Alex Atkins has spent much of his coaching career willing to learn from the best. So, when the opportunity arose for him to join Mike Norvell’s coaching staff at Florida State, he jumped at the chance to work with one of the up-and-coming offensive minds.
That decision paid off as Norvell promoted Atkins to be the Seminoles offensive coordinator on Dec. 16 after former OC Kenny Dillingham left the program for a similar role at Oregon. It’s an opportunity for Atkins to step into a more prominent role not afforded to many offensive line coaches.
“I saw it as an opportunity to learn from a guy who called plays better than I did,” said Atkins.