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Thursday, January 3, 2008
Kelly excited by new role
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
I spoke this morning with Charles Kelly, who is shifting from special teams coach to cornerbacks coach at Georgia Tech. “I’m excited about getting back to [the position] where I spent a lot of my career,” said Kelly, who walked on as a defensive back at Auburn and coached the position at Jacksonville State and Nicholls State and as a graduate assistant at Auburn.
I thought Kelly was a great fit in the special teams role, where you want a guy with his emotions-on-his-sleeve-and-face-and-every-inch-of-his-body personality. But I think he’ll be successful with the corners, too.
Kelly will be recruiting part of southwest Georgia, including Muscogee County (the Columbus area). As he did in the past, he’ll recruit the Florida Panhandle and south Alabama, probably everything south of Birmingham. Plus, he’ll get into Louisiana to go after specifically targeted players.
The past few weeks have been a challenge, with Kelly and Giff Smith and Brian Jean-Mary working on a staff where they knew their colleagues would soon be leaving.
“It’s a business, and you’ve got to move on, but it doesn’t make it any easier for the feeling you’ve got for the people you work with,” Kelly said.
So, while I am happy for the guys who are staying, I will end with a thought for Joe D’Alessandris, John Bond, Buddy Geis, Jeep Hunter, Curtis Modkins and Jon Tenuta. Good luck to all of them, and may they find good jobs quickly.
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