Jamey Chadwell (Coastal Carolina)

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volfan_28 said:
People really need to stop letting NCAA investigations scare them away... really. Saban, Mullen, Smart and now Pruitt all were investigated. Kiffin, Freeze, Jones... this list goes on and on. Ignore it.
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Not all of them got hit with a level of institutional penalties that resulted in wins being vacated. Still think Chadwell would be worth the risk though.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
Chadwell would likely not make it in the SEC. He plays literally nobody. Yeah his offense seems exciting but the competition he plays against makes It look better than not actually is.
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When will you guys understand, he is playing competition that is equal to his team.
 
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Jamey Chadwell is a good person. And he would be ok. He runs a high school offense. Period. It’s the wing t out of the shotgun. If Tennessee wants to win its Hugh or bust
 
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Chadwell would be a step up from what we have now. His guys compete hard the whole game. That’s more than I can say for our guys. He would not be my first choice, but I’d like to see what he could do with some of our talent that is being presently wasted.
 
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leon said:
I believe Tennessee should go after Jamey Chadwell of Coastal Carolina. Good, young coach from the local area, would be a good role modal for the players.
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I think he could be a solid hire. TN guy who played at ETSU
 
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We keep talking about guys who are a bit of a gamble and a slight step up from our current coach. We don’t need a step up... we need a leap.

Know who that is?

Freeze.
 
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If Chadwell’s team (who beat BYU recently) beats Freeze’s Liberty team in the bowl game, would he jump up the list?
 
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Coastal Carolina head coach Jamey Chadwell was named the Group of 5 2020 Conference Coach of the Year and is one of eight finalists for the Paul "Bear" Bryant Coach of the Year Award, it was announced today. The Paul "Bear" Bryant Award annually recognizes the country's top college football coaches for their contributions both on and off the field, making the sport better for athletes and fans alike by demonstrating grit, integrity, and a winning approach to coaching and life. The award is the only college coaching honor selected after all postseason bowl games and the National Championship have been played.

Chadwell, who was named the 2020 Sun Belt Coach of the Year, was also recently named the 2020 Werner Ladder AFCA FBS Region 2 Coach of the Year and named a finalist for the Eddie Robinson Award as Coach of the Year, presented by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA).
Charleston Southern coach Jamey Chadwell: From the farm to the football field

Chadwell grew up on a farm in Caryville, Tennessee, a town of 2,165 people located 30 miles north of Knoxville...Chadwell was a big Tennessee Vols fan growing up and went to several games with his father, Jim, a former middle school and high school head football coach in Tennessee. Jamey Chadwell named his son Jameson Heath after former Vols and NFL quarterback Heath Shuler, who later served as a state representative in North Carolina.
Jamey Chadwell: 5 things to know about potential South Carolina football coach

On Jan. 13, 2013, at 5:46 p.m., their second child, Sahel, was born in Memphis. Chadwell and Solmaz drove two hours after her water broke so that their daughter could be born in Tennessee.
Charleston Southern coach Jamey Chadwell: From the farm to the football field
 
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Has anyone bothered to read on Chadwell's past violations?

Here's one article and then a blip from another article:
https://www.postandcourier.com/colu...cle_2d2fcd50-d228-11e8-8bc3-77405819dd6d.html

Chadwell’s Charleston Southern program also had to vacate two Big South conference championship seasons for violating NCAA rules. The violations included bookstore staff allowing players to use their scholarship money on non-academic items and the athletic department certifying athletes in 12 sports (including football) who were not academically eligible.

However, Charleston Southern admitted in the NCAA decision that it was the athletic department’s failure to train staff members on academic certification rules and scholarship stipulations that led to the charge of failing to monitor the program, not any direct actions by Chadwell.

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This isn't that big of a deal. And as far as the offense he runs at Coastal - nothing says he'd run that exact same offense in the SEC anyway. He's making use of the talent he has and finding ways to win with it which is such a novel concept around here.

I've said since the 2017 search I'd do whatever it takes to get Matt Campbell. And I would take Luke Fickell as my next in line but my number 3 at this point would probably be Chadwell. He was on Basilio's weekly show two or three times this season just talking about football and Coastal and you can tell the guy absolutely gets it. He's very well spoken and I'm sure he could be a recruiting machine at the right school. He's the type of coach that fans THOUGHT Dooley was going to be with his southern accent and some of his sayings like "britches." Except Chadwell's last trip to the bathroom had more coaching talent than Precious.

I would be 100% fine with Chadwell. He can likely be gotten for a lower salary on the front end than most that would come here right now. And he WOULD come here so you wouldn't have to whiff so many times before you found the right coach and look stupid again. Chadwell has taken friggin Myrtle Beach Poly-Tech and put them into the top 10 in CFB. I don't care who you think they've played - or not played - but it's very impressive.

They have beaten P5 Kansas, Billy Napier's Louisiana team which is very good, Appalachian State, and a very good BYU team already this year. I'm pretty sure with the way our year went we would have lost to at least Louisiana and BYU and possibly Appy State also. Coastal would have beat Tennessee. If you can have that kind of success at a Group of 5 school that JUST moved into D1 3 years then you can coach.

