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Brian Newberry
Brian Newberry went 28–16 as a head coach, 2023–2026, at Navy. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 2–3); by them his record is 28–15. Share
- Record
- 28–16 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 1
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Alma mater
- Baylor 1998
- Best season
- 2025 11–2, No. 23
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Navy | 5–7 | T–5th | |||
| 2024 | Navy | 10–3 | T–3rd | Armed Forces Bowl W | ||
| 2025 | Navy | 11–2 | T–1st | Liberty Bowl W | 23 | |
| 2026 | Navy | 2–4 (Wikipedia: 2–3) |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 7 | 2–5 | 29% |
| Against top-10 teams | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 11 | 4–7 | 36% |
| Conference games | 30 | 20–10 | 67% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 2 | 2–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 14 | 8–6 | 57% |
| At home | 19 | 16–3 | 84% |
| On the road | 18 | 8–10 | 44% |
| At neutral sites | 7 | 4–3 | 57% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 28 | 22–6 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 16 | 6–10 | 38% |
His own 44 games on file, 2023–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Calhoun 2023–2026 | 2–2 | Air Force | 4 | |
| Trent Dilfer 2023–2025 | 3–0 | UAB | 3 | |
| Alex Golesh 2023–2025 | 2–1 | South Florida | 3 | |
| Jeff Monken 2023–2025 | 2–1 | Army | 3 | |
| Ryan Silverfield 2023–2025 | 2–1 | Memphis | 3 | |
| Marcus Freeman 2023–2025 | 0–3 | Notre Dame | 3 |
Brian Newberry’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| UABseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Air Forceseries | 4 | 2–2 |
| South Floridaseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Templeseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Memphisseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Armyseries | 3 | 2–1 |
| Notre Dameseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| East Carolinaseries | 2 | 2–0 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2000 | Southern Arkansas | Graduate assistant | |
| 2001–02 | Washington & Lee | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2003 | Lehigh | Assistant defensive backs | |
| 2004–06 | Washington & Lee | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2007–10 | Elon | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2011 | Sewanee | Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | |
| 2012 | Northern Michigan | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2015–18 | Kennesaw State | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| 2019–22 | Navy | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach | |
| 2023–present | Navy | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Steve RobertsSouthern Arkansas
- Pete LemboLehigh, Elon
- Chris OstrowskyNorthern Michigan
- Brian BohannonKennesaw State
- Ken NiumataloloNavy
Assistants who became head coaches
- Ashley IngramCarson Newman, VMI
- Drew CronicReinhardt, Lenoir Rhyne, Mercer
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Roberts | Southern Arkansas | 1999 | Graduate assistant | |
| Pete Lembo | Lehigh | 2003 | Assistant defensive backs | |
| Pete Lembo | Elon | 2007–10 | Defensive backs coach | |
| Chris Ostrowsky | Northern Michigan | 2012 | Defensive coordinator | |
| Brian Bohannon | Kennesaw State | 2015–18 | Defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Ken Niumatalolo | Navy | 2019–22 | Defensive coordinator and safeties coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (2)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Ingram | Navy, 2023: assistant head coach and offensive line coach | Carson Newman, VMI | |
| Drew Cronic | Navy, 2024–26: offensive coordinator | Reinhardt, Lenoir Rhyne, Mercer |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant Chesnut | Navy, 2023: offensive coordinator | |
| Ivin Jasper | Navy, 2023: quarterbacks coach; 2024–26: quarterbacks and fullbacks coach | |
| P.J. Volker | Navy, 2023–25: defensive coordinator | |
| Ricky Brown | Navy, 2023–26: special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Eric Lewis | Navy, 2026: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Kennesaw State | defensive coordinator | $67,688 | |
| 2017 | Kennesaw State | defensive coordinator | $115,271 | |
| 2016 | Kennesaw State | defensive coordinator | $103,533 | |
| 2015 | Kennesaw State | defensive coordinator | $94,575 |
Open Georgia (State of Georgia, unaudited): salary paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Newberry’s teams went for it on 28% of fourth downs and on 50% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 26% of plays and took 29.8 seconds a play, 2023–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 12 g | 26 of 119 22% | 44% | 30% | 29.6 | −0.13 | |
| 2024 13 g | 24 of 89 27% | 50% | 25% | 30.2 | +0.13 | |
| 2025 13 g | 25 of 72 35% | 51% | 24% | 30.2 | +0.24 | |
| 2026 6 g | 14 of 38 37% | 58% | 21% | 28.4 | +0.17 | |
| All 44 g | 89 of 318 28% | 50% | 26% | 29.8 | +0.10 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.