Doc Gamble

Doc Gamble

Current position
Title	Special teams coordinator
Team	Florida A&M
Conference	SWAC
Playing career
1991–1992	NDSCS–Wahpeton
1993–1994	Tennessee–Martin
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995	Tennessee–Martin (SA/QB)
1996–1999	Withrow HS (OH) (assistant)
2000–2001	Mount St. Joseph (assistant)
2002	East Carolina (GA/LB)
2003–2007	Withrow HS (OH)
2008	Fairfield HS (OH)
2009–2010	Withrow HS (OH)
2011	Cincinnati (OA)
2012	Alcorn State (RB/TE/RC)
2013–2017	Kent State (WR)
2018–2019	Arkansas–Pine Bluff (AHC/QB)
2020–2022	Arkansas–Pine Bluff
2023–present	Florida A&M (ST)
Head coaching record
Overall	8–15 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SWAC West Division (2020)

Charles "Doc" Gamble is an American football coach. He is currently the special teams coordinator at Florida A&M University and was previously the head football coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a position he held from 2020 through October 2022.

Coaching career

High school

Gamble had a successful run as a high school coach at both Withrow High School in Cincinnati and Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio. He compiled a 53–19 record, sent 120 of his players onto college football and in 2004 won the Paul Brown Excellence in Coaching Award.[1]

Early college jobs

Gamble started his coaching career at his alma mater, Tennessee Martin. Gamble was an assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph University. Spent time as a graduate assistant while helping with linebackers at East Carolina. Gamble also was an offensive assistant at Cincinnati. Gamble wore many hats at Alcorn State where he coached running backs and tight ends and was the recruiting coordinator.[2]

Kent State

Gamble coached the wide receivers at Kent State University for five seasons.[3] He coached Dri Archer and several other all-conference wide receivers at Kent State.[4]

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

Gamble spent two seasons as associate head coach and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. In 2019, Arkansas–Pine Bluff finished second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in passing yards. After head coach Cedric Thomas left for Southern Miss, Gamble was promoted to interim head coach.[5][6] On April 23, 2020, Gamble was named the 21st head football coach in Arkansas–Pine Bluff history.[7] Gamble was relieved of his duties midway through to 2022 season, after a 4-14 stretch.[8]

Florida A&M

In July 2023, it was announced that Willie Simmons' 2023 staff at Florida A&M had been finalized and it included Gamble as the special teams coordinator.[9]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches^#	STATS^°
Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2020–2022)
2020–21	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	4–1	4–0	1st (West)		25	24
2021	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	2–9	1–7	6th (West)
2022	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	2–5[n 1]	0–4[n 1]	(West)[n 1]
Arkansas–Pine Bluff:		8–15	5–11
Total:		8–15

Notes

1. Gamble served as Arkansas–Pine Bluff's head coach for the first seven games of the season before he was fired on October 20. Don Treadwell was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Arkansas–Pine Bluff finished the year with an overall record of 3–8 and a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

References

1. Doc Gamble names UAPB Head Football Coach, Deltaplexnews
2. UAPB, Closing in on deal, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, March 31, 2020
3. Charles "Doc" Gamble named Arkansas-Pine Bluff Head Football Coach, Cincinnati.com
4. Gamble becomes 21st head Coach for Arkansas at Pine-Bluff Football, Texarkana Gazette
5. Golden Lions take no chances with Gamble, Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, April 24, 2020
6. UAPB Head Football Coach Cedric Thomas Resigns, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, February 17, 2020
7. Golden Lions name Charles Gamble Football coach, dropping interim title, ESPN, April 23, 2020
8. Brice, John (October 20, 2022). "Sources: SWAC program making immediate head coaching change". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
9. Samuels, Doug (July 31, 2023). "The Scoop - Monday July 31, 2023". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved July 31, 2023.

External links

• Kent State profile