New Flames Football Coach Jamey Chadwell shares coaching philosophy and personal faith journey at first Convocation of 2023

Liberty University kicked off the first Convocation of the Spring 2023 Semester on Wednesday with recently hired Head Football Coach Jamey Chadwell, who encouraged the students to be true Champions for Christ.

In a sit-down interview with Campus Pastor Jonathan Falwell, Chadwell introduced himself to the student body and shared his vision for Flames Football going forward.

Chadwell joined Liberty in December after he spent the last five seasons with  Coastal Carolina University, including an impressive 31-6 stretch over the last three seasons. He also received AP Coach of the Year honors for the 2020 season, in which CCU finished 11-1, with the team’s only loss coming to Liberty in the Cure Bowl.

As he prepares for his first season at the helm of the Liberty football team, Chadwell said that he chose one word to encourage his players: “embrace.”

“We wanted to embrace this opportunity and embrace this adversity that we’re going to face,” he said. “When you embrace something, that means you go after it. You want to hug it. You want to be close to it. If you embrace these challenges in this new staff that’s coming in, special things can happen.”

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