Liberty, Jamey Chadwell comply with 7-year deal

Liberty is hiring Jamey Chadwell as its new coach, agreeing to a seven-year deal that averages greater than $4 million per 12 months, sources advised ESPN. An announcement is anticipated later Sunday morning.

Chadwell has been top-of-the-line coaches within the sport the previous three years, going 31-6 at Coastal Carolina. General, Chadwell is 39-22 in 5 years there. He has prior head-coaching expertise at Charleston Southern, Delta State and North Greenville.

Coastal Carolina fell to Troy, 45-26, within the Solar Belt title recreation Saturday, which was Chadwell’s final recreation as coach of the Chanticleers.

In 2020, Coastal Carolina began 11-0 — together with a high-profile victory over No. 8 BYU — and rose to the highest 10 within the Related Press ballot. Chadwell gained 11 nationwide coach of the 12 months honors that 12 months, as Coastal grew to become top-of-the-line tales within the sport.

Chadwell’s offense, with a working quarterback as a focus, has emerged as one of the progressive within the sport.

Liberty’s job grew to become open after coach Hugh Freeze left for Auburn. Liberty had simply agreed to pay Freeze a mean of $5 million per 12 months in a brand new deal signed previous to his departure.

Liberty is poised to affix Convention USA subsequent season, and the Liberty program is taken into account the one with probably the most assets in that league. Liberty has been a full-time FBS program for under 5 years. Freeze went 34-15 in his 4 years there.