Jamey Chadwell
Jamey Chadwell went 128–71 as a head coach, 2009–2026, at North Greenville, Delta State, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina and Liberty. Share
Eight seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 2009–11 at North Greenville; 2012 at Delta State; 2013–16 at Charleston Southern. They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 128–71 career
- Seasons
- 17
- Schools
- 5
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Best season
- 2020 11–1, No. 14
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | North Greenville * | 2–8 | ||||
| 2010 | North Greenville * | 8–3 | Victory W | |||
| 2011 | North Greenville * | 11–3 | NCAA Division II Quarterfinal L | 12 | ||
| 2012 | Delta State * | 3–7 | T–5th | |||
| 2013 | Charleston Southern * | 10–3 | 3rd | 22 | ||
| 2014 | Charleston Southern * | 8–4 | T–3rd | |||
| 2015 | Charleston Southern * | 10–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I Quarterfinal L | 7 | |
| 2016 | Charleston Southern * | 7–4 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Round L | 14 | |
| 2017 | Coastal Carolina | 3–9 | T–10th | |||
| 2018: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2019 | Coastal Carolina | 5–7 | 5th (East) | |||
| 2020 | Coastal Carolina | 11–1 | 1st (East) | Cure Bowl L | 14 | |
| 2021 | Coastal Carolina | 11–2 | T–2nd (East) | Cure Bowl W | ||
| 2022 | Coastal Carolina | 9–3 | T–1st (East) | Birmingham (not coached) | ||
| 2023 | Liberty | 13–1 | 1st | Fiesta Bowl L | 25 | |
| 2024 | Liberty | 8–4 | 4th | Bahamas Bowl L | ||
| 2025 | Liberty | 4–8 | 8th | |||
| 2026 | Liberty | 5–1 | ||||
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. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 4 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Against top-10 teams | 2 | 1–1 | 50% |
| Against rivals | 13 | 4–9 | 31% |
| Conference games | 66 | 42–24 | 64% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 42 | 23–19 | 55% |
| At home | 55 | 42–13 | 76% |
| On the road | 46 | 26–20 | 57% |
| At neutral sites | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 73 | 58–15 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 32 | 11–21 | 34% |
His own 105 games on file, 2017–2026, 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn Elliott 2017–2022 | 2–3 | Georgia State | 5 | |
| Chip Lindsey 2019–2021 | 3–0 | Troy | 3 | |
| Jake Spavital 2019–2021 | 3–0 | Texas State | 3 | |
| Maurice Linguist 2021–2023 | 3–0 | Buffalo | 3 | |
| Chad Lunsford 2017–2020 | 2–1 | Georgia Southern | 3 | |
| Shawn Clark 2020–2022 | 2–1 | App State | 3 | |
| Blake Anderson 2017–2020 | 1–2 | Arkansas State | 3 | |
| Billy Napier 2019–2026 | 1–2 | Louisiana, James Madison | 3 | |
| Ricky Rahne 2022–2025 | 1–2 | Old Dominion | 3 |
Jamey Chadwell’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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusettsseries | 5 | 5–0 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 5 | 4–1 |
| Troyseries | 5 | 3–2 |
| App Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| Georgia Stateseries | 5 | 2–3 |
| New Mexico Stateseries | 4 | 4–0 |
| Texas Stateseries | 4 | 3–1 |
| Buffaloseries | 4 | 3–1 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2020 Coastal Carolina: Eddie Robinson and Walter Camp Coach
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000–03 | East Tennessee State | Quarterbacks, running backs and tight ends coach | |
| 2004–08 | Charleston Southern | Offensive coordinator and recruiting coordinator | |
| 2009–11 | North Greenville | Head coach | |
| 2012 | Delta State | Head coach | |
| 2013–16 | Charleston Southern | Head coach | |
| 2017 | Coastal Carolina | Interim head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018 | Coastal Carolina | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2019–22 | Coastal Carolina | Head coach | |
| 2023–present | Liberty | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Paul HamiltonEast Tennessee State
- Joe MogliaCoastal Carolina
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chad StaggsCoastal Carolina
- Gabe GiardinaAlbany State, Charleston Southern
- Mark TuckerHargrave Military Academy (VA), Charleston Southern
- Mickey MatthewsJames Madison
- Shawn QuinnSavannah State
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Hamilton | East Tennessee State | 2000–03 | Quarterbacks, running backs and tight ends coach | |
| Joe Moglia | Coastal Carolina | 2018 | Assistant head coach, offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Staggs | North Greenville, 2009–10: defensive coordinator; 2011: assistant head coach and defensive coordinator; Delta State, 2012: defensive coordinator; Charleston Southern, 2013–16: defensive coordinator; Coastal Carolina, 2019–20: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach; 2021–22: defensive coordinator and safeties coach | Coastal Carolina | |
| Gabe Giardina | Delta State, 2012: offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach; Charleston Southern, 2013–16: offensive coordinator | Albany State, Charleston Southern | |
| Mark Tucker | Charleston Southern, 2013–16: quarterbacks coach | Hargrave Military Academy (VA), Charleston Southern | |
| Mickey Matthews | Coastal Carolina, 2017: defensive coordinator | James Madison | |
| Shawn Quinn | Liberty, 2026: defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | Savannah State |
Other assistants under him (5)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Marcus Woodson | Charleston Southern, 2013: defensive backs coach, passing game coordinator and recruiting coordinator | |
| Willy Korn | Charleston Southern, 2013–16: wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator; Coastal Carolina, 2017: wide receivers coach; 2019–22: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach; Liberty, 2023–25: co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Newland Isaac | Coastal Carolina, 2019–22: co-offensive coordinator; Liberty, 2023–25: co-offensive coordinator; 2026: offensive coordinator | |
| Kyle Krantz | Liberty, 2023–25: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Skylor Magee | Liberty, 2023–25: co-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 | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Coastal Carolina | offensive coordinator | $185,000 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
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
Chadwell’s teams went for it on 26% of fourth downs and on 44% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 40% of plays and took 28.1 seconds a play, 2017–2026.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 12 g | Coastal Carolina | 17 of 93 18% | 31% | 44% | 28.0 | +0.02 | |
| 2019 12 g | Coastal Carolina | 30 of 93 32% | 54% | 42% | 28.1 | +0.10 | |
| 2020 12 g | Coastal Carolina | 17 of 62 27% | 47% | 38% | 29.9 | +0.21 | |
| 2021 12 g | Coastal Carolina | 13 of 61 21% | 31% | 41% | 29.1 | +0.28 | |
| 2022 12 g | Coastal Carolina | 22 of 78 28% | 45% | 46% | 29.0 | +0.10 | |
| 2023 14 g | Liberty | 21 of 70 30% | 39% | 33% | 27.8 | +0.22 | |
| 2024 12 g | Liberty | 21 of 77 27% | 45% | 38% | 26.1 | +0.11 | |
| 2025 12 g | Liberty | 25 of 91 27% | 50% | 42% | 26.2 | +0.08 | |
| 2026 6 g | Liberty | 9 of 38 24% | 80% | 37% | 30.2 | +0.12 | |
| All 104 g | 175 of 663 26% | 44% | 40% | 28.1 | +0.14 |
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.