Jimbo Fisher

Jimbo Fisher

Jimbo Fisher Jr. is the head coach at Texas A&M University. Previously, he was head coach of the Florida State Seminoles. As a senior at Samford University, Fisher was the 1987 NCAA Division III National Player of the Year. He is the son of former Florida State head coach and current NFL head coach, TerryBowden.

About Jimbo Fisher in brief

Summary Jimbo FisherJimbo Fisher Jr. is the head coach at Texas A&M University. Previously, he was head coach of the Florida State Seminoles. As a senior at Samford University, Fisher was the 1987 NCAA Division III National Player of the Year. He played quarterback under head coach Terry Bowden from 1985 to 1986. Fisher coached quarterbacks and was the offensive coordinator for one season at Cincinnati before joining Nick Saban’s staff at LSU in 2000. At LSU he helped to develop a number of quarterbacks, including Josh Booty, Rohan Davey, Matt Mauck, and JaMarcus Russell. In 2006 he became offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Florida State University. He replaced Jeff Bowden, son of then-Seminoles coach Bobby Bowden. In 2010 he succeeded Bowden and led the Seminoles to their first 10-win season since 2003, and only their second of the new millennium. He resigned to take the head coaching position at TexasA&M in 2012. The Seminoles won the BCS National Championship Game in 2014. He also led the team to a 9-4 season in 2011, which included a win over Notre Dame in the Champs Sports Bowl.

In 2012, Fisher and Seminoles appeared in a major bowl game for the first time in seven years, defeating Northern Illinois, Northern Illinois in the Orange Bowl, and defeating South Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. He is the son of former Florida State head coach and current NFL head coach, TerryBowden. He was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, and attended North View Junior High School and Liberty High School. Fisher is a graduate of Salem College and Salem College High School in Salem, W. Virginia. He attended Clemson University to play baseball before going to Salem College to play football. He then transferred to Samford to play his final season for the Bulldogs. Fisher played a season in the Arena Football League in 1988 for the Chicago Bruisers. He continued at Auburn until Tommy Tuberville took over as head coach followingTerry Bowden’s 1998 mid-season resignation.