Chris Shelling comes to Alabama A&M with a strong resume as both a player and a coach.
Shelling comes to “The Hill” from Holmes Community College in Goodman, Miss., where he spent four seasons as an assistant coach.
During Shelling’s final two seasons at Holmes, he served as the program’s defensive coordinator, where he established a reputation for sending players to Division I programs.
Before taking a position at Holmes, Shelling worked at Kossuth High School in Cornith, Miss., where he was the program’s defensive coordinator and Director of Strength and Conditioning.
Prior to his time as Kossuth, Shelling worked as a defensive assistant coach at Northeast Mississippi Community College for the 2008-2009 seasons. He was a graduate assistant for the 2007 season at Troy, where the Trojans finished as the Sun Belt co-champions.
While at Troy, Shelling graduated with a master’s degree.
Shelling graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Auburn, where he played four seasons for former coach Terry Bowden from 1991-1994. In 1994, Shelling was named an All-American and was runner-up for the Jim Thorpe Award.
After graduating from Auburn, Shelling played with the Cincinnati Bengals and the Atlanta Falcons from 1995-1997, and he then played two seasons with the Rhein Fire in Europe.
Shelling originally is from Columbus, Ga. His wife, Karen, is from Canada, and they have two sons, Elijah and Jonah.
