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.

Jacksonville State has officially named Ozark native and Auburn coach, Charles Kelly, as the 30th head football coach in program history. Kelly brings nearly 35 years of coaching experience to the Gamecocks,

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

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.

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.

Auburn co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Charles Kelly is expected to be named the next head coach at Jacksonville State, sources tell FootballScoop.