Kelvin Sigler is entering his sixth season on staff at Jacksonville State and the second as the Safeties Coach under head coach Rich Rodriguez.
As Rodriguez was filling his first staff at Jax State prior to the 2022 season, he announced that he would be re-hiring Sigler as a defensive assistant with the Gamecocks. Sigler spent the previous four seasons as the Gamecocks’ Associate Head Coach and coaching their safeties. He served as the team’s Defensive Coordinator for the final three years of that stint.
His first season under Rodriguez was a successful one, as he helped lead the Gamecocks to a 9-2 record that included a perfect 5-0 record in conference play and the 2022 ASUN Conference Championship. His safeties group helped a defensive unit that was 15th in the nation in takeaways and first nationally in fumbles recovered.
When Sigler joined the JSU staff in the spring of 2018, he brought years of experience from multiple levels with him and that has carried over into a successful tenure with the Gamecocks.
His first season in 2018 was an impressive one, with both of his starting safeties grabbing All-Ohio Valley Conference honors and the Gamecocks winning an OVC-record fifth-straight conference title. In his second season, Bridges again earned All-America honors, while safety Traco Williams, linebacker Zack Woodard and defensive end DJ Coleman joined Bridges on the All-OVC defense.
His third season with the Gamecocks, his defense led the OVC in Total Defense and Rushing Defense and was a driving force in JSU winning its sixth OVC title in seven years and earning the No. 4 National Seed in the FCS Playoffs. The Gamecocks held a school-record nine-straight opponents under 100 yards rushing at one point during the season. His 2021 defense was second nationally with defensive touchdowns, second only to Montana’s six.
Sigler came from South Alabama, where he spent two seasons as the Jaguars’ cornerbacks coach after a three-year stint at Northern Illinois. Prior to NIU, Sigler was on the 2012 defensive staff at Alabama, where he helped the Crimson Tide to a 13-1 record and a 42-14 win over Notre Dame in the BCS National Championship Game.
He went to Alabama after serving four seasons as the head coach at Blount High School in Prichard, Ala., where he led the Leopards to four-straight playoff appearances and the school’s first 10-win season since 1998 in 2011. He also served as a high school coach at Bob Jones and Greensboro High Schools.
Sigler lettered for four years at Alabama from 1995-98. During his career, Sigler intercepted six passes, led the team in tackles as a junior and was one of five permanent team captains his senior year.
