Kaleb Nobles, the first quarterback in UWF history, is entering his fourth season as the quarterbacks coach for the Argonauts and his first as the Co-Offensive Coordinator. He has also been the Director of Football Operations since December of 2017.
Nobles has mentored the UWF signal callers each of the last three years, including National Freshman of the Year Austin Reed in 2019. Reed threw for 4,089 yards and 272.6 yards per game to rank 13th nationally. He also completed 57 percent of his passes and tossed 40 touchdowns while rushing for six more.
The 2019 quarterback group established program records with a 56.8 completion percentage, a 148.6 pass efficiency rating, 14.6 yards per completion and 411.9 yards of total offense per game.
In the 2018, the Argonauts completed 55.2 percent of their pass attempts, tying the school record at the time. The group averaged 229 yards passing and had 23 touchdowns.
Nobles worked daily with Mike Beaudry, Nick Belz, Kalu Onumah and Grey Jackson during the historic 2017 national finalist season. Beaudry eclipsed many of Nobles' 2016 marks, finishing with 3,215 yards through the air and 29 touchdowns while being named the Gulf South Conference Offensive Freshman of the Year.
Nobles transferred to UWF in the summer of 2016 and helped provide immediate leadership and focus to the upstart program. He led UWF to a 5-6 overall record and threw for 3,058 yards with 28 touchdowns. He also established school records with a 56 percent completion rate and 277.3 passing yards per game.
He had six games passing for at least 300 yards, including a 503-yard, 6-TD performance in the win over Missouri S&T in the inaugural home game on Sept. 10, 2016. That passing mark ranks ninth all-time in GSC single-game history.
He started his playing career at Valdosta State in 2012, appearing in 23 games with six starts as a freshman and sophomore. He threw for 2,009 yards and 19 touchdowns.
In 2014, his best performance came against UNC Pembroke when he completed 24-of-38 for 308 yards and four touchdown passes. Three weeks later he came off the bench at undefeated and No. 3-ranked Lenoir-Rhyne in an NCAA Second Round game to lead the Blazers to a 23-21 victory, throwing for 125 yards on 18-of-27 passing and four touchdowns in three quarters of play.
As a true freshman in 2013, he only played in the second half of a 35-30 win at rival West Georgia after trailing 17-0 at the break. He threw for 238 yards on 19-of-21 with four touchdowns.
He earned his bachelor's degree in Healthcare Administration from Valdosta State in December of 2015.
