Savannah State University
Inside Linebackers Coach
Jose Gonzalez
Second season at SSU

Gonzalez enters his second season as an assistant coach at SSU. After working with the defensive backs and special teams last year, he will coach the inside linebackers this season.

In 2006, he worked at Georgia Southern where he coached wide receivers. Prior to working at GSU, he worked at Metter High School in Metter, Georgia coaching wide receivers and defensive backs, from 2004-2005. From 2001-03 he was defensive and special teams coordinator, as well as running backs and defensive backs coach at Englewood High School in Jacksonville, Florida.

A two-year letterman at Southern Mississippi, Gonzalez garnered second team all conference honors, in 1998, as a free safety. The Jacksonville, Fl. native earned a degree in exercise science from USM in 2000, and went on to play in the Indoor Professional Football League for the Mississippi Firedogs. That year, the Firedogs were IPFL Champions.

Gonzalez and his wife, Malinda, have a son Cameron (1). He also has two other children; Quincy (8), and Gabriel (7).

Jose Gonzalez
At A Glance
Full Name: Jose Gonzalez
Birth Date: January 8, 1976
Birth Place: Jacksonville, Florida
Hometown: Jacksonville, Florida
Family: Wife - Malinda, Children – Gabriel (8), Quincy (7), Cameron (1)
Education: Southern Mississippi, 2000

Playing Experience
University of Southern Mississippi, 1997-1998
Free Safety
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 1995-1996
Free Safety/Strong Safety

Coaching Experience
Savannah State University, 2008
Line Backers

Savannah State University, 2007
Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Backs

Georgia Southern University, 2006
Wide Receivers

Metter High School, 2004-2005
Wide Receivers/Defensive Backs

Englewood High School, 2001-2003
Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator
Running Backs/Defensive Backs