Dameyune Craig
	Position: Quarterbacks/Recruiting Coordinator Experience: 1st Season at FSU Alma Mater: Auburn '02

The Craig File
Birthdate: April 19, 1974
Hometown:Prichard, AL
High School: Blount
College: Auburn
Family: wife, Neke; sons, Devin Chanse and Drake Christian.

Coaching Background

• Dameyune Craig enters his 7th season as a college coach following a two-year run at South Alabama where he directed the wide receivers for Joey Jones. Jones made Craig his first hire when he was charged with starting the Jaguars' football program, which played its first season in 2009 and is in the process of becoming a Football Championship Subdivision program.

• With the Seminoles, Craig has been charged with coordinating the recruiting efforts and will also assist Fisher instructing the quarterbacks. Like FSU veterans Christian Ponder and EJ Manuel, Craig was an exceptional student-athlete on and off the field, earning Academic All-SEC honors as a senior at Auburn in 2007.

• In his short college coaching career, Craig has the distinction of not being involved in an on-the-field defeat since the 2006 season, when he was an assistant coach at Tuskegee.

• No stranger to first-year Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher, Craig played quarterback under Fisher's watchful eyes for four seasons at Auburn. He still holds numerous Auburn passing records, including completions (216) and passing yards (3,227) in a season. The two were reunited at LSU when Craig began his coaching career in earnest as an offensive graduate assistant on Nick Saban's staff, which included Fisher as the offensive coordinator. He also spent one season with Saban as a special teams assistant with the Miami Dolphins.

• From the NFL, Craig returned to the college ranks and helped Tuskegee to a two-year record of 22-2. Prior to joining South Alabama, Craig helped Tuskegee to a two-year record of 22-2. As the Golden Tigers' quarterbacks coach he was instrumental in fine-tuning an impressive offense and also earned the reputation as an outstanding recruiter. Tuskegee won a pair of SIAC titles and defeated Virginia Union in the Pioneer Bowl X to cap a 12-0 season in '07 by winning the Black College National Championship.

• At South Alabama, Craig was instrumental in cranking up a run-based, spread offense that put up prolific numbers during its seven-game inaugural season in '09. The Jaguars (7-0) averaged 45.9 points and 439 yards of total offense this past season.

• Craig also brings professional experience as a player to the Seminoles. He signed as a free agent quarterback with the NFL's Carolina Panthers and appeared in six games over a three-year stretch. Craig gained his greatest acclaim on the field as a pro with the Scottish Claymores in NFL Europe, where he passed for a single-game league record 611 yards against Frankfort and matched another league mark with five touchdown passes in a game. He finished his professional playing career in '02 with Indiana of the Arena Football League.

• His first foray into the coaching ranks came at his high school alma mater, Blount, near Mobile, Ala., where he was an assistant coach in 2003.

Craig's Coaching Ledger

Year	School	Position	W-L	Postseason
2003	Blount (ala.)	AC
2004	LSU	GA	9-3	Capital One
2005	Miami Dolphins	STA
2006	Tuskegee	QB	10-2
2007	Tuskegee	QB	12-0	Pioneer
2008	South Alabama	WR	0-0
2009	South Alabama	WR	7-0

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