Get to know him, and youll see what Im talking about. Now Liberty will join C-USA next season. Liberty has reached the AP Top 25 in two of the past three seasons. After losing a coach to Auburn, how about a former Auburn coach? He developed a star quarterback in Grayson McCall, who will finish out his career in a bowl game and potentially find a home at the next level. Chadwell signed a contract that is reportedly seven years and will pay him an average of $4 million annually. Head Coach. He improved the Razorbacks offense from outside the top 100 nationally in scoring into the top 50, as the program bounced back, though this 6-6 season has been a disappointment. This page is not available in other languages. He is a dedicated Christian man who will make a positive impact wherever he lives. Liberty has been a full-time FBS program for only five years. It was going to take a special opportunity, but this was a special place and I felt like it was the right one. Chadwell is widely known as one of the most innovative offensive minds in the country. Were also looking for someone whos a strong leader, CEO, culture builder of our program. Liberty hires Jamey Chadwell as head football coach after Hugh Freeze's departure for . Waites comes to Liberty after spending the 2022 season just over the Blue Ridge Mountains as the safeties coach at VMI. Flames Nation will have their first chance to preview the 2023 season and get a look at Liberty's football team under new head coach Jamey Chadwell on . However, when Liberty entered the picture and made him the priority in its coaching search, he didnt want to lose out on an opportunity to lead a program that has the resources and ability to immediately contend for Conference USA championships next season. Liberty Football (@LibertyFootball) / Twitter Chadwells tasks will be to assemble a coaching staff that McCaw said should be in place by the end of this month. Will Dilfer have success at UAB? Falwell was ousted, and Conference USA got desperate for membership amid an exodus of schools last year. That success laid the groundwork for its move from an independent to Conference USA, which Chadwell will lead heading into the 2023 season. Hugh Freeze: Auburn football coaching staff has Liberty assistants use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Liberty had just agreed to pay Freeze an average of $5 million per year in a new deal signed prior to his departure. The expectations and concerns with the hire. Here are the factors to keep in mind. Six years later, he wasnt going to say no. Jan 6, 2023 | Lynchburg Va Jon is a Liberty Alum (2006 & 2009), originally from the Richmond, VA area. Sources: Liberty targeting CCU coach Chadwell, College football Future Power Rankings: Defenses, Ranking college football's 10 best running backs for 2023, Deion 'ashamed' after only 1 HBCU player drafted, Spartans QB Thorne, WR Coleman enter portal, Philly Dawgs: Eagles add Ringo to UGA draft haul, Biden salutes Air Force for fall success over rivals, New Big Ten boss Petitti ready to lead 'new era', Huskers QB Thompson again in transfer portal, UVA players killed last fall honored at NFL draft. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Created by CaroneDesigns
By Steve Berkowitz, Lance Pugmire, Tom Schad and Sean Dougherty of USA TODAY; Stephanie Klein for USA TODAY; Robert Lattinville of WME, who represents college coaches and athletics directors as well as NCAA member schools; Dan Thompson. Liberty's Hugh Freeze secures new deal, will average more than $4 The G5 is guaranteed at least one spot in the expanded CFP, and with UCF, Houston and Cincinnati off to the Big 12, that bid could be wide-open. USATSI Auburn has hired Hugh Freeze to become the Tigers' next head football coach, the university announced Monday following the end of its 2022 season. 17 in the AP Top 25. Head Coach Hugh Freeze (head coach at Auburn), Co-Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach Kent Austin (expected to join staff at Auburn), Co-Offensive Coordinator/WR Coach Maurice Harris (expected to become OC at Jackson State), Tight Ends Ben Aigamaua (tight ends coach at Auburn), Offensive Line Chris Klenakis (expected to become OC at Kennesaw State), Defensive Line Jeremy Garrett (DL Coach at Auburn), Co-Defensive Coordinator/LB Coach Josh Aldridge (linebackers coach at Auburn), Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Jack Curtis (remained at Liberty), Special Teams Coordinator Tanner Burns (special teams analyst at Auburn), Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Dominic Studzinski (expected to join staff at Auburn), Graduate Assistant Offense Cullen Casey (OL grad assistant at Wisconsin), Graduate Assistant Offense Michael Chorowicz (not expected to be retained at Liberty), Graduate Assistant Defense DeVon Brown (TBD), Graduate Assistant Defensive Line Malik Slater (TBD), Chief of Staff Matt Bevins (Chief of Staff at Auburn), Assistant AD for Football Operations CJ Holden (Director of Football Ops at UCF), Director of Football Nutrition Danielle Gillen (expected to join staff at Auburn), Director of Spiritual Development Ed Gomes (will remain at Liberty), Director of Football Business Affairs Peyton Ferguson (TBD), Director of External Relations/Pro Liaison Jovon Hubbard (TBD), Director of Football Recruiting and Personnel Ethan Johnson (expected to join staff at Auburn), Director of Player Personnel AK Mogulla (GM at Auburn), Director of Scouting Tim Baggett (Director of Scouting at Auburn), Director of Recruiting Analytics and Operations Kennedy Harvey (director of recruiting analytics