Football Support Staff
Jamie Croley
Director of Football Operations
Jamie Croley serves as Auburn’s director of football operations, managing the overall logistics of the Tiger football program. He held the same position in 2012 at Arkansas State working for head coach Gus Malzahn.
Croley has had a long career in athletics administration and sports medicine. Nationally certified in athletic training in 1998, his career in athletic training has included positions with HealthSouth, the Cooper Clinic, HealthSouth of Northwest Arkansas and Trinity Rehabilitation; he also covered local high school athletic squads during those years. In 2009, he joined the staff of the Physicians Specialty Hospital, where he served as liaison to a number of local schools and institutions, including the University of Arkansas athletic teams. During the summer of 2011, he worked with the prestigious Andrews Institute.
Croley received his bachelor’s degree in exercise science with an emphasis in sports medicine from Oklahoma Baptist in 1995, where he also served as a student athletic trainer. Croley and his wife, the former Tiffani Otwell, an elementary school teacher, are both natives of Fort Smith, Ark. They are the proud parents of four daughters: Camryn, Ashtyn, Londyn and Jordyn.
Davin Gunn
Assistant Athletics Director/Football
David Gunn serves as an assistant athletics director for Auburn football, serving as the chief liaison to head coach Gus Malzahn and as administrator for the overall football program. Gunn joined the Auburn family before the 2013 campaign.
Gunn came to Auburn with Malzahn after 11 seasons on the coaching staff at Arkansas State. He coached defensive backs in 2012, after spending his first 10 seasons as the ASU running backs coach. Gunn also held the role of Director of Player Development in 2011, the same season he served as the Red Wolves' interim head coach for the GoDaddy.com Bowl.
At Arkansas State, Gunn coached three All-Sun Belt Conference selections, two of the Red Wolves' top three all-time leading rushers, a Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year and the league's Freshman of the Year.
Since arriving at ASU in January 2002, Gunn developed some powerful performers. Reggie Arnold, A-State's featured back from 2006-09, was a Doak Walker Award candidate entering the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons and finished his career as ASU's second all-time leader in total rushing yards and tied for second in rushing touchdowns. Arnold piled up numerous awards, including All-Sun Belt Conference honors three times.
Gunn's first season featured Danny Smith, who broke ASU's all-time rushing record which had stood for 50 years. Gunn proudly watched Smith receive Sun Belt Conference Offensive Player of the Year Honors. Antonio Warren and Shermar Bracey churned out extraordinary rushing totals and signed NFL contracts; Warren finished his career as ASU's third all-time leading rusher with 3,040 yards.
Prior to joining the ASU staff, Gunn served as head coach for Little Rock McClellan (Ark.) High School for five seasons (1996-2001), taking the Crimson Tide to the playoffs twice. Before McClellan, he served as the boys' head track coach at Watson Chapel High School in Pine Bluff, Ark. (1991-95); he also served as the running backs and defensive backs coach at Watson Chapel and helped then go to the AAA playoffs three straight years, winning the 1996 state championship. That was the second stop at Watson Chapel for Gunn, who began his career as the linebackers and wide receivers coach there from 1987-89.
Gunn, a native of England, Ark., who excelled in football, basketball and track at England High School, also coached at Lake Highlands (Texas) High School, where he coached running backs and helped his team to a 1990 conference title.
After graduating from England High School in 1982, he attended the University of Arkansas, where he played defensive back and running back; as a Razorback, he played in the 1984 Liberty Bowl and the 1987 Orange Bowl. He graduated in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in physical education and biological science.
Gunn is married to the former Aleachia Stephenson of England, and they have two grown daughters - Tiffany, a recent Arkansas law school graduate, and Bethany, who is a junior at Auburn.
Kenny Ingram
Director of Player Development
Kenny Ingram serves as the director of player development for Auburn football. He joined the Auburn family in 2013. Ingram came to Auburn with head coach Gus Malzahn from Arkansas State, where he served as defensive line coach during the Red Wolves’ 2012 Sun Belt Championship season.
Prior to Arkansas State, Ingram was an assistant coach at Memphis from 2006-09, coaching the linebackers; he was promoted to defensive coordinator at Memphis in 2009. Ingram was a part of two bowl teams in his four years at Memphis, including the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and 2008 St. Petersburg Bowl.
