Kaleb Nobles | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | West Florida |
Current Conference: | GSC |
Current Record: | 15–6 |
Birth Place: | Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 2012–2015 |
Player Team1: | Valdosta State |
Player Years2: | 2016 |
Player Team2: | West Florida |
Player Positions: | Quarterback |
Coach Years1: | 2017–2018 |
Coach Team1: | West Florida (QB) |
Coach Years2: | 2019 |
Coach Team2: | West Florida (co-OC/QB) |
Coach Years3: | 2021–2022 |
Coach Team3: | Clemson (OPD) |
Coach Years4: | 2023–present |
Coach Team4: | West Florida |
Overall Record: | 15–6 |
Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
Kaleb Nobles is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the University of West Florida, a position he has held since 2023.
Nobles grew up Fitzgerald, Georgia and attended Fitzgerald High School College and Career Academy.[1] As a senior, he completed 107-of-162 pass attempts for 1,481 yards and 15 touchdowns with four interceptions.[2]
Nobles initially played college football at Valdosta State.[3] He played in ten games with two starts as a freshman and passed for 967 yards and 12 touchdowns. As a sophomore Nobles completed 103-of-164 pass attempts for 1,042 yards and seven touchdowns. He competed for the starting quarterback job entering his junior season, but suffered a groin injury in training camp.[4] Nobles ultimately redshirted the season and transferred to West Florida, which had just established its football program. He was named the starting quarterback for the Argonauts inaugural season.[5] Nobles passed for 3,050 yards with 28 touchdowns and 18 interceptions in 11 games played in his final season.[6]
Nobles began his coaching career as the quarterbacks coach at West Florida after graduating.[7] He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator entering the 2019 season.[8] West Florida won the 2019 Division II National Championship.[9] Nobles was hired in an off-field role as the director of offensive player development at Clemson in 2021.[10]
Nobles was hired as the head coach at West Florida on December 12, 2022.[11] The Argonauts went 8-4 in his first season as head coach and made the NCAA Division II playoffs, where they lost to Delta State in the first round.[12]