Dameyune Craig
Co-Offensive Coordinator/ Wide Recievers Coach

Former Auburn standout quarterback Dameyune Craig, who helped the Tigers to a 2013 SEC Championship and a BCS Championship berth last year, enters his second season as Auburn's co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach. Craig spent the three seasons prior to returning to Auburn as the quarterbacks coach and recruiting coordinator at Florida State.

In 2013, Auburn had the second biggest turnaround in college football history in NCAA records at +8.0 games. Sophomore Sammie Coates ranked third nationally with 21.48 yards per reception, 42 catches for 902 yards and seven touchdowns.

Trailing by one, sophomore Ricardo Louis' miracle 73-yard touchdown reception from Nick Marshall with 25 seconds remaining was deflected by a Bulldog defender and gave the Tigers a 43-38 victory over No. 25 Georgia. What could have been the play of the year, was supplanted a week later by Chris Davis' remarkable 109-yard missed field goal return for a touchdown with time expired in the 34-28 win over No. 1 Alabama, giving the Tigers the Western Division Championship.

Craig played quarterback at Auburn from 1994-97, where he still holds numerous Auburn passing records, including completions (216) and passing yards (3,227) in a season as well as a single-game record for most net yards gained (445 vs. Army in 1996; 75 rush, 370 pass). Craig, who led Auburn to an 18-7 mark in 25 career starts, was an exceptional student-athlete on and off the field, earning Academic All-SEC honors as a senior in 1997.

In three seasons at Florida State, Craig helped the Seminoles to a 31-10 record, including a 12-2 mark in 2012. FSU won the 2012 Atlantic Coast Conference championship and defeated Northern Illinois in the Discover Orange Bowl.

Charged with coordinating FSU's recruiting efforts, Craig's time in that role helped produced the No. 1 and No. 2 recruiting classes in 2011-12 and recruited 2013 Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston to the Seminoles. Craig was recognized as the 2012 Scout/FoxSportsNet ACC Recruiter of the Year as well as the Rivals.com ACC Recruiter of the Year. He was named one of the top 25 recruiters in the country by Rivals and one of the top 50 recruiters by 247Sports.

In addition to his recruiting duties, Craig served as quarterbacks coach, where he helped develop E.J. Manuel and Christian Ponder. In passing efficiency, Ponder ranked third in the ACC and 44th nationally (135.7 passing efficiency) in 2010. Ponder and Manuel combined to throw for 2,905 yards while Ponder completed 61.5 percent of his passes and Manuel completed 69.9 percent of his passes. Ponder was a first-round pick of the Minnesota Vikings in the 2011 NFL Draft.

Manuel, who was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in the first round of the 2013 NFL Draft, finished his FSU career as the school career completion percentage leader (66.9 percent) while ranking in the school's top five all-time in passing yards and total offense. In 2012, Manuel threw for 3,392 yards and 23 touchdowns while completion 68 percent of his passes, while helping FSU set a school single-season record for total offense (6,591).

Craig came to Florida State after a two-year run at South Alabama, where he directed the wide receivers for head coach Joey Jones. Craig was Jones' first hire when he was charged with starting the Jaguars' football program, which played its first season in 2009 and is in the process of becoming a Football Championship Subdivision program.

At South Alabama, Craig was instrumental in implementing a run-based, spread offense that put up prolific numbers during its seven-game inaugural season in 2009. The Jaguars (7-0) averaged 45.9 points and 439 yards of total offense in 2009.

The Pritchard, Ala., native began his collegiate coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant at LSU in 2004 and worked as a special teams assistant with the Miami Dolphins in 2005. Craig returned to the college ranks in 2006 and helped Tuskegee to a two-year record of 22-2.

As the Golden Tigers' quarterbacks coach he helped the program win a pair of SIAC titles and defeat Virginia Union in the Pioneer Bowl X to cap a 12-0 season in 2007 by winning the Black College National Championship. Craig began his coaching career at his high school alma mater, Blount, near Mobile, Ala., where he was an assistant coach in 2003.

