Charles Kelly to join Defensive Staff

[Win4AU 4,052]

Huuuuge.  McGriff to stay off field in recruiter role.  Also means more Hugh on offense.

Charles Kelly was recruiter of the year last year btw.

[CR 2,442]

Surprising to me?

Edited December 30, 2023 by CR

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Colorado DC Charles Kelly set to join Auburn coaching staff

The Colorado defensive coordinator is leaving Deion Sanders' staff to return to his alma mater

Nathan King5 mins

Charles Kelly is coming home.

The Colorado defensive coordinator is leaving Deion Sanders' staff to return to his alma mater as a co-defensive coordinator and assistant coach, Auburn Undercover was informed Saturday morning. An official announcement is expected as early as Saturday evening.

An Auburn alum, Kelly was on Alabama's staff as co-DC and safeties coach from 2019-22 before he was hired at Colorado last offseason. He was in the running for Auburn's defensive coordinator job on Hugh Freeze's staff last year.

Auburn cornerbacks coach Wesley McGriff moved off the field midway through the 2023 season, and special teams coordinator Tanner Burns took his spot, which will now go to Kelly, who will coach the secondary with Zac Etheridge.

Kelly's first FBS job came in 2006 as special teams coordinator at Georgia Tech, where he spent the next seven years. He won a national title at Florida State in 2013 and was promoted to defensive coordinator the next year. Kelley spent one year at Tennessee in 2018 as special teams coordinator.

Regarded as one of the best recruiters in the country, Kelly has been a primary recruiter for nine 5-stars in his career. He was last year's national recruiter of the year by 247Sports.

[RunInRed 16,409]

🥶🚀

[fishepa 1,904]

Interesting 

[JDUBB4AU 5,121]

This is huge . Almost Brian VanGorder huge … hehehe . Bad joke 

[NCTiger1982 171]

If true this is awesome news. 

[Eagle-1 3,821]

Wow!

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[Chaotic_zx 1,044]

 

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Colorado defensive coordinator Charles Kelly is reportedly on the move, set to leave the Buffaloes to take a job on Auburn‘s defensive staff, according to a report from On3’s Justin Hokanson.

Kelly spent one season in Colorado, where he helped orchestrate the defense for Deion Sanders‘ squad.

The long-time assistant coach has previously served on the staff at Alabama, Tennessee and Florida State. He was an influential figure at each stop. He was also nearly hired to Auburn’s inaugural staff under Hugh Freeze a year ago, in the running for the defensive coordinator job, according to Hokanson.

 

Someone that is in a lot of power at Auburn has a love for Charles Kelly. Just like some did with Petrino and Muschamp. 

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[NCTiger1982 171]

9 minutes ago, JDUBB4AU said:

This is huge . Almost Brian VanGorder huge … hehehe . Bad joke 

VanGorder looked like a shining star. I felt bad for him signing on to Chizik’s shitshow and going down with the ship. His career just seemed to trend down from there with zero mojo. 

[TexasTiger 12,866]

1 minute ago, NCTiger1982 said:

VanGorder looked like a shining star. I felt bad for him signing on to Chizik’s shitshow and going down with the ship. His career just seemed to trend down from there with zero mojo. 

I blame the porn stache.

[cole256 17,074]

This is crazy!

[gctiger 931]

The Flip Meister strikes again!

[aucom96 1,618]

12 minutes ago, TexasTiger said:

I blame the porn stache.

That was a POWER stache. 

He did a discredit to the art with his performance here. 

[Hank2020 3,199]

20 minutes ago, NCTiger1982 said:

VanGorder looked like a shining star. I felt bad for him signing on to Chizik’s shitshow and going down with the ship. His career just seemed to trend down from there with zero mojo. 

Believe he maybe coaching at a HS is south Alabama, or at least was.

[KansasTiger 3,248]

Ron Robert's isn't going anywhere, is he? This is obviously a nice pickup, especially for recruiting purposes. Curious why Kelly only wanted to spend a year in CU and take a downgrade in title to get out of there. Or did he just want to be in Auburn that much?

[I_M4_AU 7,830]

40 minutes ago, CR said:

Surprising to me?

Why?

[Mims44 1,869]

42 minutes ago, CR said:

Surprising to me?

Did I miss staff firings?

Or is this an 'in addition to' hire?

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5 minutes ago, Hank2020 said:

Believe he maybe coaching at a HS is south Alabama, or at least was.

Yeah he’s at orange beach now. They won state a few weeks ago

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42 minutes ago, NCTiger1982 said:

If true this is awesome news. 

It looks pretty official.   Press releases like that aren’t usually based on rumors. 

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8 minutes ago, KansasTiger said:

Ron Robert's isn't going anywhere, is he? This is obviously a nice pickup, especially for recruiting purposes. Curious why Kelly only wanted to spend a year in CU and take a downgrade in title to get out of there. Or did he just want to be in Auburn that much?

Momma called. 

[Chaotic_zx 1,044]

8 minutes ago, Mims44 said:

Did I miss staff firings?

Or is this an 'in addition to' hire?

McGriff is staying in his recruiting role which leaves an on field spot open. Specifically a CB coaching on field spot.

Edited December 30, 2023 by Chaotic_zx

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Welcome home Charlie!!