Ingram joined the Memphis staff after spending the 2005 season as defensive line coach at Tennessee State University, where he was responsible for recruiting his hometown area of Memphis and west Tennessee.
He was the head coach at Melrose (Tenn.) High School from 2002-04 and posted a 37-4 overall record after serving as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator from 2001-02. He led the school to one appearance in the state finals and a pair of appearances in the state semifinals, returning the program to prominence.
A three-time Regional Coach of the Year and the Commercial Appeal’s 2004 Coach of the Year for Metro Memphis, he was selected to serve as the Liberty Bowl All-Star Game defensive coordinator in 2003 and was a member of the Tennessee East-West Shrine All-Star Game coaching staff that same season. Ingram taught and coached at Corry Middle School and worked in the Youth Habilitation Center prior to moving to Melrose.
A standout at Whitehaven High School in his hometown of Memphis, Ingram graduated from Arkansas State, where he was a four-year letterman (1989-92) and the team co-captain in 1992; he received his bachelor’s degree in political science in 1999.
Ingram and his wife, Carla, who holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Christian Brothers and an MBA in finance from Memphis, have five children: Kendrien, Taylor, Kameron, and twins Kennedy and Karleigh.
Doug Goodwin
Director of High School Relations
Auburn alum Doug Goodwin, who spent 29 years coaching high school football in Alabama, is in his first year as the Director of High School Relations for Auburn Football.
Brent Thomas
Football Video Coordinator
Brent Thomas is the video coordinator for Auburn football, a post he has held since March, 2007. In that role, Thomas is responsible for the exchange of scouting and breakdown of opponent game film, as well as coordinating the staff that films daily practices and games for the Tigers.
Thomas, who was a long snapper with the Tennessee Volunteers from 1996-2000, served as the assistant video coordinator for the Tennessee Titans of the NFL from 2003-07. Prior to working with the Titans, he worked as a video graduate assistant with the University of Tennessee football team from 2002-03.
A native of Louisville, Ky., Thomas earned his bachelor’s degree in sports management with a minor in business from the University of Tennessee in 2001.
Brett Whiteside
Director of Recruiting Operations
Brett Whiteside serves as the director of recruiting operations for Auburn football, his
second stint with the Tiger program. He worked with head coach Gus Malzahn as football
operations assistant at Arkansas State in 2012, coordinating the Red Wolves’ team travel, assisting with on-campus recruiting and helping oversee the day-to-day operations of the ASU football program.
As a student recruiting assistant at Auburn from 2009-12, Whiteside helped with the recruiting effort of two of the top six recruiting classes in the nation, including the 2011 class, ranked No. 2 nationally and first in the Southeastern Conference. He was also instrumental in signing ASU’s first recruiting class under head coach Gus Malzahn, which was ranked first in the Sun Belt Conference in 2012.
Originally from Gadsden, Ala., Whiteside graduated from Arkansas State in 2012 with a degree in interdisciplinary studies.
Chette Williams
Team Chaplain
Rev. Chette Williams, a former Auburn linebacker, serves as the Auburn team chaplain. Williams is also is the Auburn campus director for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and the State Director for Urban Ministries for FCA. During his playing career (1982-84), Auburn won the Sugar Bowl, the Citrus Bowl and the Liberty Bowl.
The former President of IMPACT Ministries in Spartanburg, S.C. (1995-99), Williams served as Pastor of New Covenant Baptist Church in New Orleans, La. (1993-95) and co-Pastor of New Song Baptist Church in Mobile, Ala. (1991-93). He was licensed as a minister in 1987 and ordained in 1988. He received a bachelor’s degree from Auburn in Adult Education in 1985, and a master’s of divinity from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 1993.
Williams and his wife, the former Lakeba Hibbler, have two daughters, Lauren and Caitlyn, and one son, Chette Jr.
Casey Woods
Director of Player Personnel
Casey Woods serves as the director of player personnel for Auburn football, his second tour of duty with the Auburn family. Woods came back to Auburn after serving as wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator in 2012 at Arkansas State with head coach Gus Malzahn.
