Dell McGee, Charles Kelly up for Broyles Award

Two coaches with Bi-City ties were named Wednesday as nominees for the 2015 Broyles Award.

Georgia Southern's Dell McGee and Florida State's Charles Kelly were among 34 assistant coaches named.

The Broyles Award is given to College Football's Assistant Coach of the Year. It is presented by the Rotary Club of Little Rock and Delta Dental.

McGee is in his second season as an assistant at Georgia Southern. McGee coaches the running backs.

Last season, the Eagles were the nation's best in rushing with 384 yards per game. This season, the Eagles are rushing for 364.3 yards per game.

Georgia Southern has two games remaining in the regular season. The Eagles host South Alabama on Saturday and Georgia State on Dec. 5.

McGee is a Columbus native who played high school football at Kendrick. He went on to play at Auburn.

He later was the head coach at Carver. He led the Tigers from 2005-12, earning an 88-19 record -- 21-6 in the playoffs. McGee led the Tigers to the 2007 state championship.

McGee left Carver to become a part of the Auburn support staff.

Kelly is the defensive coordinator for the Seminoles. He also coaches the defensive backs.

Kelly, who played at Auburn, was hired in 1990 at Central by Wayne Trawick. He stayed with the Red Devils for three years.

Here is the list of all the nominees:

Alabama -- Kirby Smart, Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers

Arkansas -- Dan Enos, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Arkansas State -- Joe Cauthen, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Baylor -- Kendal Briles, Offensive Coordinator

Boston College -- Don Brown, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Bowling Green State -- Sean Lewis, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Central Michigan -- Greg Colby, Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers

Clemson -- Brent Venables, Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers

Colorado State -- Will Friend, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

Florida -- Geoff Collins, Defensive Coordinator

Florida State -- Charles Kelly, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs

Georgia Southern -- Dell McGee, Running Backs

Georgia State -- Jesse Minter, Defensive Coordinator

Houston -- Todd Orlando, Defensive Coordinator

Indiana -- Greg Frey, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

Iowa -- Greg Davis, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach

Louisiana Tech -- Tony Petersen, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Marshall -- Chuck Heater, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs

Memphis -- Brad Cornelsen, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Michigan -- Tim Drevno, Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line

Mississippi State -- Brian Johnson, Quarterbacks

Navy -- Dale Pehrson, Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line

N.C. State -- Ryan Nielsen, Defensive Line

North Carolina -- Gene Chizik, Defensive Coordinator

Ole Miss -- Dan Werner, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

Oklahoma -- Lincoln Riley, Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks

South Florida -- Danny Hope, Co-Offensive Coordinator/Run Game

Temple -- Phil Snow, Defensive Coordinator

Toledo -- Jon Heacock, Defensive Coordinator

UCLA -- Noel Mazzone, Offensive Coordinator

USC -- Tee Martin, WR/Pass Game Coordinator

Utah State -- Dave Ungerer, Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs

Washington State University -- Alex Grinch, Defensive Coordinator/Secondary

Wisconsin -- Dave Aranda, Defensive Coordinator

This story was originally published November 25, 2015 at 5:40 PM with the headline "Dell McGee, Charles Kelly up for Broyles Award ."