It seems Willie Simmons is making ready to go away Florida A&M for an assistant coach place at Duke.
ESPN school soccer author Adam Rittenberg reported Monday afternoon that Simmons will settle for a suggestion to hitch Manny Diaz at Duke. His attainable departure was first reported by the YouTube channel Offscript final week.
Simmons, who simply accomplished his fourth season at Florida A&M, guided this system to its first SWAC East title, a convention championship, and received the Celebration Bowl this season. He has an total document of 66-24 total between Prairie View and FAMU. The Rattlers have gone 45-13 beneath his management, together with three totally different seasons with 9 wins.
Simmons and Diaz each labored on the identical workers at Center Tennessee State from 2007 to 2009. He started his teaching profession as an assistant at Clemson, the place he performed quarterback.
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Florida A&M leaders made a robust pushover the weekend to extend Simmons’ yearly wage by $100,000 together with bonuses for Simmons and his workers, in line with the Tallahassee Democrat.
The Florida A&M coach beforehand signed a five-year, 1.5 million contract in 2017 after which an extension in 2021 that runs by means of the tip of the 2025 season.
The FAMU Nationwide Alumni Affiliation introduced on X, the social media platform previously generally known as Twitter, that at an emergency assembly, it had made a considerable monetary dedication to “help within the compensation of soccer coaches.”
