What new Jacksonville State football coach Charles Kelly said about first two staff hires the father-son coaching duo of Rick Trickett and Clint Trickett.

Why Jacksonville State football Charles Kelly thought it was time to become a head coach and came back to the Gamecocks.

Jacksonville State is hiring Auburn co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly, a former Gamecocks assistant, as its new head football coach, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Friday.

The Auburn football team may be losing a key member of its coaching staff next fall. Co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly, who vastly helped improve an inexperienced until a year ago, is expected to take the head coaching job at Jacksonville State next season.

It was tough for Eric Winters to hear Auburn co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Charles Kelly was taking the head coaching job at Jacksonville State. But disappointment turned into pride when the Auburn safety signee heard on Friday that his primary recruiter was taking a new job.

Charles Kelly will be the next head coach at Jacksonville State football. It’s time for Gamecocks fans to get to know their next coach.

A former offensive play-caller at Marshall who helped spur the Thunder Herd's monumental, 2022 upset-win at top-10 Notre Dame, Trickett is a former Florida State and West Virginia quarterback. He's coached at Florida Atlantic and spent this past season as passing game coordinator and tight ends coach for Clay Helton's Georgia Southern program.

The Auburn Tigers will have a new opening on their staff as co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly is headed to Jackson State.

JACKSONVILLE, Ala. ( WBRC) - Auburn co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly was named as the Gamecocks new head coach, the university announced Saturday.