Coach Willie Simmons
@HCWillieSimmons
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Running Backs Coach at Duke University. FAITH, FUNDAMENTALS, FAST, FIGHT, FINISH, FUN, FAMILY!
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PSA: PLEASE STOP SAYING THERE WAS A SHOOTING AT FAMU’S HOMECOMING! THERE WAS A SHOOTING ON W. PENSACOLA ST. AND STADIUM DR., NOT ON OR AROUND FAMU’S CAMPUS!!!
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Now who wouldn’t want to come to Tallahassee to play for coaches like this (and we were both ballers)?!?!?! LOL. We clean up nicely wouldn’t you agree???
#TallahasseeTakeover
#SwaggerOnAHundredThousandTrillion
#WahnishWayWillie
#MachoManMike
#FAMULY
🐍🐍🐍🍢
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TALLAHASSEE STAND UP!!!
RATTLERS WIN!!! 🐍🐍🐍
SEMINOLES WIN!!! 🍢
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Thank you for your leadership and development of men
@Coach_Norvell
! Tallahassee is the city of Champions! Good luck in the bowl game!
#FAMULY
#OurTime
#CLIMB
Great young men who found right opportunity with tremendous staff. So proud of these guys for their accomplishments.
#KeepCLIMBing
and
@HCWillieSimmons
let’s keep bringing championships to Tallahassee
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There’s so much I want to unpack with the current situation down in Daytona, but I can’t do it in 280 characters. Just know I hate it for the young people there because no matter how you personally feel about how things transpired, they’re the ones who lose in the end!
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6 FAMU Football players decided today to get baptized!!! Praise God!!! I’m so thankful and blessed to be able to not only help develop these young men physically and academically, but also spiritually!!!
#FAMU
#FightFinishFaith
#BethelBaptistTallahassee
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• 2022-23 FAMU FB Single Year APR Score of 950.
• ZERO ineligible football players for 2023 FB season.
• Over 30 graduates played on 2023 team.
• 6 FB players graduated December ‘23.
• Over 20 FB players graduated in last calendar year.
• NO pending postseason ban!!!…
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The FAMU Rattlers FB program is looking for young men who want to be coached to have…
1. FAITH in this process
2. Great FUNDAMENTALS
3. FAST intentions
4. FIGHT through adversity
5. Endurance to FINISH
6. FUN (love football) and
7. A genuine love for the FAMULY!
#WhyNotUs
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PSA! 🗣️ It’s not just HBCUs chasing Power 5 programs for facilities & resources, it’s MOST LRIs (Low Resource Institutions)! That includes most FCS programs & many Group of 5 (Mid-major) programs! We must stop the narrative that these financial issues are ONLY relegated to HBCUs!
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Great road win FSU! Congratulations to Coach Norvell, his staff and the Seminoles team!
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History has been made today!!! The NUMBER 1 OVERALL player in the country has just signed with an HBCU!!!!!!! See you in Miami young man!
#ForTheCulture
#HBCUPride
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Rattler Nation, words can’t express our gratitude and appreciation for your unwavering support of this football program! This SWAC Championship is largely due to you guys! Because of you all, we now have the nation’s LONGEST home win streak at 20 games!!! Now let’s go take over…
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@meac_mike
@dajaz027
FSU => FAMU transfers over the past 3 seasons
OL Jay Jackson-Williams - 2nd Team All-SWAC
DL Deonte Williams - 2nd Team All-SWAC
OL Jalen Goss - 1st Team All-SWAC and Boxtorow All-American
If that’s called being their “JV” I’ll take it anyday and twice on Sundays.
Do your…
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Seeing my daughter take the oath with Vice President Kamala Harris is EVERYTHING!!! If you can’t understand the significance of this moment then you can never truly understand “us”!!!