He signed as a free agent quarterback with the NFL's Carolina Panthers and appeared in six games over a four-year stretch. Craig gained his greatest acclaim on the field as a pro with the Scottish Claymores in NFL Europe, where he passed for a single-game league record 611 yards against Frankfort and matched another league mark with five touchdown passes in a game. He finished his professional playing career in 2002 with Indiana of the Arena Football League.

Craig and his wife, Neke, have two sons, Devin Chanse and Drake Christian.

Scott Fountain
Special Teams/Tight Ends Coach

Scott Fountain, who helped the Tigers to a 2013 SEC Championship and a BCS Championship berth this year, returned to the field as the Tigers' special teams coordinator and tight ends coach, helping the unit to a banner season in 2013. He spent the previous four seasons as Auburn's player personnel director.

In 2013, Auburn had the second biggest turnaround in college football history in NCAA records at +8.0 games.

The Tigers had two kickoff returns for touchdowns, a punt return for a TD and one of the biggest plays, if not the biggest, in Auburn Football history, a missed 57-yard field goal return for 109 yards (100 yards statistically) by Chris Davis on the last play of the game to defeat #1 Alabama 34-28 to win the SEC Western Division Championship. In the win at Tennessee, Davis had an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown and Corey Grant had a 90-yard kickoff return for a TD. Tre Mason notched a 100-yard kickoff return in the season opener vs. Washington State.

Auburn led the SEC in kick return yards (936) and punt returns (32) and was second in punt return average (11.8) and punt return yards (377). In the national rankings, the Tigers ranked ninth in net punting (40.54), 27th in kickoff return average (23.40) and 22nd in punt return average (11.78).

Chris Davis led the SEC and was ranked third nationally with 18.7 yards per punt return and was 14th in punt return touchdowns (1.0).

Tight end C.J. Uzomah caught an 11-yard touchdown pass from Nick Marshall with only 10 seconds left as the Tigers defeated Mississippi State 24-20 in the SEC opener.

The Tigers had one of the top kicking corps in the nation with Ray Guy Award semifinalist punter Steven Clark, who was third in the SEC with 42.0 net yards per punt and had 26 punts inside the 20 and 26 punts of 50 yards or more. Cody Parkey ranked second in the SEC in PATs made (66) and had touchbacks on 69 of his 98 kickoffs. Parkey, who kicked an SEC Championship Game record 52-yard field goal vs. No. 5 Missouri, was also successful on an on-sides kick in that game.

Fountain, a part of three ACC and an SEC championship teams, was a key figure in Auburn's administrative and recruiting efforts from 2009-12, helping the Tigers sign three consecutive Top 10 recruiting classes. He came to Auburn along with Coach Gene Chizik after spending two seasons (2007-08) on Chizik's staff at Iowa State as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator.

Beginning his college coaching career as an offensive graduate assistant at Florida State from 1994-96, he joined the UCF staff in 1997 as offensive guards and centers coach and co-recruiting coordinator. He spent seven seasons at UCF, becoming offensive tackles/tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator from 1998-2003. In 2004-05, he was offensive line coach at Middle Tennessee, before moving to Georgia Southern in 2006 as offensive line and assistant head coach.

Some of the notable players he has coached include Chris Davis (who will be drafted in the 2013 NFL Draft); Steven Clark, (Auburn punter and Ray Gay Award semifinalist); Ryan Flinn (UCF punter who spent four seasons in the NFL with the Cowboys, Falcons, Packers and Dolphins); Matt Prater (UCF kicker who now holds the franchise tag for the Denver Broncos); and Leonard Johnson (an all-Big 12 player who set an NCAA record for kick return yardage at Iowa State and is now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers). He also mentored Josh Harris (Auburn long snapper), who is now with the NFL's Atlanta Falcons.

Fountain began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Flomaton (Ala.) High School in 1988, and moved to his high school alma mater W.S. Neal as an assistant in 1989 before being named head coach at Frisco City (Ala.) High in 1990. After three seasons with Frisco City, he became head coach at Monroe County for the 1993 campaign.

Fountain earned a bachelor's degree in physical education (K-12) from Samford in 1988 and a master's degree in educational leadership from Florida State in 1998.

A native of East Brewton, Ala., Fountain is married to the former Rosie Hidalgo, who attended Valencia (Fla.) Community College and Iowa State. They have four sons: Brookes, Hunter, Tanner and Skyler. 

