Current position | |
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Title | Special teams coordinator |
Team | Florida A&M |
Conference | SWAC |
Playing career | |
1991–1992 | NDSCS–Wahpeton |
1993–1994 | Tennessee–Martin |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1995 | Tennessee–Martin (SA/QB) |
1996–1999 | Withrow HS (OH) (assistant) |
2000–2001 | Mount St. Joseph (assistant) |
2002 | East Carolina (GA/LB) |
2003–2007 | Withrow HS (OH) |
2008 | Fairfield HS (OH) |
2009–2010 | Withrow HS (OH) |
2011 | Cincinnati (OA) |
2012 | Alcorn State (RB/TE/RC) |
2013–2017 | Kent State (WR) |
2018–2019 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff (AHC/QB) |
2020–2022 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff |
2023–present | Florida A&M (ST) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 8–15 (college) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 SWAC West Division (2020) | |
Charles "Doc" Gamble is an American football coach. He is currently the special teams coordinator at Florida A&M University and was previously the head football coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a position he held from 2020 through October 2022.
Gamble had a successful run as a high school coach at both Withrow High School in Cincinnati and Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio. He compiled a 53–19 record, sent 120 of his players onto college football and in 2004 won the Paul Brown Excellence in Coaching Award. [1]
Gamble started his coaching career at his alma mater, Tennessee Martin. Gamble was an assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph University. Spent time as a graduate assistant while helping with linebackers at East Carolina. Gamble also was an offensive assistant at Cincinnati. Gamble wore many hats at Alcorn State where he coached running backs and tight ends and was the recruiting coordinator. [2]
Gamble coached the wide receivers at Kent State University for five seasons. [3] He coached Dri Archer and several other all-conference wide receivers at Kent State. [4]
Gamble spent two seasons as associate head coach and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. In 2019, Arkansas–Pine Bluff finished second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in passing yards. After head coach Cedric Thomas left for Southern Miss, Gamble was promoted to interim head coach. [5] [6] On April 23, 2020, Gamble was named the 21st head football coach in Arkansas–Pine Bluff history. [7] Gamble was relieved of his duties midway through to 2022 season, after a 4-14 stretch. [8]
In July 2023, it was announced that Willie Simmons' 2023 staff at Florida A&M had been finalized and it included Gamble as the special teams coordinator. [9]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | STATS° | ||
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Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference)(2020–2022) | |||||||||
2020–21 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1st (West) | 25 | 24 | |||
2021 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 2–9 | 1–7 | 6th (West) | |||||
2022 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | 2–5 [n 1] | 0–4 [n 1] | (West) [n 1] | |||||
Arkansas–Pine Bluff: | 8–15 | 5–11 | |||||||
Total: | 8–15 |
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