Mississippi State coaching search: Conference USA HC reportedly a top target
Mississippi State’s coaching search has reportedly established a top target after 1 week. Liberty head coach Jamey Chadwell is a top target to be the next MSU head coach, according to John Brice of FootballScoop.
Chadwell, who turns 47 in January, has had success at North Greenville, Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina and Liberty. He does not have Power 5 coaching experience.
Liberty hired Chadwell after Hugh Freeze took the head coaching position at Auburn. In his first season, Chadwell has the Flames 11-0, ranked No. 22 in the AP Top 25.
Liberty wraps up its regular season at UTEP on Saturday and plays New Mexico State in the Conference USA Championship Game on Dec. 1. The 2023 season is the 6th time Chadwell has led his team to double-digit wins.
At Division II independent North Greenville, Chadwell’s team improved from a 2-8 showing in Year 1 to 9-3 in Year 2 and 11-3 in Year 3. Charleston Southern was 35-14 in 4 seasons under Chaswell, posting a pair of 10-win seasons.
Chadwell took the Coastal Carolina program to new heights. After going 5-7 in 2019, the Chanticleers were 32-6 over the next 3 years, winning 11 games in back-to-back seasons (2020, ’21).
Mississippi State would reportedly have to pay a $4 million buyout to swipe Chadwell from Liberty. Zach Arnett is owed a $4.75 million buyout, though his contract has offset language if he takes another job.
While FootballScoop calls Chadwell “a top target,” MSU has also been in contact with a handful of coaches who have SEC ties, such as Jacksonville State’s Rich Rodriguez, UNLV’s Barry Odom and Oklahoma offensive coordinator Jeff Lebby. Mississippi State interim coach Greg Knox is mentioned as a potential candidate.
Considering the bigotry that Chadwell’s Iranian wife has experienced since 9/11 and the increase in that type of bigotry since the war in Gaza started, it would be interesting to know how that would affect the Chadwell’s decisions on whether to go and if so where to go. I would think that MState would not be the only university interested.
WTH are you even trying to talk about?? Get F*(*&d!
Go study English. Maybe in four or five years you will be able to understand simple English and even string together a phrase or two.
Yep, I expected about as much. Can’t defend the entirely false and judgemental drivel you typed this morning, eh?
From the (Mississippi) river to the (Caribbean) sea, Mississippi State will be free (of losing seasons if they hire Chadwell).
Are you proposing a “one state (university)” solution for MS? I think an important question to Chadwell would be whether he would support our greatest ally by playing a bowl game on the deck of the USS Liberty. We could get Hollywood celebrities to sign an endorsement letter and call it the “Self Defense Bowl” brought to you by the ADL and Daily Wire.
I wondered the same thing…Chadwell is a great coach,& would be a big time hire for Miss State…But it wouldn’t shock me if he wanted to see if any bigger jobs come open…Lots of talk about Jim Harbaugh going back to the NFL & a few rumblings of Lincoln Riley going to the NFL (Not sure why any pro team would hire him…He’s under-achieved big time at USC)
One last suggestion, for homecoming, would it be possible for his wife to paraglide into the stadium? Also, MS state can build tunnels from the hospital to the stadium to let fans storm the field easier. The new MS State offense will be receivers and running backs holding up young fans as shields from being tackled.
Very nicely done.