Eric Rhodes joins the football coaching staff in 2022 for his first season.
Rhodes comes to FSU by way of Division I-FCS Grambling State University, where most recently he served as the cornerbacks coach since June of 2021. He also helped with the return game, serving as the kick and punt returners coach. Under his guidance, GSU posted numbers in the top 10 for tackles for loss, defensive touchdowns, and fumble recoveries. They also had numbers in the top 15 for blocked kicks, passes defended and were top 20 in takeaways. Â
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Prior to GSU, Rhodes made stops at Division II Chowan University as Co-Defensive Coordinator from 2019-2021. Before that role, he was a defensive backs coach for CU from 2017-2018. He would get his college coaching start with Grambling State as a Graduate Assistant with the cornerback unit from 2015-2016.Â
