Furman lands Wake Forest assistant Nasir Greer in a rare mid-summer staff move

Furman University made a notable mid-summer addition to its football staff, hiring Nasir Greer from the Wake Forest coaching staff, according to reporting from USA TODAY Sports. The move is the kind that stands out in July, when most college programs are focused on camps, recruiting follow-ups, and game-planning rather than reshaping coordinator-level coaching groups.

Greer, who has both played at Wake Forest and later returned to the program as a coach, is joining Furman’s staff under head coach Clay Hendrix. The hire reflects Furman’s ongoing strategy of building its staff with coaches who understand high-major structures, especially as the Paladins continue to compete within the Southern Conference and chase consistency after each offseason reset.

At Wake Forest, Greer had been serving as a defensive quality control coach, working within the program’s defensive development framework under head-coaching staff led by Jake Dickert, as described in the USA TODAY Sports report. The same report notes Greer was a former All-ACC defensive back at Wake Forest and later signed with the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, tying his coaching background to both an ACC defense and a pro experience layer.

For Furman, the timing matters. Hendrix is entering his 10th year as the head coach, and the Paladins are set to open the 2026 season with an early contest, hosting NCAA Division II program Anderson University on Thursday, August 27. Early games can compress preparation timelines, particularly for developing new role assignments on the defensive side of the ball and aligning scheme work with fall camp priorities.

The report frames the Greer-to-Furman move as coming after Wake Forest losing an assistant in a coaching change. In the background, the college football offseason remains volatile, but this particular swing stands out because it pulls an assistant out of an Atlantic Coast Conference program into an FCS setting in the middle of summer, when most coaching transitions are already underway or nearing completion.

What to watch next is how Greer’s responsibilities translate from his defensive quality control role into his duties at Furman, and how Furman uses his ACC and playing background to shape defensive development for the 2026 offseason. Furman will also need to integrate the transition smoothly as camps progress and the staff turns more of its attention toward installation for Anderson and beyond within the Southern Conference slate.

Because this move is based on a reported personnel change rather than an immediately available official announcement in the research gathered here, details such as Greer’s exact title and day-to-day responsibilities at Furman may be clarified as the Paladins finalize summer staffing and fall-camp communications.