Saturday.
Simmons, 44, most recently spent the 2024 season as an assistant coach overseeing the running backs at Duke, helping guide the ACC member to a 9-3 record. Prior to that, the Florida native transformed the Florida A&M program, serving six years (2018-23) as head coach of the Rattlers, compiling a 45-13 (.776) overall record and a 34-5 (.872) mark in Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) play.