FSU football looks to hire Blue Adams as CB coach, promote Austin Tucker
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Florida State football appears to have finalized its coaching staff Thursday with two moves under head coach Mike Norvell.
FSU is expected to hire Blue Adams as the cornerbacks coach and promote Austin Tucker to quarterbacks coach, according to Matt LaSarre of On3 Sports.
Adams spent the past two seasons coaching the secondary at Michigan State and has coached under Jonathan Smith the last five seasons (2019-22 at Oregon State). He previously coached at USF (2017-18) and has held positions at West Virginia, Northern Iowa, Purdue and with the Miami Dolphins.
Adams has developed NFL defensive backs Nashon Wright and Rasul Douglas. He played defensive back at Cincinnati and spent four seasons in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003), Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2005-06) and Cincinnati Bengals (2007). Adams is a graduate of Miami Senior High School.
Norvell also elevated Tucker. He replaces Tony Tokarz after he accepted the offensive coordinator position at Buffalo. Tucker has been on Norvell’s staff throughout his tenure, serving as an assistant wide receivers coach and offensive analyst. He previously worked under Norvell at Memphis and spent two seasons as a wide receivers coach at North Alabama.
Tucker played wide receiver at Arkansas from 2007-11, helping the Razorbacks to a 21-5 record and appearances in the Sugar Bowl and Cotton Bowl.
With Tucker moving to quarterbacks coach, Brendan Bognar will step into an analyst role after one season at FSU. Before joining the Seminoles, Bognar coached quarterbacks and served as recruiting coordinator at Samford in 2024.
He also worked at UCF during the 2022-23 season under offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn and was a graduate assistant at Troy. Bognar played quarterback at Murray State.
Norvell’s updated staff:
- Austin Tucker, quarterbacks coach
- Kam Martin, running backs coach
- Nick Williams, edge rushers coach
- Blue Adams, cornerbacks coach
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Peter Holland Jr. covers Florida State athletics for the Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at PHolland@Gannett.com or on X @_Da_pistol.
This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: FSU football staff: Blue Adams new CB coach, Austin Tucker to QB coach
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