Juan Vasquez begins his fourth year back with the FAMU football Programs this fall as the kicking and special team coach, giving Coach Joe Taylor’s staff its third former Rattler player.
The Miami native joins two-time All-American Earl Holmes (Co-Defensive Coordinator / Linebackers) and Jimmie Tyson (Cornerback) as the former Rattlers on the Coaching staff.
Vasquez will oversee the Rattler Special Teams and the tutor of the FAMU kickers, hopefully with the same results that led to the stellar career of Wesley Taylor (2004-07), a two-time All-American who led the nation in punting in 2005 and was the team scoring leader three years in a row (2005-07).
The past three seasons saw the emergence of two-time All-American return specialist LeRoy Vann, who scored 11 career TDs via returns, while setting numerous records in kick returns.
Vasquez worked previously at FAMU as a student assistant coach (2004-06), then worked the 2006 campaign as a graduate assistant. In 2007, Vasquez was the special teams coach at FAMU High School.
Vazquez was a two-time All-American (2000-2002) at FAMU and was All-Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference for three years (2000-2002).
The 2000 MEAC Rookie of the Year, Vasquez scored 93 points that season, the fourth-highest single –season points total in FAMU history. He also led the club ins coring in 2002 (61) and 2003 (56).
He holds the FAMU career record for field goals made (66, from 2000 to 2003) and still holds the single-game standard for field goals made , (five (5) against Morgan State in 2000.
Vasquez graduated from FAMU in 2006 with a B.S. in Health Science.
