Doc Gamble

Charles "Doc" Gamble is an American football coach. He is currently the co-special teams coordinator at Trine University and was previously the head football coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, a position he held from 2020 through October 2022.

Doc Gamble

Current position
Title	Co-Special teams coordinator
Team	Trine
Conference	MIAA
Playing career
1991–1992	NDSCS–Wahpeton
1993–1994	Tennessee–Martin
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995	Tennessee–Martin (SA/QB)
1996–1999	Withrow HS (OH) (assistant)
2000–2001	Mount St. Joseph (assistant)
2002	East Carolina (GA/LB)
2003–2007	Withrow HS (OH)
2008	Fairfield HS (OH)
2009–2010	Withrow HS (OH)
2011	Cincinnati (OA)
2012	Alcorn State (RB/TE/RC)
2013–2017	Kent State (WR)
2018–2019	Arkansas–Pine Bluff (AHC/QB)
2020–2022	Arkansas–Pine Bluff
2023–2024	Florida A&M (STC)
2025-present	Trine (Co-STC/RB)
Head coaching record
Overall	8–15 (college)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 SWAC West Division (2020)

Coaching career

High school

Gamble had a successful run as a high school coach at both Withrow High School in Cincinnati and Fairfield High School in Fairfield, Ohio. He compiled a 53–19 record, sent 120 of his players onto college football and in 2004 won the Paul Brown Excellence in Coaching Award.^[1]

Early college jobs

Gamble started his coaching career at his alma mater, Tennessee Martin. Gamble was an assistant coach at Mount St. Joseph University. Spent time as a graduate assistant while helping with linebackers at East Carolina. Gamble also was an offensive assistant at Cincinnati. Gamble wore many hats at Alcorn State where he coached running backs and tight ends and was the recruiting coordinator.^[2]

Kent State

Gamble coached the wide receivers at Kent State University for five seasons.^[3] He coached Dri Archer and several other all-conference wide receivers at Kent State.^[4]

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

Gamble spent two seasons as associate head coach and quarterbacks coach at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. In 2019, Arkansas–Pine Bluff finished second in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in passing yards. After head coach Cedric Thomas left for Southern Miss, Gamble was promoted to interim head coach.^[5][6] On April 23, 2020, Gamble was named the 21st head football coach in Arkansas–Pine Bluff history.^[7] Gamble was relieved of his duties midway through to 2022 season, after a 4-14 stretch.^[8]

Florida A&M

In July 2023, it was announced that Willie Simmons' 2023 staff at Florida A&M had been finalized and it included Gamble as the special teams coordinator.^[9]

Trine

After two years at Florida A&M, it was announced that Gamble would join the staff at Trine University as the co-special teams coordinator and running backs coach for the 2025 season.^[10]

Head coaching record

College

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	Coaches#	STATS°
Arkansas–Pine Bluff Golden Lions (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2020–2022)
2020–21	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	4–1	4–0	1st (West)		25	24
2021	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	2–9	1–7	6th (West)
2022	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	2–5[n 1]	0–4[n 1]	(West)[n 1]
Arkansas–Pine Bluff:		8–15	5–11
Total:		8–15

Notes

1. Gamble served as Arkansas–Pine Bluff's head coach for the first seven games of the season before he was fired on October 20. Don Treadwell was appointed interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Arkansas–Pine Bluff finished the year with an overall record of 3–8 and a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of six teams in the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.