#History
#HERstory
#Inauguration2021
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10 YEARS! TEN!!! The ying to my yang, the left field to my right, the turn up to my mellow, the Malcolm to my Martin, we’ve been through it all! Happy 10-year anniversary to my biggest cheerleader and the bullets to my Shotgun!
@ShaiaSimmons
, I love you and there’s nothing you…
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Indeed we did rise like the Phoenix!!! Rattler Nation we did it!! Mama I made it!!!
#FAMULY
#SonOfaRattler
#OurTime
🐍🐍🐍
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@DeionSanders
of all the 5 stars you’ve signed over the past few years this may be your biggest one yet.
@Coach2Bless
is a rockstar and all I can say is everyone better watch out because with you two together… SHEESH!!! I’m so happy for my boy and I know he’ll do great things in…
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I’m extremely humbled to receive this most prestigious award from
@NCMFC1
! 2023 was a year to remember and I want to thank everyone who helped make it possible! God’s immeasurable grace and mercy is on full display! Thank you
@CoachLocks
for continuing to fight the good fight!
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Hey Gator Bowl committee!!!
🐍🐍🐍👑🎳
#FAMULY
#WeWillPlay
#WeAreRightDowntheStreet
#HaveYourPeopleContactMyPeople
#LeaveNoDoubt
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In this photo…
- 1 scholarship offer.
- 1 walk on opportunity.
- 4 All American teams.
- 4 1st Team All-Conf. selections.
- 1 Buck Buchanan Award.
- 1 SWAC DPOY Award.
- 1 Reese’s Senior Bowl.
- 1 HBCU Legacy Bowl OMVP.
- 1 NFL Scouting Combine.
- 23 NFL Scouts at Pro Day.
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For everyone worried about FAMU Football and FAMU Athletics! 🐍🐍🐍
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We don’t rebuild, we RELOAD!!! Another BIG FISH is coming home!!!
#FAMULY
#TallahasseeTakeover
#StillOurTime
🐍🐍🐍
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Ed Jones - 1st Rd. 1st Pick (Tenn. St.)
Steve McNair - 1st Rd. 3rd Pick (Alcorn St.)
Walter Payton - 1st Rd. 4th Pick (Jackson St.)
Jerry Rice - 1st Rd. 16th Pick (Miss. Valley St.)
Henry Lawrence - 1st Rd. 19th Pick (Florida A&M)
I thought somebody said something??? 🤣🏈💰
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TALLAHASSEE wins!!! Congratulations to the FSU Seminoles on their big win today! HAPPY HOMECOMING to all my Rattlers in the capital city tonight!!!
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These guys played their hearts out tonight! I couldn’t be more proud of their effort and grit! This loss is on me and we will get this ship righted!
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My face when a 300+ lbs. defensive lineman asks me for a single digit jersey number! 🤦🏾♂️
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7 games in the state of Florida!
3 games in NFL stadiums!
1 game in a Major Bowl Stadium!
At least 4 NATIONALLY televised ESPN games!
What else can you ask for???
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍🎓🏈💰
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Four years ago today, my wildest dream became a reality!!! Standing on that podium being announced as the head football coach at FAMU was nothing but God!
Four years later, we are still climbing!
#FAMULY
#HappyAnniversary
#WhyNotUs
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
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Congratulations to the North Carolina A&T State Aggies for their 3rd straight year defeating an FBS team (Kent St. in ‘16, Charlotte in ‘17, East Carolina today)! NFL draft picks, Bowl games, and ESPN games...who says you can’t accomplish your goals at an HBCU???!!!
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Congratulations to
@FAMU_FB
All-American DB
@MarkqueseB
for being invited to participate in the 2022
@NFL
Scouting Combine! Much deserved!!! 🐍🐍🐍👑🏈
#FAMULY
#WhyNotUs
#LeaveNoDoubt
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I’d like to take this time to officially welcome HC Ed Reed
@TwentyER
to the SWAC, the best conference in the world! Looking forward to battling on the gridiron and growing our program brands together brother!
