Elliott served as the interim head football coach at the University of South Carolina for the final six games of the 2015 season.

He joined the South Carolina Gamecocks football coaching staff in 2010 as the team's running game coordinator under Steve Spurrier.

[2] After graduating from Appalachian State University in 1996, Elliott joined the team's coaching staff under Jerry Moore.

On December 8, 2016, Georgia State hired Elliott as its head coach, replacing Trent Miles.

I had promised my daughter that I would be there for her senior year of high school and when this opportunity came up to go back to South Carolina and coach again, it was something I couldn't pass up.