Clay Helton

Depending on the sport at Georgia Southern, the teams are dealing with the past, present and future — and often all of the above. Head football coach Clay Helton, for example, has been a prime attraction at the Eagle Club Tour stops this offseason. The new coach attended the event May 5 at Effingham County High School in Springfield and talked about his experience since he was hired Nov. 2, 2021.

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - New Georgia Southern head football coach Clay Helton made his first public appearance in Augusta Monday, speaking to Eagle Club members at TopGolf in Augusta. Helton’s in his first season with the Eagles, and they just finished spring practice over the weekend with their spring game....

Clay Helton was born with football in his blood. His father, Kim Helton, has 52 years of coaching experience in college and the NFL and currently serves as an offensive analyst for his other son, Tyson Helton, the head coach at Western Kentucky. Clay Helton learned how to relate with people and command a room from his father — and those lessons were on display Monday night as Helton met with fans and boosters at the Georgia Southern...

Are you getting excited, Georgia Southern football fans? Maybe a bit antsy? Maybe a lot antsy for the Clay Helton era to begin?. Georgia Southern opens spring football practice March 22 and is slated to play the Blue vs. White Spring Game on April 23. The football games count for real next fall with a 12-game schedule starting Sept. 3.

The former USC head coach Clay Helton has quickly found a buyer for his hillside home in Palos Verdes Estates, CA. The listing came on the market at the beginning of 2022 for $4,398,000, and went into contract after just a week on the market. Having accepted a new position...

Georgia Southern is making a big hire. As Clay Helton builds his staff with the Eagles, the Tennessee Volunteers are feeling the impact. On Wednesday, On3’s senior national college football reporter Matt Zenitz stated that Volunteers offensive analyst Matt Merritt was joining Helton at his next stop. “Georgia Southern...

While Georgia Southern's new head coach Clay Helton is assembling his staff and added another position coach Monday, he might have to replace one of the new hires, according to a report. Marcus Davis, who played in the Southeastern Conference at Auburn and has coaching stops at Florida State, Auburn...

The pipeline from the University of Washington to Georgia Southern made another delivery on Friday. Former Huskies defensive line coach Elwyn "Rip" Rowan will have the same coaching duties under new head coach Clay Helton. Rowan, 30, was on the Washington staff this past season with then-defensive backs coach Will Harris and then-defensive analyst...

Georgia Southern's new head football coach Clay Helton again has looked to the West Coast — and the University of Washington in particular — for his latest coaching hire. Aaron Schwanz, a defensive analyst this past season at Washington, has been hired as the Georgia Southern linebackers coach. Schwanz, who also coached at Power 5 programs...

Clay Helton and Georgia Southern are poised to make one of their more important hires for the new regime. Sources with direct knowledge tell FootballScoop that Helton is expected to hire UT-Martin football strength and conditioning coach Sam Medlock for a similar position with the Eagles’ staff. Medlock is...

Clay Helton hit the ground running when he was hired Nov. 2 as Georgia Southern's new head football coach, coming to Statesboro that week, meeting with the athletic department staff and current coaches and players, setting up the program for 2022 and hitting the recruiting trail. And he hasn't stopped...

STATESBORO, Ga. (WSAV) – After just a few weeks of holding the full-time head coaching job at Georgia Southern, Clay Helton has assembled the core of his offensive brain trust. Helton spoke to the media at the Ted Smith Family Football Center on Monday for the first time since making several key staffing decisions, including […]

Former USC head coach Clay Helton will bring a familiar name to Georgia Southern as he looks to rebuild the Eagles. Helton has hired former USC quarterbacks coach Bryan Ellis as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Georgia Southern, the Eagles announced on Monday as previously reported by Bruce Feldman. Ellis has been on the staff at Western Kentucky since 2019, most recently serving as the co-offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach.

Clay Helton is going to work assembling his inaugural staff at Georgia Southern, and not surprisingly it’s expected to have ties to Helton’s run at University of Southern California. Presently the co-offensive coordinator at Western Kentucky, Ellis is a familiar face from Helton’s time at USC; Ellis served the Trojans...