Florida State's search for a defensive coordinator is over. It didn't have to go very far. Jimbo Fisher is promoting linebackers coach Charles Kelly to the position two weeks after Jeremy Pruitt left Tallahassee for the University of Georgia. Further, Noles247 is reporting on another move: that defensive ends coach Sal Sunseri will receive the title of "assistant head coach," which will allow for a greater salary.

From the beginning, Tomahawk Nation maintained that Kelly was one of the few candidates who fit what Jimbo Fisher wants in a defensive coordinator (along with Geoff Collins of Mississippi State).

@TomahawkNation good call on Kelly. I think you came up with that the first day. — Donna Deegan (@DonnaDeegan) January 23, 2014

Kelly will move to defensive backs coach as well, which opens up a spot at linebackers coach. While Sunseri does have experience with linebackers as well, I do not expect him to move.

Kelly played defensive back in college, and has 12 years experience coaching defensive backs, plus another seven as a defensive coordinator, at Jacksonville State, Nicholls State and Georgia Tech.

Experience with defensive backs is important for Fisher, who said before hiring Pruitt in 2012 that experience in the back end of the defense was very important because of the need to match a secondary's coverage to the front a defense is playing. Experience with coaches of the Bill Belichick and Nick Saban tree are also important.