J.B. Grimes
Offensive Line Coach

With more than 30 years coaching at the collegiate level on his impressive resume, J.B. Grimes, who helped the Tigers to a 2013 SEC Championship and a BCS Championship berth, enters his second season as the offensive line coach at Auburn.

In 2013, Auburn had the second biggest turnaround in college football history in NCAA records at +8.0 games. Grimes coached second-team All-America left tackle Greg Robinson and Rimington Award finalist center Reese Dismukes. Robinson was the No. 2 pick overall in the 2014 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams.

Dismukes and Robinson were both first-team All-SEC selections while left guard Alex Kozan was named to the Coaches All-SEC Freshman team.

The offensive line paved the way for the Tigers to lead the nation in rushing with 328.3 yards per game. Running back Tre Mason was a Heisman Trophy finalist and named the SEC Player of the Year while Nick Marshall was an Associated Press honorable mention All-SEC selection. The line allowed only 1.29 sacks per game to rank 22nd nationally.

Grimes, who has coached in 16 bowl games and has coached numerous NFL players, spent the 2012 season as the offensive line coach at Arkansas State with Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn.

During the 2012 season at Arkansas State, Grimes coached an offensive line unit that helped set a school record with 481.8 yards of total offense per game while ranking 16th nationally in fewest sacks allowed. Senior offensive lineman Zach McKnight earned first-team All-Sun Belt honors under Grimes' direction as the offense led the Sun Belt in rushing and ranked in the top 25 nationally in total offense, scoring offense and rushing offense.

Prior to his arrival at ASU, Grimes spent two seasons at Kansas (2010-11) and Mississippi State (2004-08) as the offensive line coach. Grimes' coaching career also includes stints at East Carolina, Texas A&M, Virginia Tech, Arkansas, Louisiana-Monroe and Delta State as an assistant coach over the last three decades.

In his first season at Mississippi State, the Bulldogs rushed for 1,744 yards, the most at the school in four years. Behind his offensive line, MSU produced three seasons with a 1,000-yard rusher. In his one season at East Carolina (2003), the Pirates' offensive line paved the way for its third straight 1,000-yard individual rusher. At Texas A&M (1998-2002), Grimes coached the offensive line under R.C. Slocum as the Aggies posted a 40-22 overall record while playing in four straight bowl games.

While at Virginia Tech (1993-97) coaching for Frank Beamer, Grimes helped the Hokies to back-to-back Big East Championships and five bowl games in five seasons.
Grimes also coached at Arkansas, serving as a graduate assistant in 1981-82 and as a full-time assistant coach in 1989-92, where he helped the Razorbacks to the Southwest Conference championship and a Cotton Bowl appearance in 1990. At Arkansas, Grimes worked for Lou Holtz, Ken Hatfield and Jack Crowe.

Grimes also coached at Louisiana-Monroe (1979-80; 1985-88), Delta State (1983) and Missouri (1984) after spending his first two seasons at the high school level in the state of Arkansas, at Nashville (1977) and Des Arc (1978). Louisiana-Monroe won the 1987 Division I-AA national championship.

As an offensive lineman at Henderson State, he helped his team to a 40-6 record in four seasons, including a berth in the 1974 NAIA Championship game. He earned a bachelor's degree in education from Henderson State in 1977 and a master's degree in education from Louisiana-Monroe in 1981.

Grimes grew up in Clarendon, Ark., and is married to the former Jennifer Graves, who received a degree in advertising and public relations from Arkansas. The couple has four children, sons Aaron and Nick and daughters Danielle and Lindsey.

Tim Horton
Running Backs Coach

SEC veteran Tim Horton, who helped the Tigers to a 2013 SEC Championship and a BCS Championship berth, enters his second season as running backs coach at Auburn, where the Tigers led the nation with 328.3 yards rushing per game. He also tutored the kickoff and punt returners.

Junior Tre Mason, a Heisman Trophy finalist and SEC Player of the Year, ranked third in the nation with 23 touchdowns, sixth nationally with 1,816 yards rushing, sixth with 10.7 points per game, sixth with 169.57 all-purpose yards per game and eighth with 129.7 rushing yards per game.

