Florida State has hired veteran special teams coach Adam Scheier as the Seminoles' new special teams coordinator, head coach Mike Norvell announced Monday.
"Adam brings incredible experience and a cutting-edge approach to FSU as our special teams coordinator," Norvell said. "He has led units that, through an aggressive style of play, have provided consistent productivity in all areas. Adam's impact will be felt immediately through helping develop our players fundamentally while maximizing their skill sets in both our coverage and return teams. I'm excited to see our special teams thrive with Adam on staff."
Scheier brings 24 years of special teams coordinator experience to Tallahassee. He has coached an all-conference kicker or punter in 20 of those seasons and has overseen the development of four top-10 special teams efficiency units in the last 13 years. His units have scored nine touchdowns in the last six years, the fourth-highest total among special teams coordinators nationally.
"I am excited for this opportunity to join such a prestigious program," Scheier said. "Coach Norvell places a tremendous emphasis on special teams, and we share an aggressive approach and philosophy for each unit. Florida State has a long history of providing playmakers an opportunity to shine on special teams. I can't wait to get to work and continue that legacy with the Seminoles."
Scheier was UNLV's special teams coordinator in 2025, helping the Rebels reach the MWC Championship Game after a 10-win season. UNLV led the Mountain West and ranked eighth nationally in blocked punts and had the conference's third-best punt return defense. The Rebels were one of four teams in the country to have multiple players return a punt for a touchdown.
Before UNLV, Scheier was Temple's special teams coordinator and tight ends coach for three seasons. In 2024, kicker Maddux Trujillo became the third kicker in NCAA history to make two 60-yard field goals in a single season. He earned second-team All-AAC honors after becoming responsible for the only two 60-yard field goals in conference history. Trujillo made a 64-yard field goal against Utah State to set the AAC, Temple and Lincoln Financial Field records for longest field goal and then two weeks later made a 60-yard field goal at UConn that set the Pratt & Whitney Stadium record. Additionally, punter Dante Atton was a third-team all-conference honoree by CFN.
In 2023, Sam Martin was named a second-team all-conference kick returner by Phil Steele after collecting 548 return yards, the second-highest total in the conference, including a 95-yard touchdown that was Temple's first kickoff return touchdown in five seasons. Kicker Camden Price led the team in scoring while making 13 of his 14 field goal attempts in 2022, and punter Mackenzie Morgan was recognized on the Ray Guy Award Watch List.
In 2018, Scheier was a Broyles Award nominee for his work as Texas Tech's special teams coordinator. That year, the Red Raiders were one of only three schools in the country to produce a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award and the Ray Guy Award. Kicker Clayton Hatfield earned first-team All-Big 12 honors after scoring 106 points and ranking sixth nationally in field goal percentage. Punter Dominic Panazzolo dropped 21 punts inside the 20-yard line, and returner De'Quan Bowman's 906 combined kick return yards ranked fourth in the country.
Scheier was a four-year letterman at Dartmouth and earned the team's Special Teams Player of the Year award as a senior. After his playing career, he began coaching the secondary at his alma mater in 1996 before spending three seasons as the safeties and outside linebackers coach at Columbia. His first special teams coordinator role came at Princeton from 2000-01, and then he spent seven seasons coordinating special teams at Lehigh.
