Shelton Felton enters his second season as the outside linebackers coach for the Mocs. He was elevated to Assistant Head Coach following the 2017 season. Felton helped guide UTC to the No. 1 defense in the Southern Conference. The Mocs were also No. 25 in the FCS in total defense (326.4 yds/game) last year.
Felton came to UTC after spending the previous two seasons as the head coach at Crisp County High School in Cordele, Ga. His Crisp County team went 3-7 in his first year in 2015. He followed that with a school-record 13-1 last season.
The Cougars went 10-0 in the regular season for the first time, and advanced to the state semifinals, also a first for the program. He also coached Markaviest Bryant to the first All-American honors in school history.
A veteran of the Georgia High School ranks, Felton spent two seasons at Colquitt County High School where he was the defensive line coach for the Georgia 6A championship team in 2014. He also spent three years as the defensive coordinator at Dooley County coaching future Auburn All-American Montravious Adams.
He began his career at Crisp County as the linebackers coach and defensive coordinator from 2005-09.
Felton was a defensive lineman at Troy from 1999-02, where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Social Work in 2002 and a Master's Degree in Education in 2008. He also earned an E.D.S. in Physical Education from Jacksonville State in 2012.
Felton and his wife LaQuanda have four children, Alexis, Shelton, Jr., Shemori and Shelton III.