Mason set Auburn single-season records with 2,374 all-purpose yards, and 1,816 rushing yards and was second with 317 rushing attempts. His 46 rushing attempts and 304 rushing yards vs. No. 5 Missouri set SEC Championship Game records and was three yards shy of the Auburn record. Mason is the fifth 1,000-yard rusher he has coached since 2007 and the second Heisman finalist.

Two running backs were selected in the 2014 NFL Draft, Mason in the third round by the St. Louis Rams and fullback Jay Prosch in the sixth round by the Houston Texans.

The Tigers had two kickoff returns for touchdowns, a punt return for a TD and one of the biggest plays, if not the biggest, in Auburn Football history, a missed 57-yard field goal return for 109 yards (100 yards statistically) by Chris Davis on the last play of the game to defeat No. 1 Alabama 34-28 to win the SEC Western Division Championship. In the win at Tennessee, Davis had an 85-yard punt return for a touchdown and Corey Grant had a 90-yard kickoff return for a TD. Tre Mason notched a 100-yard kickoff return in the season opener vs. Washington State.

Auburn led the SEC in kick return yards (936) and punt returns (32) and was second in punt return average (11.8) and punt return yards (377). In the national rankings, the Tigers ranked 22nd in punt return avg. (11.8) and 27th in kickoff return avg. (23.4). Chris Davis led the SEC and was ranked third nationally with 18.7 yards per punt return.

Prior to Auburn, Horton spent six successful seasons in a similar capacity at Arkansas, where he was also recruiting coordinator. 

A 25-year coaching veteran, Horton was recognized by Rivals.com and ESPN.com as one of the nation's top recruiters during his tenure at Arkansas and was one of just two coaches in the nation, and the only one in the SEC, to coach four different 1,000-yard rushers from 2007-10. Under his watch, Darren McFadden and Felix Jones earned All-America honors, while Dennis Johnson and Knile Davis earned All-SEC honors.

In 2011, Horton helped the Razorbacks tie a school record with 11 wins and, combined with a 10-win season in 2010, marked just the third time in school history the Razorbacks reached double-digit win totals in back-to-back seasons.

Horton, who played football at Arkansas from 1986-89, returned to his alma mater in 2007, where he coached McFadden and Jones to All-America honors. McFadden, the Heisman Trophy runner-up, won the Doak Walker Award as the nation's top running back. McFadden finished the 2007 season with a school-record 1,830 yards and 16 touchdowns.

He came to Arkansas after taking the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coaching position at Air Force in January 2007. During the 2006 season, he was the running backs coach at Kansas State, helping the Wildcats earn a Texas Bowl appearance. At KSU, Horton coached future NFL running backs Thomas Clayton and James Johnson.
He was at Air Force from 1999-2005, serving as the wide receivers coach from 1999-2004 and the running backs coach in 2005. Horton was recognized by the Colorado Chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes as one of its coaches of the year in 2004.

Horton began his coaching career at Appalachian State in 1990 and helped guide the Mountaineers to a 67-32 record during his eight years, including Southern Conference championships in 1991 and 1995 and five appearances in the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.

Horton earned his bachelor's degree in marketing management from Arkansas in 1990. While at Arkansas, he was a four-year letterman and three-year starter as a split end and punt returner under head coach Ken Hatfield. He caught 49 passes for 942 yards and one touchdown in his career, hauling in 23 catches for 453 yards as a senior in 1989. Horton also returned 78 punts for 657 yards in his collegiate career, fifth all-time in school history.

Horton's four years at Arkansas proved to be among the most successful in school history as the Razorbacks compiled a 38-11 record, won back-to-back Southwest Conference titles in 1988 and 1989 and appeared in four straight bowl games, still tied for the school record for the most wins in a four-year period.

A two-time academic all-conference selection, Horton was a second-team All-Southwest Conference selection in 1989 and served as the Razorbacks' team captain. Horton was a two-time all-state running back and a track standout at Conway (Ark.) High School.

Horton and his wife Lauren, who earned a bachelor's degree in early childhood education from Arkansas, have one daughter, Caroline, and one son, Jackson.