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Rattler Nation, I know the season didn’t end the way we had all hoped, but I want to take this opportunity to thank you for being the most loyal, passionate fans in the world. We will continue to work to become the program you deserve!
#FAMURising
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FAMU fans: “Coach, we need to start bringing some high profile prospective student-athletes to campus for visits.”
Me:
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At least one organization understands the value of a Rattler! Bob Hayes, Nate Newton, Markquese Bell and now Isaiah Land! The legacy continues!!!
#FAMULY
#DallasCowboys
#Pipeline
🐍🐍🐍🏈
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We refuse to be outworked!!! Rattlers 4th Qtr Drills started this morning at 6 am and our guys attacked the day like true champions!
#1Down
#5ToGo
#FangsUp
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍
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The 2021 Florida A&M Rattlers once again sit atop the HBCU Div. I football world! National Champions!!!
🐍🐍🐍👑🏆🥇
#FAMULY
#NattyChamps
#WhyNotUs
#LeaveNoDoubt
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Dallas Cowboys selected Markquese Bell (FAMU) defensive captain against the Bills
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Many people say successful college football programs are about TALENT acquisition. That’s not the FAMU way. We’re about RELATIONSHIP acquisition! Real, genuine relationships that allow growth through caring for the person, not his talents! If you want that, FAMU wants you! 🐍🐍🐍
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Jordan Travis is on his Houdini tonight!!! 🔥🔥🔥
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NFL Scouts huddling up after Pro Day here at FAMU! If you build it (your body and your resumé), they will come!!!
#ProDay2021
#FAMU
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
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Tampa Bay DC Todd Bowles is the MVP of this Super Bowl!
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THANK YOU RATTLER NATION FOR YOUR UNWAVERING SUPPORT OF THESE AMAZING YOUNG MEN! THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS THEY GIVE DAILY WOULD EVEN MAKE COACH GAITHER PROUD!!!
🐍🐍🐍
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
#WhyNotUsFCSPlayoffCommittee
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Just in case anyone was wondering, the NEXT college football game played in Hard Rock Stadium after tonight will be none other than the renewal of the Orange Blossom Classic on September 5, 2021!
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍🎓🏈💰
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It’s a beautiful day for a Pro Day! 28 of 32 NFL teams and 2 Canadian League teams are in attendance!!!
#ProDay2022
#FAMULY
#WhyNotUs
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍💰
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So proud of this group of young men who overcame more adversity on a road trip before & during the game than anyone could imagine & still found a way to win! We’ll enjoy it tonight & get back to work tomorrow to keep improving!
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
#WhyNotUs
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
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FAMU DB Markquese Bell (measuring in at 6’2”/ 212 lbs.) just posted the 5th best vertical jump and 8th best broad jump among all Safeties at the NFL National Scouting Combine. He’s showing why he’s one of the best DBs in the country!
#NFLCombine2022
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍
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Who wouldn’t want to play in this atmosphere? Show me one better at this level!!!
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
#FAMULY
#WeBraggDifferent
#LeaveNoDoubt
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SEVEN NFL Scouts at practice this morning! That’s now 16 of the 32 teams represented scouting our guys in the first 12 practices! BIG things are happening on the Highest of Seven Hills in Tallahassee!!!
#FAMULY
#FangsUp
#WhyNotUs
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
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Super elated to announce that the King himself
@KingJames
will be on campus today meeting about the shoe designs for this fall! He has agreed to do autograph signings at Lawson from 2 - 3 pm (masks and social distancing required)!
#HistoricMoment
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍👑
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Honored as Trick Daddy Dollar graced us with his presence today!
#FAMUHomecoming
#WhereIsTrina
🤣🤣🤣🐍🐍🐍
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I’m still baffled as to why
@FAMU_FB
DB
@MarkqueseB
hasn’t been invited to the Reese’s
@seniorbowl
! Not only is he an amazing football player, he’s a phenomenal young man, a devoted grandson AND recent college graduate! I may be biased, but if there’s better I want to see them!
