Deion Sanders‘ poaching of Charles Kelly from Nick Saban’s Alabama coaching staff for his inaugural Colorado football coaching staff on December 7 was deemed “something of a coaching coup” by Footballscoop’s John Brice.
“It was something of a coaching coup earlier this year, when Deion Sanders snagged away Charles Kelly from Alabama as one of Sanders’s signature early hires atop the Colorado Buffaloes football program,” Brice wrote.
Kelly, an Ozark, Alabama native, has roots in the Yellowhammer State — having played at Auburn as a defensive back before multi-year coaching stints at Central-Phenix City (HS), Jacksonville State, Eufala (HS), and most recently, Alabama — he left behind to be apart of one of college football’s most spotlighted programs in 2023; one that is expected to face myriad adversity.