Willie Simmons (American football)
Simmons at press conference after being named head coach at Prairie View A&M | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | FIU |
| Conference | CUSA |
| Record | 0–0 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 12, 1980 Tallahassee, Florida, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2002 | Clemson |
| 2003 | The Citadel |
| 2005 | Sioux City Bandits |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2005 | Lincoln HS (FL) (PGC/QB) |
| 2006 | Clemson (GA) |
| 2007–2009 | Middle Tennessee (RB) |
| 2010 | Middle Tennessee (PGC/RB) |
| 2011 | Middle Tennessee (OC/RB) |
| 2012–2014 | Alcorn State (OC/RB) |
| 2015–2017 | Prairie View A&M |
| 2018–2023 | Florida A&M |
| 2024 | Duke (RB) |
| 2025–present | FIU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 66–24 |
| Bowls | 1-0 |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 black college national (2023) 1 SWAC | |
| Awards | |
| SWAC Coach of the Year (2023) 2× AFCA Region 3 Coach of the Year (2022–2023) | |
Willie Román Simmons (born October 12, 1980) is an American college football coach and former quarterback. He is the head football coach at Florida International University (FIU), a position he has held since 2025. Simmons previously served as head coach at Florida A&M University (FAMU) from 2018 to 2023, where he led the team to a black college national championship and a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) title in 2023, and at Prairie View A&M University from 2015 to 2017. As a player, Simmons was an All-American quarterback at James A. Shanks High School and played college football at Clemson University and The Citadel.