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This is what it is all about! Family and FAMULY over everything (except God)!
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
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Who's ready to step into the next Willenium here at Florida A&M???!!! Coming Summer '20!!!
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
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When your son wants to take a picture with his coach after kid’s camp!
#ProudDad
#FAMULY
#BabyRattlersFBCamp
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Me trying to hold onto these big time ‘22 and ‘23 recruits who are hitting me up because they are feeling FAMU!!!
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
#WhyNotFAMU
#FAMULY
#LeaveNoDoubt
#TheDifferenceIsClear
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It’s truly humbling to have been interviewed by one of the best sideline reporters in the business! Thank you
@sportsiren
for your inspiring words as well as your passion! Special thanks to
@TQB_Club
for the invitation!
I never get to cover
FAMU Football so I HAD to interview this rising coaching star,
@HCWillieSimmons
while I was in town speaking at the
@TQB_Club
He has the Rattlers 9-1 this season! Great job by the former
@ClemsonFB
QB
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Congratulations to Coach
@DeionSanders
at Jackson St. for winning the Eddie Robinson Award for FCS Coach of the Year and his son QB Shadeur Sanders for winning the Jerry Rice Award for FCS Freshman of the Year! Well deserved!
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The Football FAMULY would like to send our deepest condolences to the family and loved ones of past university president Dr. Walter L. Smith! Dr. Smith was president when FAMU won the inaugural Div. I-AA football national championship in 1978. It’s only fitting we go get another!
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Great turnout today at the inaugural HBCU Mega Camp! I greatly appreciate
@BCUGridiron
and
@EdwardWatersFB
for partnering with
@FAMU_FB
to make today a success!
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Huge congratulations to the 39 Rattlers Football players who earned a 3.0 or higher GPA for the Spring Semester!
🐍🐍🐍📚🏈🎓💰
#FAMULY
#RingsAndDegrees
#LeaveNoDoubt
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Rattler Nation, please come by the Fieldhouse tomorrow to pick up your defibrillators courtesy of me! Thank you for your overwhelming support. This group of young men showed tremendous resiliency tonight! Rattler Nation took over Montgomery!
#FAMULY
#HUBBAHUBBA
#WeKnowWhoIsNextUp
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Dear
@FAMU_FB
With This Transfer Portal Y’all Should Easily Be Apart Of The BIG 3 In The State!! Y’all Have Everything The Culture Loves! High Academics, Strong Alumni Base, Facilities, Great College Town & A Legendary Head Coach! Recruits Should Be Lined Up To Play In The 850!!
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I was honored to be a guest speaker at the
@TQB_Club
last night for the annual kickoff luncheon! Looking forward to seeing
@Coach_Norvell
and his Seminoles C.L.I.M.B back to national prominence!
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Merry Christmas from the first family of FAMU football!
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BREAKING NEWS!!!
I’m not in the least bit concerned about what anyone says about
@jeremy_moussa
! We embrace the passion from the critics, but he’s earned the right to lead us. And leaders must be allowed to work through their mistakes and he will!
#FAMULY
#Faith
#OurTime
🐍🐍🐍
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First class by
@DeionSanders
shouting out
@FAMU_FB
and showing his support!
T.ogether
E.veryone
A.chieves
M.ore
#SWACEast
#NationalTakeover
#SWACBestFCSConference
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Just trying to give the people what they want!
#FAMULY
#HCShoeGame
#DrippedOut
#WhyNotUs
#LeaveNoDoubt
🐍🐍🐍👑📚🏈🎓💰
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This is fake news. I'm not sure who created this quote & posted this caption as if I said it, but anyone who knows me knows that I don't fire preemptive strikes. There will be plenty of opportunities for me and Coach Prime to have some playful banter before the OBC next Sept.
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“When the dark clouds gather on the horizon…”
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