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

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.

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