Served on the Florida State coaching staff for 27 years from 1975 through
2001...was a graduate assistant for Coach Darrell Mudra in 1975 and was
given a full-time position in 1976, Bobby Bowden's first year...coached
outside linebackers from 1976-1995 and defensive ends from 1996-2001...some
of his pupils include Derrick Brooks, Peter Boulware, Reinard Wilson, Andre
Wadsworth and Jamal Reynolds...a personable recruiter who was good at
evaluating talent...coached the punt block unit - a group that blocked 80
punts during Gladden's tenure, even after FSU shifted its effort to
returning punts once Deion Sanders, Terrell Buckley and Peter Warwick
arrived on campus.
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