Coach Vaught is going into his 1st season as a Head Coach at ECC. Coach Vaught joined the Ellsworth Community College football staff as the Defensive Coordinator in January of 2020. Coach Vaught spent the previous three seasons (2017-2019) at Highland Community College in Kansas coaching running backs and linebackers. In January of 2017, Vaught spent six months as an assistant Offensive Line coach with the Indoor Football League champion Arizona Rattlers.

Prior to joining the Arizona Rattlers, Coach Vaught spent 4 seasons (2013-2016) coaching running backs and was the Special Teams Coordinator at Fort Scott Community College in Kansas. Vaught got his coaching start at Friends University as a student assistant wide receivers coach in 2012. He played two years at Friends University in Wichita, Kansas, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education. Coach Vaught is a junior college product himself having attended Rock Valley Community College in Illinois. At Rock Valley, he earned his Associate Degree and a scholarship to Friends University.

Coach Vaught was born in Rockford, Illinois, and graduated in 2008 from Winnebago High School. He currently lives in Iowa Falls with his son, Kory Vaught Jr.

"Kory has done a great job leading our program in the Interim role and I could not be happier to have him take over full-time and lead this program in the future. He has great experience at many levels of football, and I am excited to see the program grow under Coach Vaught," said Nate Forsyth, Athletic Director for ECC.

For more information, contact Nate Forsyth at Nate.Forsyth@iavalley.edu or call 641-648-8516.