Terry Jefferson begins his second season on Head Coach Rich Rodriguez’s staff at Jacksonville State and will coach the Gamecocks’ Cornerbacks in 2024.
Jefferson joined the Gamecocks in the Spring of 2023 after serving over three years at the University of Miami. He worked with the Hurricane’s defensive backs in 2022 after two seasons helping Miami’s recruiting and personnel efforts. He also assisted with Miami’s Football Operations.
In his first season on staff, he tutored Derek Carter to a Second-Team All-Conference USA season recording eight pass breakups to lead the team and place third in the conference. The Gamecocks allowed the second fewest passing touchdowns in the conference in 2023 and were second in the league in interceptions with 16. Jax State went 9-4 with a win in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.
During his time in Miami, the Hurricanes enjoyed early success. They posted an 803 record in 2020 that included a 7-2 mark in ACC play and earned an appearance in the Cheez-It Bowl.
Jefferson played his college football at Florida A&M in Tallahassee, where he was a team captain and a three-time All-MEAC selection and an All-American for the Rattlers. He earned third-team honors in 2016 and 2018 before earning his way onto the All-MEAC First Team in 2019, when he was also a BOXTOROW All-American.
He amassed 217 tackles over his career at FAMU and led the Rattlers in interceptions in 2016 and 2017.
The Miami native earned his degree in Exercise Science from Florida A&M in 2018 and then earned his Master’s in Sport Management from FAMU in 2019.
Jefferson also had a storied prep career, starting for four years for Booker T Washington High School in Miami, who he helped guide to a No. 1 national ranking during his career.
