Jonathan Small has joined the Sam Houston State University athletic staff as football operations coordinator for Bearkat head coach K. C. Keeler’s program.
Small comes to Huntsville after heading up football operations at Elon University Phoenix since May 2013 and for three seasons at The College of William and Mary.
Among Small’s responsibilities are coordinating team travel, logistics for player welfare, pro scout liaison and assisting with the team budget. He will also be involved in player academic success.
“This is a new position at Sam Houston and we’re excited to have Jonathan with us,” Keeler said. “In this new role Jonathon will greatly enhance the football player experience and coordinate football logistics around campus.”
Prior to his time at William & Mary, Small worked as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern University from 2006-07.
Small has also held the position of new business development intern with at ESPN Wide World of Sports at Disney World. In addition to creating and implementing new events for the organization, he served as an assistant project manager for ESPN RISE Games and was the project manager and creator of the Premiere 7's High School Football Passing Camp.
Small received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from Charleston Southern University and in 2009 received his master’s degree in Sports Business from Georgia State University.
His father, Hank Small, is the Athletic Director at Charleston Southern University and has forty year of college football coaching experience.”
