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.