Hayden Kingston joined the Auburn football staff in December 2025. He currently serves as the Assistant Quarterbacks Coach.

Kingston comes to Auburn with five years of experience, most recently serving as the assistant quarterbacks coach under head coach Alex Golesh at USF last season.

In his lone year with the Bulls, Kingston helped develop quarterback Byrum Brown, who became the 12th quarterback in FBS history to throw for 3,000 yards and run for 1,000 yards in a single season. Led by Brown, the USF offense finished the regular season ranked second in the country in total offense (501.7) and fourth in scoring offense (43.0) in route to posting a 9-3 record.  

Prior to his time in Tampa, Kingston was on staff at Utah State from 2021-24. He spent his first two seasons with the program as an offensive graduate assistant before serving as an offensive analyst in 2023 and being promoted to quarterbacks coach in 2024.

During his tenure at Utah State, the Aggies won 27 games and made three bowl appearances while also winning their first ever Mountain West Championship in 2021. The Utah State offenses twice ranked in the top 25 in the country in total offense, highlighted by the 2021 unit that set six school records and finished the season ranked 15th in the country in passing offense (303.4).

Kingston came to Utah State after spending four years as a quarterback at UCF. Prior to UCF, he began his collegiate career at Wake Forest.

Kingston graduated from UCF in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in human communications.