Cal King

Biography

A seven-year collegiate coaching veteran with previous stops at three other collegiate institutions, Cal King begins his first year at Mercer in 2026-27 as the safeties coach for the Bears. He spent the 2025 season as the linebackers coach and interim defensive coordinator at Samford. King’s linebackers unit accounted for a large share of the defensive success that Samford registered in 2025, amassing 246 tackles – more than 30 percent of the team’s total stops (807) – while also tacking up 16-1/2 tackles for loss (83 percent of team total) as well. Those achievements were headlined by senior Jaden Mosley who bullied his way on to the All-Southern Conference squad with 107 stops, including a team-best 9-1/2 stops behind the line of scrimmage. King assumed the role of interim defensive coordinator for Samford in Week 10 and engineered a defense that limited FCS opponents to just 148.9 yards per game on the ground, including two outings in which Samford surrendered 111 rushing yards or fewer. The Bulldogs also forced five turnovers across that four-game stretch as well. Prior to venturing to the Iron City, King left a wake of success amid a five-year stay on the defensive staff at Georgia Southern. He began his stint in Statesboro, Ga., as a graduate assistant defensive coach for two seasons (2020-21), while also taking on a role as the interim cornerbacks coach for the final eight games of the 2021 campaign. He mentored the nickel position players for the Eagles during the 202

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