Austin Peay State University football head coach Will Healy has turned to a familiar face to lead his running back group, adding Sean Dawkins to his coaching staff for the 2017 season. Dawkins was previously with Murray State.
Aside from a one-year residency at Chattanooga in 2014, Dawkins had been with the Racers since the 2010 season. Prior to the 2016 season, Dawkins added Co-Run Game Coordinator to his title. Among his charges at Murray State were Roman Clay (second-team All-OVC in 2015), Mike Harris (10th 1,000-yard rusher in school history in 2011, back-to-back first-team All-OVC honors) and Jamaal Berry (averaged 7.0 yards per carry en route to All-Newcomer honors in 2012).
With the Mocs in 2014, Dawkins was part of a coaching staff - which included Governors head coach Will Healy - that oversaw a No. 8 final ranking and advanced to the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs. The Mocs tallied 2,951 yards on the ground and featured a pair of 1,000-yard rushers in Keon Williams and Jacob Huesman.
Prior to his first stint at Murray State, Dawkins served as running backs coach at West Texas A&M in 2009, helping the Buffs to a fifth-straight winning season and Keithon Flemming to All-Lone Star Conference honors. He cut his teeth at Huntingdon College, tutoring Jamal Gardner to a 1,000-yard rushing campaign.
As a player, Dawkins was a five-year member of the Troy football team, helping the Trojans capture a pair of Sun Belt titles. He graduated from Troy in 2007 with a degree in social science.
