MOBILE, Ala. – University of South Alabama head football coach Steve Campbell announced on Monday the addition of Kenny Edenfield to his initial coaching staff.

Edenfield (pronounced ED-in-field) joins the program after a 10-year stint as an assistant at Troy, including serving as one of the Trojans' offensive coordinators since 2010.  His role with the Jaguars will be offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

"It's great to have Kenny on board, he's had a lot of success in the Sun Belt Conference including a championship this year," said Campbell.  "Kenny and I go way back, I have a lot of confidence in his ability as a coach, a teacher and a recruiter; he's been successful everywhere he's been.  He's been in Alabama for a lot of years and has a lot of connections with high school coaches in the state, and he's also experienced recruiting Mississippi junior colleges, and in Louisiana and Florida as well.  I'm really pleased to have Kenny join our staff."

During his time on the Troy staff, Edenfield — who worked with inside wide receivers — helped the program to five postseason bowl appearances including each of the last two years, four outright or shared Sun Belt Conference titles and its first-ever top-25 ranking, overseeing a unit that has finished among the top 20 nationally in total offense twice and passing yards per game on four occasions.  Under his direction, Troy players set school season records for completions, completion percentage and receptions, and have ended up among the top three in the program's season record books in passing yards, passing touchdowns, receiving yards, total offense and all-purpose yards as well.

Before going to Troy, Edenfield was offensive coordinator at North Alabama from 2002-07 as the Lions qualified for the NCAA Division II playoffs on four occasions while twice winning the Gulf South Conference title.  He was the tight ends coach and special teams coordinator at Tulsa during the 2001 campaign and also had a two-year stint at Nicholls State from 1993-94 that included serving as offensive coordinator his second season with the program.

Edenfield was the head coach at Southwest Mississippi C.C. for two years (1999-00) after working as an assistant at the school the previous two falls.  He also has experience as a head coach at Dr. Phillips (Fla.) H.S. from 1995-97, and as an assistant at Jackson (La.) (1989) and Apopka (Fla.) (1990-92) Highs during his coaching career.

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