Coastal Carolina’s Chadwell Is AP Coach Of The Year

UNDATED (AP) – Coastal Carolina’s Jamey Chadwell is The Associated Press college football coach of the year.  The ninth-ranked Chanticleers went 11-1 this year, winning 11 straight before losing to Liberty in overtime at the Cure Bowl.  Chadwell received 16 first-place votes and 88 points from the AP Top 25 panel. Indiana’s Tom Allen finished second and Cincinnati’s Luke Fickell was third. Chadwell is the first Sun Belt Conference coach to win the AP award, which was established in 1988.