Clay Helton Biography

Clay Helton is the head football coach at Georgia Southern. Helton took over the program in 2021. He previously served as the head coach at USC, beginning on an interim basis in 2015 when he went 5-4. He followed that up by guiding the Trojans to back-to-back double-digit win seasons and major bowl appearances. Helton had been on the coaching staff at USC since 2010. He also previously served as interim head coach in 2013 and led the Trojans to a win at the Las Vegas Bowl. 

Prior to arriving in Los Angeles, Helton spent a decade on the Memphis coaching staff. From 1997-99, he was running backs coach for his father Kim at the University of Houston. Helton's coaching career started with a season as a graduate assistant and a year as running backs coach at Duke. During his playing career, he split time as a backup quarterback at Auburn and Houston. 

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