Mickey Andrews

For other people of the same name, see Michael Andrews (disambiguation).

Mickey Andrews
Sport(s)	Football
Current position
Title	Defensive coordinator
Team	Florida State
Biographical details
Born	May 20, 1942 (1942-05-20) (age 69)
Place of birth	Daleville, Alabama
Playing career
1961–64	University of Alabama
Position(s)	WR DB
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2010 1984–2010 1983 1981–1982 1977–1980 1973–1976 1970–1972 1967–1969 1966–1967 1965–1966	Florida State (Assoc. H.C.) Florida State (DC) Arizona Wranglers (DC) Florida (Asst.) Clemson (DC) North Alabama West Alabama West Alabama (Asst.) E. Kentucky (Off. backs) Erwin H.S.
Head coaching record
Overall	0-0

Mickey Andrews is an American college football coach. He was the Associate Head Coach and Defensive coordinator at Florida State University beginning his career in 1984. Andrews retired, along with Bobby Bowden, at the end of the 2009 season and coached his final game in Florida State's victory over West Virginia on January 1, 2010, in the Gator Bowl. He stayed on the university payroll until February 10, 2010, the anniversary date of his hiring by coach Bobby Bowden.

College

At Alabama, Andrews earned second team All-America honors as a wide receiver and defensive back. Andrews was also on two Alabama national championship teams (1961 and 1964) and played in three New Year's Day bowl games.

In college baseball, Andrews was an All-SEC choice. In 1964, he received the Hugo Friedman Award as Alabama's best all-around athlete.

Career

Under Andrews, Florida State has become the top producer of All-America and NFL caliber cornerbacks in the nation. Andrews has coached two Jim Thorpe Award winners and had an All-American cornerback for 8 straight years from 1987-1994. He had one consensus All-America selection in 2000. Seven of Andrews' defensive teams have been among the top five nationally against the run since 1994. His 1998 defensive unit ranked No. 1 nationally in total defense and pass defense. On November 3, 2009, Andrews announced that he will retire as Defensive Coordinator after 26 seasons at Florida State.

Personal

Andrews is married to Diane, the couple has two children: Ronnie and Shannon and five grandchildren.

Accolades

• 1971 NAIA National Championship at University of West Alabama
• 1994 University of West Alabama Hall of Fame
• 1996 Athlon Magazine's Assistant Coach of the Year
• 1996 Frank Broyles Award as the nation's top assistant coach
• 1998 American Football Coach's Magazine's Defensive Coordinator of the Year

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	AP°
Livingston Tigers (Mid-South Athletic Conference) (1970–1971)
1970	Livingston	4–5
1971	Livingston	11–1			W NAIA Championship
Livingston Tigers (Gulf South Conference) (1972)
1972	Livingston	11–1	5–1	T–1st
Livingston:		26–6
North Alabama Lions (Gulf South Conference) (1973–1976)
1973	North Alabama	4–6	3–6	9th
1974	North Alabama	4–6	4–4	T–5th
1975	North Alabama	6–4	4–4	6th
1976	North Alabama	4–5–1	3–4–1	6th
North Alabama:		18–21–1	14–18–1
Total:		44–27–1
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title
#Rankings from final Coaches' Poll. °Rankings from final AP Poll.

Sources

• Seminoles official site
• UWA Hall of Fame
• North Alabama Football
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Persondata
Name	Andrews, Mickey
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 20, 1942
Place of birth	Daleville, Alabama
Date of death
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