Clint Trickett takes over the Arkansas quarterbacks for first-year Head Coach Ryan Silverfield.
Trickett spent the 2025 season as the offensive coordinator at Jacksonville State, helping the Gamecocks to a 9-5 mark with a Salute to Veterans Bowl victory. The former Florida State and West Virginia QB led one of the best offenses in Conference USA averaging 408.7 yards per game to rank third in the league and scoring 28.1 points per game to rank fifth. The Gamecocks’ running attack was the best in the league and ranked fourth nationally with 246.7 yards per game led by All-America RB Cam Cook. Following the bowl win, Cook’s 1,659 rushing yards led the FBS with his 16 rushing TDs, ranking fourth nationally. Cook recorded 10 100-yard game during the season, including a season-best 218 yards against Sam Houston State.
Prior to Jacksonville State, Trickett coached the tight ends and inside receivers at Georgia Southern while serving as the pass game coordinator in 2024. He coached TE Tyler Fromm that season, who finished fifth on the team with 25 receptions and earned CSC Academic All-District honors.
Trickett spent three seasons at Marshall as the wide receivers coach in 2021 and the final two seasons as the Thundering Herd’s offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. The Herd took down a pair of Power 4 teams in his tenure with a win at Notre Dame in 2022 and a Frisco Bowl victory over Virginia Tech in 2023.
He produced a pair of all-conference wideouts in 2021 with Corey Gammage and Willie Johnson both earning honorable mention recognition. Marshall’s running game took off under Trickett as the offensive coordinator in 2022 and 2023, fueled by running backs Rasheen Ali and Khalan Laborn. Ali led the Herd with 1,135 yards and 15 TDs in 2023 and earned Myrtle Beach Bowl MVP honors in 2022. Laborn helped lead Marshall’s upset win at Notre Dame with 163 rushing yards.
Trickett coached at Florida Atlantic for four seasons, leading the tight ends for the first three years and serving as co-offensive coordinator and QB coach in 2020. He coached TE Harrison Bryant to the Mackey Award in 2019 after he caught 65 passes for 1,004 yards and seven touchdowns on his way to being a fourth-round selection by the Cleveland Browns in the NFL Draft. His receptions and yards led all FBS tight ends with his touchdowns ranking fourth. The 2018 season saw Bryant develop under Trickett, as the tight end caught 45 passes for 662 yards to earn First-Team All-CUSA and Second-Team All-America recognition from Pro Football Focus. Trickett was named to the AFCA 35-Under-35 list following the 2019 season, recognizing the 35 best coaches under 35 years old.
He began his coaching career at East Mississippi Community College, one of the nation’s premier junior college programs, as the Lions’ quarterbacks coach for two seasons (2015-16). During his two seasons in Scooba, Miss. the team went 19-2.
Trickett graduated from Florida State in three years, where he played for three seasons before transferring to West Virginia. With the Mountaineers, he was a Davey O’Brien Award semifinalist after completing 67.1% of his passes for 3,285 yards and 18 touchdowns as a fifth-year senior. For his career, he passed for 5,837 yards and 32 total touchdowns while completing 62% of his passes.
Trickett is the youngest son of Tara and Rick Trickett, who is a longtime offensive line coach with stops at West Virginia, Mississippi State, Auburn, LSU, Florida State and currently Jacksonville State. His brothers, Travis and Chance, both work in football with Travis coaching in college and Chance working as a scout in the NFL. Clint Trickett is married to his wife, Kaylee.
The Trickett File
Birthdate: March 19, 1991
Hometown: Tallahassee, Fla.
High School: North Florida Christian HS
College: Florida State, 2012; West Virginia, 2014
Family: Wife – Kaylee
Coaching Experience
2015-16 East Mississippi CC – Quarterbacks
2017-19 Florida Atlantic – Tight Ends
2020 Florida Atlantic – Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2021 Marshall – Wide Receivers/Pass Game Coordinator
2022-23 Marshall – Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2024 Georgia Southern – Tight Ends/Inside Receivers/Pass Game Coordinator
2025 Jacksonville State – Offensive Coordinator
Playing Experience
2010-12 Florida State
2013-14 West Virginia
