Longtime offensive line coach Rick Trickett will remain at Jacksonville State and be a part of Charles Kelly’s first-year staff and son Clint Trickett will serve as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach,

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.

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.

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.

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

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.