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Harris Jr., Tim
Tim Harris Jr.
- Title:
- Pass Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach
Miami native and veteran coach Tim Harris Jr., was named Florida State’s pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach on December 12, 2024.
Harris has spent three of the previous four years at UCF, most recently serving as offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach in 2024. He was the Knights’ co-offensive coordinator for the 2021 and 2022 seasons and served as the offensive coordinator at FIU in 2020. Harris also has experience as the offensive coordinator and head coach at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami.
In 2024, Harris coordinated the nation’s No. 7 rushing offense and No. 16 total offense as the Knights averaged 248.1 yards per game on the ground, the highest average in the Big 12, and 447.8 yards of total offense per game. In addition to leading the Big 12 in rushing, UCF also ranked in the top five of the conference in total offense, first downs gained and passing yards per completion.
First-team All-Big 12 running back RJ Harvey shined with Harris coordinating the offense. Harvey ranked in the top five nationally in all-purpose yards, points per game, rushing yards per game, rushing touchdowns, total touchdowns and points scored per game. Wide receiver Kobe Hudson’s average of 16.38 yards per reception was the conference’s seventh-highest average.
Harris spent the 2023 season as Miami’s running backs coach. The Hurricanes averaged 176.8 rushing yards per game and reached 200 yards on the ground five times. In 2022, as co-offensive coordinator and running backs coach at UCF, he helped the Knights reach the AAC Championship Game with an offense that averaged 469.6 yards per game, the nation’s 16th-highest average, and ranked seventh in the country with an average of 228.4 rushing yards per game. That year, second-team all-conference performer Isaiah Bowser’s 16 rushing touchdowns were second in the conference and 14th in the country.
In 2021, Johnny Richardson averaged 96.9 all-purpose yards per game to rank seventh in the conference. Bowser capped the 2021 season by rushing for 155 yards and two touchdowns as part of a 288-yard rushing performance by the Knights in their win over Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl.
Harris spent the 2015-20 seasons on staff at Florida International, first as running backs coach and then as offensive coordinator. He helped oversee the best stretch in FIU history as the Panthers won a program-record nine games, including the Bahamas Bowl, in 2018 one season after tying the previous record with eight wins in 2017. FIU qualified for a bowl game every year from 2017-19, the longest streak in program history. The 2019 team earned FIU’s third straight bowl trip with a 30-24 win over Miami, the first win over an ACC team in school history.
In 2020, with Harris serving as offensive coordinator and running backs coach, D’vonte Price led the conference with his average of 6.84 yards per carry and ranked 11th nationally with an average of 116.2 rushing yards per game. The 2019 offense was paced by future NFL running backs Anthony Jones and Napoleon Maxwell. Jones produced three consecutive 100-yard rushing games, only the second such streak in program history, and Jones and Maxwell both broke the 100-yard mark in a win over Charlotte. It was only the seventh time FIU produced two 100-yard rushers in the same game and the fifth time it occurred under Harris’ leadership.
FIU’s 2018 offense was one of the most successful rushing attacks in Conference USA. The Panthers scored a school-record 27 rushing touchdowns and broke the single-season program record by averaging 4.8 yards per rush while posting a top-three ranking in the conference in total rushing yards, rushing yards per game, rushing touchdowns and yards per rush. The 2017 offense gained 5,100 total yards and scored 333 points, both the second-highest totals in program history, and led the NCAA with a 97.6 percent scoring rate in the red zone.
Before beginning his collegiate coaching career, Harris spent six seasons at Booker T. Washington High School in Miami. As the head coach in 2014, he led the Tornadoes to a perfect 14-0 record, the 4A state championship and a No. 2 national ranking by USA Today. He was named the Florida Dairy Farmers Football Coach of the Year, the Miami Dolphins George Smith South Florida High School Football Coach of the Year, the NIKE Football State Coach of the Year and a finalist for the U.S. Army All-American National Coach of the Year.
Harris was Booker T. Washington’s offensive coordinator from 2009-13. He helped the Tornadoes win state titles in 2012 and 2013 and earn the national championship in 2013 with an offense that averaged 41.9 points per game. He also served as the head track and field coach from 2010-14, leading Booker T. Washington to the 2A state championship in 2014 after a runner-up finish in 2013. He was named the 2013 Miami-Dade County Boys Track & Field Coach of the Year.
Harris was a four-time All-American and six-time ACC champion while competing for Miami’s track and field team. He still holds the program’s indoor 800-meter record and was inducted into the University of Miami Sports Hall of Fame in 2022.
Harris earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts with a concentration in English and creative writing from Miami in 2008. Harris and his wife, Nikki, have a son, Trey, and a daughter, Tailor.
| Years | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2025- | Florida State | Pass Game Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach |
| 2024 | UCF | Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach |
| 2023 | Miami | Running Backs Coach |
| 2021-22 | UCF | co-Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Coach |
| 2020 | FIU | Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Coach |
| 2015-19 | FIU | Running Backs Coach |
| 2014 | Booker T. Washington High School (Fla.) | Head Coach |
| 2009-13 | Booker T. Washington High School (Fla.) | Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers Coach/Quarterbacks Coach |
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