Jimbo Fisher was a hot commodity in his final years at Florida State thanks in part to the fact he won a national championship as a head coach, but also for his years of demonstrating the ability to get everything and more out of the quarterbacks he is coaching. This no doubt played a major role in Texas A&M football‘s interest.
After coaching quarterbacks for Terry Bowden at Auburn and at Cincinnati, Fisher joined Nick Saban at LSU in 2000. While there, the Tigers won a national championship in 2003 with Matt Mauck. Although he left after the 2006 season, Fisher had his hand in coaching up Matt Flynn for four years.