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Austin Tucker
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- Quarterbacks Coach
Austin Tucker enters his seventh season at Florida State and first as quarterbacks coach in 2026. Tucker, who has worked extensively with quarterbacks, wide receivers and running backs in his coaching career, is entering his 11th season as a Division I coach.
Tucker has coaching experience at Auburn, Memphis, North Alabama and in the high school ranks, and he has worked with every skill group on offense. Last season, he helped direct and develop an offense that led the ACC in total offense, rushing offense, third-down offense and yards per completion. The Seminoles ranked in the top 15 nationally in all four categories, placing fourth with 15.21 yards per completion, ninth in total offense with an average of 472.1 yards per game, ninth with a third-down percentage of 50.9, and 13th in rushing offense after averaging 218.7 yards per game on the ground.
In 2025, Tucker served as FSU's assistant wide receivers coach and helped guide a productive group led by first-team All-ACC selection and Biletnikoff Award semifinalist Duce Robinson. Robinson caught 56 passes for 1,081 yards and six touchdowns, posting the ninth-highest single-season receiving yards total in program history. Robinson also produced the 14th 1,000-yard season in program history and became only the 11th different FSU receiver to reach the 1,000-yard milestone in a season. He led the ACC in 30- and 40-yard receptions, and his average of 19.3 yards per reception ranked second in the conference, behind only teammate Micahi Danzy.
In addition to Robinson, second-year players Danzy and Lawayne McCoy showed impressive development. Danzy made 27 receptions for 571 yards and three touchdowns through the air and added 227 yards and three touchdowns on 12 rushing attempts. Danzy led the ACC and ranked fourth nationally with an average of 21.2 yards per reception, and he joined Peter Warrick as the only FSU wide receivers with three rushing and three receiving touchdowns in the same season. McCoy also made 27 catches, gaining 396 yards and scoring three touchdowns. As a group, the trio was responsible for nine individual 100-yard receiving games in 2025.
Tucker worked with FSU's running backs for his first three seasons before moving to assist the quarterbacks prior to the 2023 season. That year, Florida State completed a 13-0 regular season and won the program's first ACC championship since 2014 behind ACC Player of the Year and ACC Offensive Player of the Year Jordan Travis. Travis was one of only two players nationally with at least 20 touchdown passes and two or fewer interceptions, and he led the ACC with a pass efficiency rating of 154.5 and an average of 8.51 yards per pass attempt. He became the first player to lead the ACC in pass efficiency in back-to-back seasons since Trevor Lawrence, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Prior to his time at FSU, Tucker spent two seasons as the wide receivers coach at North Alabama. In his first season with the Lions, he led a group that included four freshmen who combined to make 145 receptions for 1,861 yards and 14 touchdowns. That year, UNA posted a 7-3 overall record in its first season of FCS competition after nearly 70 years as a Division II program. In his second season, the quartet combined for 153 receptions, 2,475 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Tucker began his collegiate coaching career as a graduate assistant in 2016 at Auburn under current Florida State offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn. That year, the Tigers produced the SEC's No. 1 rushing offense, averaging 271.3 yards per game, and played in the Sugar Bowl. Tucker then joined Norvell's staff at Memphis in 2017 as a graduate assistant, helping tutor an offense that ranked second in the country with an average of 45.5 points per game and fourth nationally with an average of 523.1 yards per game and 7.35 yards per play. Tucker worked with consensus All-American receiver Anthony Miller, who led the country with 18 touchdown receptions and was third nationally with 96 receptions and 1,462 receiving yards.
After a successful playing career, Tucker served as the offensive coordinator at Shiloh Christian School in Arkansas and Hewitt-Trussville High School in Alabama. In 2013, his first season as an offensive coordinator, he directed a Shiloh Christian offense that averaged 38.1 points per game on its way to the 5A state playoffs. After moving to Hewitt-Trussville, his 2014 offense averaged 34.4 points per game, and in 2015 the Huskies averaged 431.5 yards per game while qualifying for the 7A state playoffs both years.
Tucker was a wide receiver at Arkansas from 2007-10, helping the Razorbacks to 31 wins with appearances in the Sugar Bowl, Cotton Bowl and Liberty Bowl. He earned his bachelor's degree in P-12 kinesiology from Arkansas in 2011.
Tucker and his wife, Adrienne, have two daughters, Willa and Finley, and two sons, Zeke and Nash.
| Years | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2026- | Florida State | Quarterbacks Coach |
| 2025 | Florida State | Assistant Wide Receivers Coach |
| 2022-24 | Florida State | Senior Analyst (Offense) |
| 2020-21 | Florida State | Analyst (Offense) |
| 2018-19 | North Alabama | Wide Receivers Coach |
| 2017 | Memphis | Graduate Assistant |
| 2016 | Auburn | Graduate Assistant |
| 2014-15 | Hewitt-Trussville High School (Ala.) | Offensive Coordinator |
| 2013 | Shiloh Christian School (Ark.) | Offensive Coordinator |
| 2011-12 | Shiloh Christian School (Ark.) | Running Backs/Tight Ends Coach |
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