From 2009-11, Woods was Auburn’s offensive quality control assistant, working closely with Malzahn during that time. He was a part of three bowl teams at Auburn: the 2010 squad that won the BCS National Championship, the 2009 Outback Bowl and the 2011 Chickfil-A Bowl.
Prior to Auburn, Woods was a three-year letterman at Tennessee from 2003-07, playing in 40 career games while also working two seasons as a player volunteer coach. He played in three bowl games and was a member of three 10-win teams. He was team captain of the 2007 Tennessee team that won the SEC East and Outback Bowl. He served as a graduate assistant coach at Tennessee during the 2008 season, working with wide receivers.
A native of Starkville, Miss., Woods earned bachelor’s degrees in both psychology and political science from Tennessee in 2006. He received his master’s degree in sport psychology from Tennessee in 2007. He is currently pursuing further graduate work in sport psychology. He is married to the former Lauren Thompson.
Johnny Brewer
Offensive Graduate Assistant
Johnny Brewer is a graduate assistant coach for Auburn football, working with the offensive line. He joined the Auburn family in 2013.
During the 2012 season, Brewer served as the offensive coordinator and quarterback coach at Harrison (Ark.) High School, after two seasons at Rogers (Ark.) High, his alma mater, as wide receiver and head freshman coach.
His first coaching assignment was as a volunteer assistant at Rogers, working with the quarterbacks and receivers. Brewer played football and baseball at Rogers, earning all-conference honors in both sports as a junior and senior; he was a teammate there of Auburn All-American Lee Ziemba. After his senior season, Brewer was selected to play in the Arkansas Football All-Star Game, where Gus Malzahn was his head coach.
A 2010 graduate of Arkansas with a degree in kinesiology, Brewer is pursuing a master’s degree at Auburn. Brewer, whose hometown is Rogers, Ark., is married to the former Danielle Stevens, who was an NAIA Scholar All-Star in volleyball at the College of the Ozarks, where she received her degree in business.
Ryan Aplin
Offensive Graduate Assistant
Cam Clark
Defensive Graduate Assistant
Cam Clark is a graduate assistant coach for Auburn football, working with the defensive secondary. He joined the Auburn family in 2013. He came to Auburn with head coach Gus Malzahn from Arkansas State, where he was a graduate assistant working with the defense and special teams during the Red Wolves’ 2012 Sun Belt Championship season. He was a quality control assistant for Arkansas State during the 2011 Sun Belt Championship campaign.
Clark spent the 2008-10 seasons as a coach at Faulkner University, where he held positions as a defensive backs coach, wide receivers coach, special teams coach, recruiting coordinator and junior varsity head coach.
Prior to his coaching experience, he was a four-year letterman at Harding University, where he played safety and corner, earning the 2007 Iron Bison of the Year award. He was also a four-year letterman in track and field.
A native of Calhoun, Ga., Clark was the Georgia high school state triple jump champion at Calhoun High School, and also an all-state prep quarterback.
Clark earned his bachelor’s degree in kinesiology and social sciences from Harding in 2007. He is working toward a master’s degree at Auburn. His wife Dana, from Plano, Texas, is also a Harding graduate, with a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education and a master’s in reading.
Brandon Wheeling
Defensive Graduate Assistant
Brandon Wheeling is a graduate assistant coach with Auburn football, working with the defensive line. He joined the Auburn family in 2013.
He began his coaching career in 2010 as the defensive line and strength and conditioning coach at Barnwell (S.C.) High School. In 2011, he returned to UGA, and served as a quality control assistant for defensive line coach Rodney Garner during the 2011 and 2012 seasons. Wheeling, who hails from Dallas, Ga., was a three-sport letterwinner at Paulding County High School before matriculating to the University of Georgia, where he lettered at defensive tackle. He received his bachelor’s degree in education and physical education from Georgia in 2010.
He is engaged to Bethany Ellyson, a Georgia graduate with a degree in dietetics and nutrition. They are planning a Summer 2014 wedding.
Levorn Harbin
Analyst
Bobby Bentley
Analyst
Brent Dearmon
Analyst
Erik Link
Analyst
Travis Williams
Analyst
Eric Munoz
Analyst
Jorrell Bostrom
Quality Control