and operations at Auburn), Assistant Director of Player Personnel Grant Miller (TBD), Assistant Director of Scouting Isaac Ijalana (TBD), Assistant Director of On-Campus Recruiting Jennifer Tull (remains at Liberty as director of on campus recruiting), Senior Athletic Trainer Barry Finke (expected to remain at Liberty), Assistant Athletic Trainer Alex Fleming (TBD), Assistant Athletic Trainer Alexander Logwood (TBD), Assistant AD for Equipment Services Ryan Carr (TBD), Associate Director of Equipment Services Dale Usry (TBD), Director of Football Video Will Reid (TBD), Graduate Assistant Football Video Kyle Robison (TBD), Assistant Director of Football Video Ben Barron (TBD), Offensive Analyst Logan Bradley (Offensive Analyst at Auburn), Senior Defensive Analyst Jordan Cantrell (TBD), Offensive Analyst Jesse Stone (Senior Offensive Analyst at Auburn), Defensive Analyst Robert Bala (LBs at Liberty), Assistant Quality Control Analyst Alex Jackson (TBD), Assistant Football Strength Coach BJ Hayes (expected to join staff at Auburn), Assistant Football Strength Coach Anthony Henderson (TBD), Assistant Football Strength Coach Bob Marco (TBD), Assistant Football Strength Coach Chris Terry (TBD), Head Coach Jamey Chadwell (HC Coastal Carolina), Co-OC & Quarterbacks Willy Korn (QBs & Co-OC at Coastal Carolina), Wide Receivers Tony Washington (WRs at West Virginia), Tight Ends Cody Ladutko (TEs at Coastal Carolina), Co-OC & Running Backs Newland Isaac (RBs & Co-OC at Coastal Carolina), Offensive Line Bill Durkin (OL at Coastal Carolina), Co-DC & Defensive Line Skylor Magee (DL at Coastal Carolina), Linebackers Robert Bala (defensive analyst at Liberty), Defensive Backs Dino Waites (DBs at VMI), Special Teams Coordinator Kyle Krantz (special teams analyst Missouri), Director of Football Speed, Strength and Conditioning Chad Scott, Offensive Line Grad Assistant Trey Carter (offensive grad assistant Coastal Carolina), Senior Quality Control Defense/Safeties Aaron Fierbaugh (inside LBs at Coastal Carolina), Quality Control Defense/Outside Linebackers Will Paruta (defensive analyst at Coastal Carolina), Quality Control Special Teams Josh Caraway (Special Teams analyst at Coastal Carolina), Offensive Analyst (RBs) Slade Carroll (grad assistant Coastal Carolina), Defensive Analyst Teddy Gallagher (defensive grad assistant Coastal Carolina), Chief of Staff Brad Queen (chief of staff at Coastal Carolina), Director of Player Personnel Colton Korn (Director of Player Personnel at Coastal Carolina), Assistant Director of Player Personnel Bobby Ruff (Inside LBs at the Citadel), Director of Recruiting Devon Doyle (Director of Recruiting at Coastal Carolina), Director of Scouting Jeremiah Bogan (East/West Shrine Bowl Scout), Director On Campus Recruiting Jennifer Tull, Player Personnel/Scouting Assistant Ryan Roberts. The evangelical school has a strict honor code,and though the outspokenly political Falwell is gone, the school has still tried to play a role in political changes. Ultimate draft tracker for college football fans. Indiana head coach Tom Allen has had a rough two years since the breakout season of 2020. Its a major moment of transition for Liberty. Liberty University (LU) is a private Baptist university in Lynchburg, Virginia.It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Conservatives of Virginia (Southern Baptist Convention).Founded in 1971 by Jerry Falwell Sr. and Elmer L. Towns, Liberty is among the world's largest Christian universities and the largest private non-profit universities in the United States by total student enrollment. Liberty hires Jamey Chadwell as coach: Former Coastal Carolina boss to Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell hasnt been able to get Power 5 bites, despite his massive success at Coastal, opening the possibility of other Group of 5 jobs that pay a lot more, like USF. College football hot seat watch: Which coaches are going where? Chadwell's offense, with a running quarterback as a focal point, has emerged as one of the most innovative in the sport. His offenses have produced two, 1,000-yard rushers and finished in the top three in the Sun Belt in rushing offense in two of the last three seasons. Copyright 2023 Liberty University Athletics. He met with the Coastal players Sunday morning to deliver the news he was leaving for Liberty, and then met with the Liberty players at 2 p.m. Im still emotional about it because you dont just turn it off. Football Apr 29, Football Apr 15, Football Apr 7, Football Mar 31, Spring Football 2023: Co-OC/QB Coach Willy Korn, Spring Football 2023: QB Johnathan Bennett, Spring Football 2023: Passing Game Coord./WR Coach Tony Washington, Spring Football 2023: Co-OC/RB Coach Newland Isaac, Football to Welcome Fans on April 15 for Spring Game. [1][2][3], Liberty hosted six home games and travelled to six away games. The move comes after Lane Kiffin opted to stay at Ole Miss, and despite Libertys 49-14 loss to New Mexico State to finish with three consecutive losses. 6-keys: media/spln/collegefootball/reg/free/stories, at Liberty University; Staff Directory . With its annual spring practice session winding down, the Flames took the field just twice this week with practices No. Updated every day of the week! Chadwell built the Chanticleers into a Sun Belt Conference power. CONN Victor Rosa 16 yd run (Noe Ruelas kick), 10:28. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Sources: Liberty dials in search on Coastal's Jamey Chadwell CCU went 11-0 in the 2020 regular season and rose to as high as ninth in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.