Florida A&M has locked in Quinn Gray Sr. as its next head football coach.
The school has uploaded a draft of Gray’s contract to lead the Diamondbacks football program on its website.
This is a five-year contract worth $1.4 million with a starting salary of $240,000 and a signing bonus of $25,000. Gray will receive a $20,000 annual raise.
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Incentives include classroom success for football student-athletes, a win over Bethune-Cookman in the Florida Classic and postseason success such as winning the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship and the Celebration Bowl.
The contract will be presented to the FAMU Board of Trustees for approval at a special meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 23 at 9 a.m., open to the public via Zoom.
Gray, the FAMU record-setter and Hall of Fame quarterback, will return as head coach of the Diamondbacks after three years coaching NCAA Division II Albany State.
He will replace former FAMU football coach James Colzie III, who was relieved of his duties on Dec. 8 after going 12-12 in two seasons, including 5-7 in 2025, the Diamondbacks’ first losing season since 2017.
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On Monday, Dec. 15, Gray announced that he was leaving the historically black college in Albany, Georgia, 87 miles north of Tallahassee.
Albany State Golden Rams head coach Quinn Gray Sr. watches from the sidelines as his team plays an NCAA Division II football game at Albany State Stadium in Albany, Georgia.
During his time with the Albany State Golden Rams, Gray compiled a 24-11 record and a 20-4 record in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.
This year, Albany State posted a 12-2 single-season winning record, won the SIAC championship and reached the quarterfinals of the Division II playoffs. The Golden Rams have been named the 2025 Division II Black College Football National Champions.
Gray played for the Diamondbacks under head coach Billy Joe from 1997 to 2001 before beginning a six-year career in the National Football League, primarily as the backup quarterback for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
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Gray served as a high school football coach at Jacksonville, Alcorn State and the University of Memphis. He also served as the associate head coach at FAMU from 2011 to 2014 and as the head football coach at Lincoln High School in Tallahassee from 2017 to 2019
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This article originally appeared in the Tallahassee Democrat: Quinn Gray FAMU football contract, five-year deal on table