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Aaron Kelly

CAREER EXPERIENCE
• Defensive Backs Coach, Cornell University (2024-current)
• Assistant Director of Athletics Communications, Cornell University (2023-current)
• Communications Coordinator, Cornell University (2022-23)
• Defensive Backs Coach, Ellsworth College (2022)

EDUCATION
• University of Massachusetts - Amherst (2021)
• ASA College (2018)

AT CORNELL
Kelly joined the Cornell Sprint Football staff in August of 2024 as the defensive backs coach. In his first season with the Big Red, Cornell improved its win total by a pair of games and he helped develop a pair of all-league selections in the defensive backfield.

He joined the Big Red in 2022 as an Athletics Communications Coordinator, and in 2023 was promoted to his current position as Assistant Director of Athletics Communications. In that role, Kelly has primarily covered women's ice hockey, men's soccer, wrestling, softball, and track and field among others.

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Kelly played defensive back for the ASA College Avengers (JUCO), University of Massachusetts Minutemen (3 years), and the Southern Connecticut State Owls (Graduate).