David Salmon serves as Assistant Coach
(Quarterbacks) for Mercer University's Football program in Macon, Georgia.
An eight-year coaching veteran with two previous stops at Mercer, David Salmon begins his fifth season at Mercer in 2026-27, as well as his third year alongside head coach Joel Taylor, as the quarterbacks coach for the Bears. Salmon originally joined the MU coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach for the Orange & Black from 2019-21, and returned to Macon as an assistant coach under former head coach Drew Cronic for the 2022 and 2023 campaigns. Salmon makes the return trip to Macon after spending the 2025 season as an offensive assistant at Florida where he worked with UF signal callers DJ Lagway and Tramell Jones under the direction of head coach Billy Napier.
