David Kelly joined the USF staff as director of player personnel in February of 2016.
A highly respected football coach and recruiter at the collegiate and professional ranks, he has successfully coached and recruited athletes in the SEC, ACC, PAC- 10 and C-USA conferences. Kelly has also obtained valuable experiences in the National Football League (NFL), the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the recently formed Major League Football (MLFB).
Kelly began his career at the high school level, compiling a record of 80-36-1. He served 10 successful seasons as a head high school football coach, winning the Georgia 4A State Football Championship in 1993. Kelly progressed to coach at the college level for 20 years with assignments at the University of Georgia, LSU, Georgia Tech, Stanford, Duke, and UCF.
His recruiting accomplishments include being named one of the top 25 college football recruiters in the nation by ESPN in 2010 and by Rivals in 2009. He has extensive contacts across the country at the high school, collegiate, and professional levels as well as within related sectors of sports and athletics.
Kelly’s experiences in the NFL, the CFL, and with MLFB provide an additional level of knowledge and expertise at the professional level. He recently served as an NFL offensive assistant coach with the Arizona Cardinals during the 2015 preseason training camp and games, and as a quarterbacks coach with MLFB. He has worked with the ESPN’s Jon Gruden Quarterback Show and other elite performance organizations training high school, college, and professional athletes.
Kelly is a graduate of Furman University with a B.S. and M.A. in Education. He was a four-year letterman in football at the wide receiver, tailback, and cornerback positions at Furman.
