19 Facts About James Coley

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James Coley was previously the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at the University of Georgia.

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James Coley's coaching resume includes stops at 2003 National Champion Louisiana State University and 2002 Florida 6A State Champion Miami Norland Senior High School, in addition to his experiences with the Dolphins.

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James Coley was labelled and considered the ACC top recruiter by ESPN recruiting.

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James Coley is considered to be an ace recruiter in the talent-rich South Florida area.

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James Coley was named the top recruiter in the conference.

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James Coley spent six years as a high school coach in Miami before moving to the college ranks.

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James Coley was a quarterback coach at Miami Senior High School for three seasons, where he worked with future Miami Hurricanes football stars Andre Johnson and Roscoe Parrish.

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James Coley then moved on to Miami Norland Senior High School, where he was the assistant head coach and the offensive coordinator.

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James Coley won the 2002 class 6A state title in his last year at Miami Norland.

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James Coley's college coaching career started at Louisiana State University in 2003, where he was an offensive graduate assistant under offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher for two seasons.

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James Coley joined LSU head coach Nick Saban on the Miami Dolphins coaching staff as an offensive assistant when Saban was hired by the Dolphins prior to the 2005 season.

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James Coley left the Dolphins after the 2006 season when Saban bolted unexpectedly to the University of Alabama.

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James Coley spent one season as offensive coordinator at Florida International University under head coach Mario Cristobal and completely revamped the FIU offense.

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James Coley was hired by FSU head coach Bobby Bowden on February 21,2008.

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James Coley was reunited with former boss at LSU, Jimbo Fisher.

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James Coley was hired to coach the TEs and to be the new recruiting coordinator at FSU.

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James Coley spent five seasons on the FSU staff, all 5 as the TE coach, and gave up the RC title in 2010 when he was promoted to OC.

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James Coley was known as one of FSU's top recruiters, helping them bring in top recruiting classes nearly every season he was on staff, including back-to-back top 10 classes in 2008 and 2009, the number 1 overall class in the 2011, and the 2nd overall class in 2012 according to ESPN.

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James Coley was hired by Mark Richt's replacement at Georgia, Kirby Smart, on January 3,2016, to be the program's new wide receivers coach.