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Haggins, Odell
Odell Haggins
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach/Defensive Tackles Coach
After 31 years as a position coach at Florida State, Odell Haggins’ role with the FSU football staff evolved for the 2025 season.
Haggins, who had been the associate head coach and defensive tackles coach since 2014, remains the associate head coach while taking a new role with a focus on impacting the entire program. He was the longest-tenured assistant coach at one institution in the country at the end of his assistant coaching career.
Haggins helped FSU post a 279-113-1 (.713) record with 14 ACC titles and two national championships in his time on staff. In recognition of his many accomplishments at Florida State, he was inducted into the Florida State Athletics Hall of Fame class of 2018 and the Polk County Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.
Haggins twice served as interim head coach for the Seminoles and had a career record of 4-2 in that role. He led Florida State to bowl eligibility in both tenures as an interim head coach, taking over for the first time on Dec. 1, 2017, and defeating ULM 42-10 the next day as FSU clinched bowl eligibility for an NCAA-record 36th straight year. He then directed a 42-13 win over Southern Miss in the Independence Bowl to finish FSU’s 41st consecutive winning season. He was named interim head coach again on Nov. 3, 2019, and led the Seminoles to wins over Boston College and Alabama State to return FSU to bowl eligibility.
Haggins repeatedly developed future NFL pros while at Florida State. He coached 21 defensive linemen selected in the NFL Draft, including first-round selections Brodrick Bunkley in 2006, Travis Johnson in 2005, Corey Simon in 2000 and Andre Wadsworth in 1998. Wadsworth was the No. 3 overall pick and remained the highest-drafted player in FSU history until 2015 when Jameis Winston was selected No. 1 overall. Haggins also coached second-round picks Braden Fiske, Eddie Goldman and Timmy Jernigan in addition to Pro Bowler Darnell Dockett as well as Larry Smith, Andre Fluellen, Jerry Johnson, Julian Pittman and Letroy Guion.
Haggins played in Tallahassee on the front end of Florida State’s dynasty years, starring at nose guard for the Seminoles. FSU posted a 39-8-1 (.823) record with Haggins on the defensive line, and he was part of four bowl-winning teams. He earned Kodak, Walter Camp and UPI All-America honors as a senior in 1989. Following a three-year NFL career, he returned to Florida State, completed his degree and joined Bobby Bowden’s staff following the Seminoles’ 1993 national championship season.
A ninth-round pick in the 1990 NFL Draft by the San Francisco 49ers, Haggins went on to play for the Buffalo Bills during their 1991 Super Bowl season. Following a three-year NFL career, he returned to Florida State, completed his degree and joined Bobby Bowden’s staff following the Seminoles’ 1993 national championship season.
Haggins and his wife, Robin, have one daughter, Amelia Grace.
| Years | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2025- | Florida State | Associate Head Coach |
| 2020-24 | Florida State | Associate Head Coach/Defensive Tackles |
| 2019 | Florida State | Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line |
| 2014-18 | Florida State | Associate Head Coach/Defensive Tackles |
| 1996-2013 | Florida State | Defensive Tackles |
| 1994-95 | Florida State | Tight Ends/Offensive Line |
*Served as FSU’s interim head coach for two games in 2017 and four games in 2019
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