The Auburn Tigers will have a new opening on their staff as co-defensive coordinator Charles Kelly is headed to Jackson State.

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.

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.