Mike Norvell and the Florida State Seminoles have been busy revamping their coaching staff this week. The first domino to fall was Nick Williams on Monday when he was hired by the program to be its new edge coach.
On Friday, FSU made it official as Williams was not only announced as the edge coach but a pass rush specialist.
“I’m thrilled to be joining the Florida State family,” Williams said. “I grew up watching Peter Warrick, Warrick Dunn, Charlie Ward and the aggressive, dominant defenses at FSU. As a South Georgia kid, you grow up wanting to be a Florida State Seminole. I remember going to Doak Campbell Stadium with my dad and how electrifying that experience was. My dad raised me that either you’re a liability or you’re an asset, and all I want to do is be an asset for Florida State. I get to come home and do what I love to do. You can’t ask for a better situation than that, and I’m looking forward to doing my part to help get Florida State back among the elite programs in America.”
Williams comes to Tallahassee with quite a set of credentials. While at Syracuse, he assisted in developing edge rusher Fadil Diggs into an All-ACC performer in 2024, which got him drafted in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL draft.
Before he spent one year at Colorado under Deion Sanders, Williams was at Texas A&M for two seasons. He helped the Aggies land the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation in 2022, which was the highest in program history.
Williams spent five years on Georgia’s staff as a student assistant and graduate assistant. The Bulldogs would land the No. 1 recruiting class twice (2018, 2020), and all three classes during that period finished in the top two. Williams also helped the Bulldogs’ defense, which led the nation on rush defense twice, and they were the top scoring defense in 2019 as they surrendered just 12.6 per game.
He will work with Terrance Knighton (interior defensive line coach) under defensive coordinator Tony White as they look to make Florida State’s unit one of the nation’s best.
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Reporting by Matthew Lenix , FSU Wire / FSU Wire
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