Former Florida State wide receiver and offensive coordinator Lawrence Dawsey will take over as Jacksonville State’s wide receivers coach, his agency announced on Monday.

Dawsey, a Dothan native and graduate of Northview High School, was serving in the same position at Appalachian State before taking the job at Jax State.

The move for Dawsey reunites him with new Jax State head football coach Charles Kelly, who was announced as the program’s next head football coach on Dec. 21.

He has been regarded as one of the best recruiters in the country, being named 2011 ACC Recruiter of the year by SI.com and ranking in the top 10 of the ACC for three seasons during his time at Florida State.

Dawsey coached wide receivers at Florida State for 11 seasons (2007-2017) before becoming the Seminoles’ co-offensive coordinator in his final five seasons; Kelly was FSU’s special teams coordinator in 2013 and was moved to defensive coordinator from 2014-2017.

The receivers coach was FSU’s passing game coordinator when Heisman Trophy winner and Hueytown High alum Jameis Winston led the program to a 2013 BCS National Championship.

He worked with the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship for two seasons before serving as an offensive analyst at Texas A&M in 2020 and 2021, taking over App State’s receivers in 2022.

Before his stint as a coach at Florida State, his alma mater, he spent three seasons as receivers coach at South Florida after serving as a graduate assistant at LSU.

He was a standout wide receiver for Florida State from 1987-1990, earning First-team All-American honors as a senior before being selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the third round of the 1991 NFL Draft.

Dawsey had a seven-season career in the NFL with the Bucs, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints.

He will join an offensive staff for Jax State that includes offensive coordinator Clint Trickett and offensive line coach Rick Trickett.