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Jammie Deese was hired as one of the first assistant coaches in UWF football history in March 2014. He serves as the offensive coordinator and also works with the team’s wide receivers.
In 2018, UWF posted 361.9 yards of total offense with 229.6 passing. Senior Ishmel Morrow was named Second Team All-GSC after leading the team in receiving yards with 575 and four touchdowns.
During the team's history-making run to the Division II National Championship game in 2017, Deese's offense averaged 343 yards, including 228.1 per game through the air.. Mike Beaudry earned GSC Offensive Freshman of the Year following his 3,215 yards passing and 29 touchdowns. Junior Antoine Griffin earned second team All-GSC honors after picking up 14.3 yards per catch and 898 yards receiving.
In the inaugural season in 2016, the Argonauts averaged more than 400 yards per game and 309 yards passing. Quarterback Kaleb Nobles averaged a school-record 12.8 yards per completion while throwing for 3,050 yards and 28 touchdowns. Morrow led the GSC in receiving with 1,045 yards, 72 receptions and eight touchdowns on his way to earning the program's first-ever All-America and All-Super Region 2 awards. Anas Hasic also had eight scores and was an all-region pick on his way to being signed to a free agent contract by the Kansas City Chiefs in the summer of 2017.
Deese’s coaching career started under current UWF head coach Pete Shinnick as a graduate assistant at UNC Pembroke in 2007. Deese worked with the running backs and tight ends as a graduate assistant, and he stayed with the team as a part-time running backs coach in 2009. Deese joined the coaching staff full-time in 2010 as a wide receivers coach, and in 2013 he was promoted to offensive coordinator.
UNCP had great success under Deese’s leadership, as the Braves compiled a record of 50-24 with two NCAA tournament appearances in his seven years. UNCP had the ninth best rushing offense in Division II under his watch in 2009. In his first year as an offensive coordinator in 2013, Deese and the Braves’ offense had the ninth best passing offense in the nation. All-American quarterback and Harlon Hill Trophy finalist Luke Charles also ranked in the top 10 in Division II in passing yards, completions and touchdowns in 2013.
Before beginning his coaching career, Deese was a standout wide receiver for Wake Forest from 1996 to 1999. He finished his career with 184 receptions for 2,348 yards (12.8 yards per catch), and he totaled 11 touchdowns. He moved on to the professional ranks in 2000 when he signed as a free agent with the Washington Redskins, and the Redskins assigned him to NFL Europe’s Amsterdam Admirals in 2001. Later in his career Deese played for the Carolina Cobras in the Arena Football League, and he also played four seasons in the National Indoor Football League with the Fayetteville Guard from 2006 to 2009.
Deese graduated with his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wake Forest in 2000 and his master’s in sports administration from UNC Pembroke in 2009. Jammie and his wife, Brandi, are the parents of one daughter Hayden.
Deese’s Coaching Resume
2007-08: UNC Pembroke (Running Backs/Tight Ends)
2009: UNC Pembroke (Running Backs)
2010-12: UNC Pembroke (Wide Receivers)
2013: UNC Pembroke (Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
2014-present: West Florida (Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers)
