Coaches
Ernie Sims
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Ernie Sims
Played at Florida State 2003-2005
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Florida Atlantic | Strength | Assistant strength and conditioning coordinator | Lane Kiffin*+ |
| 2019 | Florida Atlantic | Other | Director of football operations | Lane Kiffin*+ |
| 2020 | South Florida | Analyst | Defensive quality control analyst | Jeff Scott |
| 2021-2022 | South Florida | Position | Linebackers coach | Jeff Scott |
| 2022 | South Florida | DC | Interim defensive coordinator✓ | Jeff Scott |
| 2023 | UCF | Position | Linebackers coach | Gus Malzahn |
| 2024-2025 | Florida State | Position | Assistant linebackers coach and defensive analyst | Mike Norvell* |
| 2026- | Florida State | Position | Linebackers coach | Mike Norvell* |
| 2026 | Florida State | DCinterim | Defensive coordinator (interim) · season pages | Mike Norvell* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | South Florida | Defensive coordinator (interim) | 130 | 129 | 129 | 119 | 131 |
Worked under
- Lane Kiffin*+ · Florida Atlantic 2018 (Strength)
- Jeff Scott · South Florida 2020-2022 (Analyst, DC, Position)
- Gus Malzahn · UCF 2023 (Position)
- Mike Norvell* · Florida State 2024-2026 (Analyst, DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Charlie Weis Jr. · Florida Atlantic 2018 · him Strength, them OC, Position
- Clint Trickett · Florida Atlantic 2018 · him Strength, them Position
- Lane Kiffin*+ · Florida Atlantic 2018 · him Strength, them Head coach
- Monte Kiffin · Florida Atlantic 2018 · him Strength, them Analyst
- Tony Pecoraro · Florida Atlantic 2018 · him Strength, them DC
- Charlie Weis Jr. · South Florida 2020-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
- Glenn Spencer · South Florida 2020-2021 · him Analyst, Position, them DC, Position
- Jeff Scott · South Florida 2020-2022 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Head coach
- George Barlow · South Florida 2021-2022 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Bob Shoop · South Florida 2022 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Chad Morris · South Florida 2022 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Daniel Da Prato · South Florida 2022 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Travis Trickett · South Florida 2022 · him DC, Position, them OC, Position
- Addison Williams · UCF 2023 · him Position, them DC
- Darin Hinshaw · UCF 2023 · him Position, them OC, Position
- David Gibbs · UCF 2023 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Grant Heard · UCF 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Gus Malzahn · UCF 2023 · him Position, them Head coach
- Herb Hand · UCF 2023 · him Position, them Position
- Will Healy · UCF 2023 · him Position, them Analyst, Other
- Adam Fuller · Florida State 2024 · him Analyst, Position, them DC
- Alex Atkins · Florida State 2024 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
- Chris Thomsen · Florida State 2024-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Position
- Gabe Fertitta · Florida State 2024 · him Analyst, Position, them OC
- John Papuchis · Florida State 2024-2025 · him Analyst, Position, them Position, ST coord.
- Mike Norvell* · Florida State 2024-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Head coach
- Odell Haggins · Florida State 2024-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Randy Shannon · Florida State 2024 · him Analyst, Position, them DC, Position
- Rick Stockstill · Florida State 2024-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Analyst, Head coach
- Ron Dugans · Florida State 2024 · him Analyst, Position, them Position
- Gus Malzahn · Florida State 2025 · him Analyst, Position, them OC
- Herb Hand · Florida State 2025-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them Position
- Tim Harris Jr. · Florida State 2025-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them OC, Other, Position
- Tony White · Florida State 2025-2026 · him Analyst, DC, Position, them DC
- Zach Arnett · Florida State 2025 · him Analyst, Position, them Analyst
- Tom Herman · Florida State 2026 · him DC, Position, them Other
Played together
- Derek Nicholson · Florida State 2005