Kelly Bills is in his second season as Dixie State's offensive coordinator. During his first year as the OC, the Trailblazers averaged 421 yards of total offense, including nearly 300 ypg in the air, and 31.4 ppg.
Bills returned to the “Beehive State” in 2020 after a one-year stint as offensive coordinator at NCAA Division-II Central Washington, where he helpe
d lead the Wildcats to a 7-4 overall record and to their third-straight Great Northwest Athletic Conference (5-1) championship in 2019. Under Bills’ guidance, CWU’s offense led the GNAC in points (41.8 ppg - #10 in NCAA DII), total yards (504.7 ypg - #8 in NCAA DII), passing yards (293.1 ppg - #14 in NCAA DII), total touchdowns (60 – #t-18 in NCAA DII) and passing touchdowns (37), and finished second overall in rushing (211.6 ypg - #29 in NCAA DII).
Before to his time at CWU, Bills coached three seasons at NCAA FCS member Weber State from 2016-18, where he served as wide receivers coach for the first two seasons on the Wildcat staff before becoming the quarterbacks coach prior to the 2018 campaign. That season he helped lead Weber State to the second of three-straight Big Sky Conference championships (10-3/7-1 BSC) and to the NCAA FCS Playoff quarterfinal round. In 2018, Wildcat quarterbacks threw for 2,348 yards and 19 touchdowns.
Bills also spent a year as an assistant quarterback and wide receivers coach at Utah State (2015), and served as offensive coordinator at Division-III Willamette (OR) University for two seasons from 2013-14. While at WU, his Bearcat offense averaged 42 points a game (#15 in NCAA D-III), led the Northwest Conference in total offense, and broke a combined 23 individual offensive records in 2014. In addition, he coached 11 all-conference selections, highlighted by Dylan Jones, who earned Northwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year and All-America honors as the D-III leading rusher (177.7) in 2014.
Prior to that, Bills spent five seasons (2008-12) as a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, BYU, under then head coach Bronco Mendenhall. Bills was the offensive quality control coach for the Cougars during the 2008 and 2009 seasons and also worked with wide receivers and quarterbacks. From 2010-12, he assisted in coaching quarterbacks and the offensive line. During his time in Provo, the Cougars posted a 46-19 record and went to five-straight bowl games.
A native of Littleton, Colo., Bills began his collegiate playing career as a quarterback at Southern Utah under then head coach Gary Andersen in 2003. After a two-year LDS Church mission, he transferred to BYU, where he played running back and special teams for two seasons.
Bills earned a Bachelor’s degree in History from BYU in 2011, and is currently working on a Master’s degree in rehabilitation and counseling at Utah State. He and his wife, Emily, are the parents of three sons – Brooks, Cooper and Jace.
