William Peagler enters his first season with the Gators after being hired as Florida’s tight ends coach prior to the 2022 season.
Peagler arrives in Gainesville after spending two seasons as Michigan State's running backs coach, helping the Spartans finish the 2021 regular season with a 10-2 record and reach their third New Year's Six Bowl. Peagler and MSU defeated Pittsburgh in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl on Dec. 30 with a score of 31-21.
Peagler was awarded the 2021 FootballScoop Running Backs Coach of the Year, after coaching running back Kenneth Walker III to the Doak Walker award. Walker III is the first Spartan to win the award after rushing for 1,636 yards and 18 touchdowns on 263 carries.
During his time at Michigan State, Peagler coached Kenneth Walker III who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Prior to Michigan State, Peagler was the director of quality control for the offense in 2019 at Colorado.
Peagler spent the 2018 season as Louisiana's director of player personnel and quality control coordinator, helping the Ragin' Cajuns recruit the No. 1 class in the Sun Belt Conference that year.
Prior to Louisiana, he served as a graduate assistant at Georgia during the Bulldogs' run to the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2017. Peagler worked with NFL first-rounder Isaiah Wynn, who earned first-team All-SEC honors as an offensive tackle that year.
In Athens, Peagler was also part of the staff that signed the nation's consensus top recruiting class for 2018.
Peagler spent the 2016 season at Minnesota, where he served as an assistant in quality control for the offense. Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Olive Branch High School in Mississippi in 2015, and the run game coordinator and recruiting coordinator at Coffeyville Community College in 2014.
Peagler spent the 2011-13 seasons at Louisiana. He initially joined the Ragin' Cajuns staff as an offensive quality control assistant and then was an offensive graduate assistant coach in his final two years there. UL won the New Orleans Bowl all three seasons he was on the staff.
A 2010 Clemson graduate, Peagler began his coaching career as student assistant for the Tigers from 2006-09 and later as the tight ends coach at Valdosta State for the 2010 season.
Peagler is a native of Santee, S.C.
| WILLIAM PEAGLER COACHING HISTORY |
| Year |
School, Position |
| 2022-Pres. |
Florida, Assistant Coach/Tight Ends |
| 2020-2021 |
Michigan State, Running Backs Coach |
| 2019 |
Colorado, Director of Quality Control/Offense |
| 2018 |
Louisiana, Director of Player Personnel/Quality Control Coordinator |
| 2017 |
Georgia, Graduate Assistant – Offensive Line |
| 2016 |
Minnesota, Quality Control Assistant - Offense |
| 2015 |
Olive Branch High School, Offensive Coordinator/ Offensive Line Coach |
| 2014 |
Coffeyville Community College, Run Game Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator |
| 2012-2013 |
Louisiana, Graduate Assistant - Offense |
| 2011 |
Louisiana, Quality Control Assistant - Offense |
| 2010 |
Valdosta State, Tight Ends |
| 2006-2009 |
Clemson, Student Assistant |
| NFL PLAYERS COACHED BY PEAGLER |
| Name |
Team |
Pick |
Pos. |
College |
Draft Year |
| Kenneth Walker III |
Seattle Seahawks |
Round 2, Pick 9, 41 Overall |
RB |
Michigan State |
2022 |
