Jimbo Fisher says he’s ‘very interested’ in returning to coaching
By Sydney Hunte
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Jimbo Fisher had a successful run at Florida State, winning a national championship in 2014. His time at Texas A&M, though, was not nearly as fruitful and it ended with his firing in 2023.
Fisher’s now an analyst with the ACC Network, though he hasn’t completely closed the book on a return to the sideline. He told former Florida State fullback Freddie Stevenson, a player under Fisher, that “if the right situation comes along,” he would consider it.
“I still love it. I never thought of it as a job,” Jimbo Fisher said on Stevenson’s TRIALS to TRIUMPH podcast this week. “I’ve won 72% of my games, won 80% of my Playoff games, been fortunate to win a national championship as a head coach and assistant. … I would be very interested in still doing it, because I’ve still got a lot to give and I’d like to get back out there. I really would.”
Fisher’s 9-1 mark and a No. 5 finish in College Station in 2020 gave way to an 8-4 record in 2021. But a 5-7 campaign in 2022 — the program’s fewest wins since 2008 — and a 6-4 start in 2023 led to Fisher’s dismissal.
And while the Clarksburg, West Virginia, native seemed a natural fit for the vacant West Virginia job that ultimately saw WVU alum and former head coach Rich Rodriguez return to the program, that doesn’t mean there’s not a role that suits Fisher elsewhere, adding that his body of work speaks for itself.
“(I’m) 59, I’m still in great shape. I’m healthy,” he said. “I’ve had success everywhere we’ve ever been. At the end of A&M, it’s unfortunate, but we also had the highest-ranked team they’ve ever had there.”
Sydney is an Atlanta-based journalist who has covered everything from SEC and ACC football to MLS, the U.S. men's national soccer team and professional tennis. His work has appeared on such platforms as SB Nation, Cox Media Group and FanSided.
