Shannon Kelley, a Houston native, serves as assistant head coach, primarily working with the running backs.
In the Huskies’ inaugural season in 2014, redshirt freshman running back B.J. Kelly earned All-Southland Conference honorable mention, rushing for 735 yards, which included a pair of 100-plus yard performances. During the 2014 season, the HBU running back corps did not fumble on a rushing attempt. In 2015, sophomore Terrance Peters had a pair of 100-plus yard performances and recorded the two longest plays from scrimmage in HBU history.
After several years as a successful partner in an investment firm and real estate developer in Houston, Kelley chased his dream of becoming a college football coach and landed as the quarterbacks coach at Fairmont State University, in his wife’s hometown of Fairmont, W.Va. He coached the Fighting Falcons during the 2009 and 2010 seasons, while also spearheading fundraising efforts for the athletic department. Quarterback Logan Moore threw for 1,874 yards and 18 touchdowns, while rushing for 352 yards and five touchdowns in 2010 to earn West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year honors.
Kelley most recently coached at California (Pa.) University, where he was the director of athletic fund raising and the running backs coach. In 2012, junior running back Lamont Smith earned all-Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division honors for the Vulcans, rushing for 1,113 yards and five touchdowns and catching 33 passes for 275 yards and three touchdowns.
Kelley played football at the University of Texas from 1984-88, lettering as a junior and senior. The Longhorns made three bowl appearances during his career, including a victory in the Blue Bonnet Bowl over Pitt. He graduated from Texas in 1989 with a degree in communications, then earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of St. Thomas in Houston.
