Three former UWF football coaches headed to Benedict College with Ron Dickerson Jr.

The University of West Florida football team will be replacing more than just its offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

Ron Dickerson Jr., who was introduced as head coach of Division II Benedict College on Jan. 25, is bringing a few former UWF coaches and a former UWF player with him to Columbia, South Carolina.

The Tigers’ football X, formerly known as Twitter, account shared a graphic on Friday, announcing Dickeron’s coaching staff for the 2024 season. Shea Campbell, Mike Beaudry and Jarrod Sanders Jr., who all spent 2023 in Pensacola with the Argos, were listed as assistant coaches. Former UWF defensive back Shannon Showers, who graduated in 2022, is also joining Benedict.

Shea Campbell (2) is pumped up after tackling (11) during the Shorter vs UWF football game at Blue Wahoos Stadium in Pensacola on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021.

Campbell, who also played for UWF during the 2020-21 seasons after transferring from West Virginia, will be Benedict’s defensive coordinator while also coaching linebackers. Campbell, who played linebacker for the Argos, served as a defensive assistant and academic coordinator in 2023 with the Argos.

University of West Florida quarterback, Mike Beaudry, gets in his reps during team practice on Friday, Aug. 10, 2018.

Beaudry was the first official signee in UWF football history, and was with the Argos during the 2015-18 seasons. He eventually transferred to Division I University of Connecticut for the 2019 season and the University of Idaho for the 2020-21 seasons. Beaudry dressed in 10 regular-season games in the Canadian Football League and was cut at the conclusion of the 2023 raining camp.

Beaudry only competed in two seasons with UWF after suffering an injury to his left fibula in the spring of 2016. He missed the 2016 season in the fall rehabbing the injury. In 2017, he led UWF to…

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Author : Pensacola News Journal

Publish date : 2024-02-17 10:18:00

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