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Florida State Seminoles promote analyst Randy Shannon to co-defensive coordinator

Florida State has promoted senior defensive analyst Randy Shannon, the former head coach at Miami, to co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach.

Shannon spent the 2021 season in an off-field role for FSU, which went 5-7 under coach Mike Norvell. He served as UCF's defensive coordinator from 2018 to 2020 under Josh Heupel and has held coordinator roles with Miami and Florida.

Shannon, who is from Miami, played for the Hurricanes and served as head coach from 2007 to 2010, going 28-22. He played for a national championship team at Miami in 1987 and served as an assistant for title teams in 1991 and in 2001, when he won the Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach.