Jeremy Pruitt is expected to add a very familiar face to his first Tennessee coaching staff.
According to multiple media outlets, Pruitt is set to hire Charles Kelly as the Volunteers’ defensive coordinator. As of yet, UT has not confirmed Kelly’s addition.
Kelly served as the coordinator at Florida State from 2014 through the 2017 season. He did not follow Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M and wasn’t going to be retained by Fisher’s replacement, Willie Taggart.
Kelly joined Fisher’s staff in Tallahassee as linebackers coach in 2013 before being promoted to coordinator the following season. And the man he replaced? Pruitt, who left after the 2013 season for the same job at Georgia before moving on to Alabama.
Prior to his time at FSU, Kelly spent seven seasons as an assistant at Georgia Tech.