After spending four seasons at nearby Georgia State, where he first served as the Panthers’ cornerbacks coach for two seasons (2020-2021) before being promoted to secondary coach and defensive passing game coordinator for his final two campaigns (2022-2023), Peoples joined Tech. During his tenure at Georgia State, the team intercepted 47 passes and consistently ranked among the top 55 nationally in INTs, with their highest ranking being 17th in 2020 (12) and 30th in 2022 (13). Additionally, GSU earned three bowl berths in Peoples’ four seasons with the team, including a 45-22 victory over Utah State in the 2023 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where the Panthers held their opponents to just 188 passing yards.
Prior to his time at Georgia State, Peoples held various coaching positions, including cornerbacks coach at Georgia Southern (2018), defensive coordinator at Albany State (2017), defensive backs coach at South Carolina State (2016), defensive backs coach at Charleston Southern (2014-2015), defensive backs coach at St. Augustine’s (2013), and defensive backs coach, special teams coach, and recruiting coordinator at Clark Atlanta (2009-2012). Throughout his coaching career, Peoples has coached all-conference honorees at every stop, helped lead Georgia Southern to a victory in the 2018 Camellia Bowl, and won the Big South Championship and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division I FCS playoffs at Charleston Southern in 2015.
Peoples began his coaching career as an assistant at W.J. Keenan H.S. in Columbia, S.C. (2007), followed by a season as a graduate assistant at Georgia Military College (2008). He also completed three National Football League Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowships with the Philadelphia Eagles (2012) and Kansas City Chiefs (2015 and 2016), all under the guidance of three-time Super Bowl champion head coach Andy Reid.
Peoples is known for his exceptional recruiting skills, having spent 11 of his 15 seasons as a college coach in the state of Georgia. As a player, he helped Georgia Military College win the 2001 National Junior College Athletic Association national championship before transferring to South Carolina in 2003, where he earned two letters as a defensive back. He signed with the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles as an undrafted free agent in 2005 and played professionally in NFL Europe (Amsterdam Admirals – 2006) and the Canadian Football League (Toronto Argonauts – 2007-2009).
