Samford Hall of Fame Members
Biography
Induction Class: 2018
Sport: Football
Jimbo Fisher came to Samford for his senior season as a quarterback in 1987, and turned in one of the most impressive seasons in school history. During that season, he passed for a then-school record 2,394 yards, totaled a then-school record 2,631 yards of total offense and a then-school record 34 touchdown passes. He also set a school record for touchdown passes in a game with six, which he accomplished twice. At the conclusion of that season, Fisher was named the NCAA Division III National Player of the Year. Fisher later served on the coaching staff at Samford from 1988 to 1992 and was on the staff of the school’s 1991 and 1992 NCAA Division I-AA (now FCS) playoff teams. After stops as an assistant coach at Auburn, Cincinnati, LSU and Florida State, he became the head coach at FSU in 2010, and led the Seminoles to the 2013 BCS National title. He is currently the head coach at Texas A&M.
