Enter head coach Willie Simmons, who was the offensive coordinator from Alcorn State. Willie Simmons, first head coaching job. Returning leaders: RB Johnta Hebert (1,063 yards and 12 TDs); RB Courtney Brown (1,039 yards and 10 TDs in 2013); DB Damond Jackson makes the kind of plays veterans make. Simmons is known as an offensive specialist, but he noted the Panthers were already pretty good on that side of the ball before he arrived.