Jon Shelton, a former defensive assistant coach at the University of Kansas, enters his sixth season with the UNH football coaching staff. He has worked with the defensive line in his stint with the Wildcats and will work specifically with the defensive ends again in 2010.

Shelton, who has 17 years of football coaching experience, coached and managed all aspects of the defensive line on game day and handled all of the day-to-day duties along with the rest of the Kansas defensive staff. While with the Jayhawks from 1999-2003, Shelton coached a line that was ranked among the top squads in the nation.

Following that stint, Shelton worked at Bryant College as the defensive coordinator, assistant head coach and director of operations from 2002-04. While with the Bulldogs, he was responsible for recruiting players from the Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. areas. Shelton also gained experience while at Montgomery Community College (Rockville, Md.) in 1997-98 as the assistant coach responsible for linebackers and kickers.

At the University of Maryland, Shelton was a student assistant and helped coach the defensive line from 1995-97. Shelton began his coaching career at Montgomery Community College, where he was the defensive line coach from 1993-95.

Shelton earned his Masters in Education (Counseling) at Providence College. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics at the University of Maryland at College Park and he has an Associates of Arts degree in Finance from Montgomery Community College.