The Auburn Tigers will have a new opening on their staff as co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly is headed to Jackson State.
The former Auburn defensive back and national champion as a Florida State assistant leaves a defense that thrived in spots and teams with current talent with more talent coming down the pike.Although Kelly leaves his alma mater, Jacksonville State will not be an unfamiliar sight to him. After a year stint as a graduate assistant at Auburn, Kelly coached for the Gamecocks under head coach Bill Burgess. From, 1994-1998, Kelly held four different jobs in the football program.
First, he started off as a running backs coach, then moved to defensive backs before time as the offensive and then defensive coordinator.. However, as co-defensive coordinator, you saw a much-improved Tigers unit that despite a 5-7 record, kept the team in the game late, Most importantly, the foundation Kelly laid should support the Tigers' defense for years to come. For example, Kelly's smooth approach and teaching style help shape Keldric Faulk into a burgeoning star. Early in the season, Faulk discussed how Kelly's unflappable nature may contrast with co-coordinator
“Coach Durkin, every day, every meeting, his energy, he gets guys fired up in the meeting room to go out there and we want to run through a wall for him,” said Faulk. “Coach Kelly, man he’s one of the calmest guys I’ve ever seen. He’s technical,”That technical aspect helps make marginal players good and good players great. Most players arrive on The Plains as the best of their particular high school. In other words, everyone comes talented.
The Tigers from players to coaches, fans, alums, or administration demand not only a bounce back season but a return to excellence. That starts with defense.
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