Background
He was born in 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Aaron Kelton
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Education
Kelton attended Wellesley High School, where he played football, baseball, and basketball. He then attended Springfield College, from which he graduated in 1992 with a bachelor of science degree in psychology.
Career
In 2016, he became the head coach for Shorter University. Kelton previously held assistant coaching positions at Columbia University, Virginia State University, Concord University, and Clarion University of Pennsylvania.
A native of Boston, While there, he earned a varsity letter in football all four years and spent two as the starting quarterback. From 2006 to 2007, he served as the secondary coach at Columbia.
He was then promoted to the position of defensive coordinator, which he remained for two seasons.
In May 2010, Williams College hired Kelton to replace Mike Whalen who resigned to return to his alma mater, Wesleyan University.
In 2010, Kelton guided the Ephs to a perfect 8–0 record and the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) championship, and became the first Williams College football coach to go unbeaten in his debut season. As of 2010, he was pursuing a degree in integration studies through Virginia State University.
Kelton resigned his position after the 2015 season.
Achievements
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Foreign the performance, he was named the 2010 NESCAC Coach of the Year. Also in 2010, he became the first football coach in Williams College history to lead his team to a perfect record in his first season. Kelton became the first black varsity head coach at Williams College and the seventh black head football coach at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III level
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