Jamey Chadwell
Followed Hugh Freeze. Jamey Chadwell moved Liberty from Regional Program III to Regional Program II in 4 seasons.
In his own words
Now there's still some body, physical limitations I’m going through that I’m still working through, but as far as my mind and the way I was feeling compared to the last couple years, night and day.
Career arc
His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.
Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).
Style position and drift
Where each stint’s offense sat between run-first and pass-first, and how far it moved from one season to the next. The band is that stint’s real season-to-season range, not a fixed-width box.
Season-to-season pass-rate range for all 258 FBS coaching stints with at least three covered seasons, 2014–2025.
The big-game ledger
How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.
2–3 against his rivals. Just 1–3 against Shawn Elliott.
His own effect, isolated
A statistical estimate of this coach’s contribution to team performance, separated from that season’s roster talent, returning production, and his coordinators — pooled across his whole head-coaching career.
Model fit as of 2026-09-04.
Coaching career
1st-best Liberty tenure of 4 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Followed Hugh Freeze (2019–2022).
| Season | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||
| Record | 13–1 | 8–4 | 4–8 | 0–0 | |
| Postseason | L bowl | L bowl | — | — | |
| Recruiting rank | #110 | #105 | #86 | #109 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||
| Pass rate | 31.1 | 35.0 | 38.7 | 36.6 | |
| Coordinators | |||||
| OC | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | Newland Isaac | |
| DC | Kyle Krantz / Skylor Magee | Kyle Krantz / Skylor Magee | Kyle Krantz / Skylor Magee | Shawn Quinn | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||
| Offense | 96 | 39 | 56 | 42 | |
| Defense | 21 | 65 | 24 | 41 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||
| 1st-down pass% | 30.6 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 24.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 21.7 | 28.5 | 28.3 | 36.4 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 32.0 | 42.4 | 38.3 | 33.3 | |
A portal-built roster.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
Recruits younger transfers than most — more of a development bet.
1 NFL Draft pick: Demario Douglas (2023)
Coach of the Year: Conference USA Coach of the Year (2023)
1st-best Coastal Carolina tenure of 6 by the numbers.
Outperforms his recruiting talent on offense and performs about as expected for his recruiting talent on defense.
Succeeded by Tim Beck (2023–2025).
| Season | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Record & result | |||||||
| Record | 3–9 | 5–7 | 5–7 | 11–1 | 11–2 | 0–1 | |
| Postseason | — | — | — | L bowl | W bowl | L bowl | |
| Recruiting rank | #125 | #114 | #121 | #116 | #84 | #69 | |
| Style — pass rate | |||||||
| Pass rate | 40.5 | 34.0 | 39.1 | 35.6 | 38.7 | 41.3 | |
| Coordinators | |||||||
| OC | Jamey Chadwell | Jamey Chadwell | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | Willy Korn / Newland Isaac | |
| DC | Mickey Matthews | Marvin Sanders | Chad Staggs | Chad Staggs | Chad Staggs | Chad Staggs | |
| Outcome — opponent-adjusted efficiency percentile | |||||||
| Offense | 40 | 41 | 45 | 96 | 99 | 69 | |
| Defense | 10 | 7 | 14 | 69 | 65 | 4 | |
| Tendencies — play-by-play, neutral script (2021+ only) | |||||||
| 1st-down pass% | 35.6 | 28.2 | 38.4 | 33.2 | 39.3 | 38.1 | |
| Red-zone pass% | 37.8 | 25.8 | 34.9 | 29.0 | 31.4 | 19.4 | |
| 4th-down go%opp. territory | 27.3 | 36.4 | 41.9 | 41.4 | 22.7 | 43.8 | |
Barely touches the portal — recruits and develops his own.
Typical size for position, once adjusted for position mix.
A typical class-year mix of incoming transfers.
4 NFL Draft picks: De'Angelo Henderson (2017), Tarron Jackson (2021), Isaiah Likely (2022), Jeffrey Gunter (2022)
Coach of the Year: Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2020)
1 player-season honored (All-America / national award): Tarron Jackson (2020)