Lawann Latson is entering his first season as the tight ends coach at Alabama A&M.
Latson, who brings more than 15 years of coaching experience to AAMU, comes to the Hill after serving as the wide receivers coach for one season at Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) foe Arkansas-Pine Bluff.
While at Arkansas-Pine Bluff, he helped transform the offensive attack as wide receiver JaVonnie Gibson received SWAC First-Team honors. Gibson was among the best of the best in FCS during the 2024 season, ranking tops in the conference in receiving yards (fourth nationally), receiving yards per game (fourth nationally), receptions per game (22nd nationally) and second in receiving touchdowns (22nd nationally). In addition, Gibson was a FCS All-American and was the top receiver in the conference as he transfered after the season to the University of Oklahoma. Also, Latson coached a wide receiver who transfered to UTEP.
A former NFL player, Latson coached/trained over 10 wide receivers who played in the NFL, and six are currently on a roster. (Tank Dell (Houston Texans), Kavonta Turpin (Dallas Cowboys), Trent Taylor (Chicago Bears), John Stephens (Dallas Cowboys), Calvin Jackson (New York Jets), Terrace Marshall (Carolina Panthers), and Tyler Hudson (L.A. Rams).
Prior to Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Latson was the wide receivers coach at Miles College for the 2023 football season, where he played a key role in Miles College's offensive development offense, going 7-3. Under Latson's leadership at the wideout position, Miles College had seven different receivers that scored at least one touchdown, three different receivers with 30 or more catches, and four or more touchdowns.
Latson developed two all-conference receivers (Jaih Andrews and Jalen Peterson) during his tenure at Miles.
Before coming to Miles College, Latson coached receivers in 2022 at the University of Arkansas-Monticello, where he helped develop LaCedric Smith, who put up 653 yards receiving and five touchdowns. Smith was the only player on the Boll Weevils team to make the all-conference in 2022.
In 2019, Latson aided the development of Tank Dell (Houston Texans) and Calvin Jackson (New York Jets), who were all-conference and playing in the NFL.
In 2017, Latson coached Terrance Marshal at Parkway H.S. in Louisiana, who was rated the #1 player in the nation, went on to play at LSU, and currently plays for the (Carolina Panthers).
Latson, a proud graduate of Northwestern St., was a star football player who was a preseason all-conference and went on to play his professional career in the NFL with the New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, the CFL (Ottawa Rough Riders), and Europe League (London Monarchs).
In 2022 and 2023, Laton was named one of the "rising-star assistants you need to know" by Rising Star of Minority Coaches in America.
Latson is a proud father of three children, and his number one fan is his mother, Ora Anderson.
