CONWAY, SC (WBTW) – CCU announced Friday head football coach Joe Moglia will be stepping down.
The program will be turned over to Coach Jamey Chadwell, according to a statement from the university.
“While my contract continues through the next two seasons, I believe that it is truly in the best interest of our program for Coach Chadwell to have the responsibility now so that he and the staff can focus on the next two seasons and be ready to go in the future,” Joe Moglia said in a statement.
The former head coach will stay on through the duration of his contract as Chairman of Athletics and will still have executive authority for football. Matt Hogue will continue on as Director of Athletics.
“I am so proud of what we have done at Coastal and will always be grateful to Dr. DeCenzo, Wyatt Henderson and Gene Spivey for believing in me enough to give me the opportunity here at Coastal Carolina,” Moglia said.
Coach Jamey Chadwell says he was sad to hear about Moglia stepping down.
“He is an incredible mentor to not only me but also for all of the young men in our football program, past and present, and has helped develop countless student-athletes that have gone on to great success in life after football. I want to thank Coach Moglia, Dr. DeCenzo and Matt [Hogue] for this great opportunity and their support in me as the next head coach of the Coastal Carolina football program. I am excited to build on the great foundation that Coach Moglia has put in place here as we continue to move forward in becoming one of the best programs in the Sun Belt,” head coach Chadwell stated in a press release.
In six seasons (2012-16, ’18) on the sidelines at Coastal, Moglia posted an overall record of 56-22. After a 29-28 overall record, including going just 1-9 versus the two best teams in the Big South, over the five years prior to Moglia, the Chanticleers went a combined 51-15 over his first five years at the helm of the program, including winning four conference championships (2012, 2013, 2014 and 2016*) and qualifying for the NCAA Football Championship Playoffs all five seasons. During that span, the Chanticleers finished each year ranked in the top 25 nationally and ranked as high as the No. 1 team in the country in both 2014 and 2015.
According to the release from CCU, Moglia has also been inducted into six Halls of Fame and is the recipient of three Honorary Doctorates. Moglia has already had a book written about his life, and he is the only author in the world that has written two books published on both investing and football.