My problem is that I didn't want Tennessee to go get another coordinator this time around - and to get someone who has shown to take a bad team and turn it around. Chadwell has done both. And like I said you can tell this guy gets it if you spend 10 minutes listening to him talk. I'd rather have him over a lot of other options.

He would at least be a guy that we could hire that I could say we made a good decision and if it doesn't work out it was still a GOOD decision. But I think he could come in next year - if he surrounds himself with good assistants - and win 8 or 9 games at Tennessee. Coach Gomer - on the miniscule chance he comes back - will be lucky to go 6-6.
 
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Personally, I would be pleased with a Chadwell hire. Regardless of the Tennessee connection - which I think would be a boon for in-state recruiting in 2022 which boasts an absolutely loaded roster of prospects in the Volunteer State - Chadwell has been a winner at his past stops. He now has three conference titles (granted 1 was vacated), in his past two stops, and this years' Coastal team was picked last in their conference if I am remembering correctly. The thing that really strikes me though is watching his team play. I've watched several of their games this year, and his guys play with passion and fire. They absolutely whipped a BYU team that should have outmatched them. If you can inspire your players to go out there and play with their hair on fire, then you have a quality that cannot be fabricated. Oh, and the guy's offense is inventive. When is the last time we could say we've seen that on Rocky Top?
 
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Today as I went about my errands in Greenville SC, I was listening to "The Roar" sport talk here in this area. The host and numerous callers were dissing the hire by USC of Shane Beamer. Host stated that Carolina made a big mistake by not going after Chadwell at Coastal. His points were that Beamer has never been a head coach at any school at any level (much like Pruitt) although SB was designated Assistant HC at a couple of stops, its nowhere near the same role as HC. He went on to say that JChadwell has been a HC for around 10 years, has virtually the same staff all along and would bring many of them along if allowed, and the nugget .....that phenom frosh QB Grayson McCall would likely transfer and come along. He thinks McCall is a top ten QB nationally and would be an impact at whatever school he attended. I was unaware of the consistency the Chadwell had on staff AND the notion that McCall might accompany. Not a certainty but one must think that Coach JChad will get a shot somewhere big and soon. I wonder if UT might regret not calling on him early in this search? I'm starting to like him more and more as I look deeper. Many will say he is not ready for SEC, and that is not a given for sure. But he loves the Vols and I believe he could be a possible long term answer here if given a shot.
 
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No sir. Especially when Freeze is right there! Chadwell has no experience in the SEC, and this is the first year he’s really put together a spectacular record. Dooley even had some SEC experience, my point with that is look how he turned out and Chadwell is realistically less proven then Dooley was! This would be a huge mistake imo.
 
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Here's who i would want Coach Fulmer to interview concerning the Tennessee head football coaching job

Gus Malzahn-Former Auburn Head Football Coach
Tom Allen-Indiana Head Football Coach
Luke Fickell-Cincinnati Head Football Coach
Josh Heupel-UCF Head Football Coach
Hugh Freeze-Liberty Head Football Coach
Jamey Chadwell-CC Head Football Coach
Kevin Wilson-Ohio State Offensive Coordinator
Steve Sarkisian-Alabama Offensive Coordinator
Tony Elliott-Clemson Offensive Coordinator
Tommy Reis-Notre Dame Offensive Coordinator
 
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Look at it this way if you hire Freeze and give the fans what they want and it doesn't then us that want him have to own it and no longer have cards on the table. I look at it this way we have nothing left to lose if it doesn't work then we except the fact we are done and they can hire up and comers every 3 to 5 years and that just how it will be. Just one time give us the guy we want and if it fails they win and we move on. That is just where we are as a program.
 
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PruitthasLanded16 said:
No sir. Especially when Freeze is right there! Chadwell has no experience in the SEC, and this is the first year he’s really put together a spectacular record. Dooley even had some SEC experience, my point with that is look how he turned out and Chadwell is realistically less proven then Dooley was! This would be a huge mistake imo.
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Are you really tooting up Dooleys stint as Sabans RB/TE coach as “ SEC experience “? I actually respect Chadwell for going out on his own and getting the HC experience. Thank God we have a HC right now who has SEC experience!!!
 
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Well, I will support Freeze if he is hired, but he comes with still active baggage in my opinion. Forgetting the past, what concerns me now is his apparent addiction to Twitter and his willingness to engage with the people who attempt to attack him or criticize him on Twitter. How ridiculous! If he goes to a major university, he had better drop the Twitter account or let someone manage it for him. Mark my word, he will say something on social media to embarrass himself and his university at some point. This is immature behavior and suggests a bigger problem, sad to say - if true. And I said IF.
 
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I like Chadwell but don't think he should be in the top 6-8 candidates.

They need to be aiming a lot higher.

If they really want to go the small school guy making good route, they should try to snag Satterfield from Louisville first.

He did it first and doesn't have the violations baggage.

Of course there is the small matter of dumping Asparagus Boy first.
 
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