Former Rutgers football assistant Charles Watkins lands plum FCS job
A former assistant with Rutgers football, Charles Watkins has recently been named the wide receivers coach at New Hampshire.
Coming out of Camden High School (Camden, N.J.), Watkins committed to Duke as a three-star wide receiver. After four years at Duke, he enrolled at Wagner to earn his master’s degree in education
Watkins served as a graduate assistant at Rutgers from April 2018 to June 2019. He worked with the wide receivers while with the Big Ten program.
His rise through the coaching ranks is a testament to his work ethic.
After that, he spent time at Concordia College where he was the defensive coordinator for two years. He then moved on to the University of St. Thomas where he spent two years as their assistant football coach before landing at New Hampshire in April.
Watkins’ new role, a big step forward in his young coaching career, was announced on his LinkedIn profile this week.
Last year, New Hampshire went 9-4 (7-1 Colonial Athletic Association). They beat Fordham in the first round of the FCS playoffs before losing to No. 7 Holy Cross in the second round.
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Current UCLA head coach Chip Kelly played at New Hampshire before eventually coaching with the program. He rose to the rank of offensive coordinator before he left for Oregon to become their offensive coordinator and eventually their head coach.
