Coaching Carousel Ride Has Ended (for now) With Navy's Promotion of Brian Newberry

December 19, 2022 by CollegeFootballPoll.com Staff

Unless there are some last-minute surprises, the Coaching Carousel stopped spinning on Monday, December 19 when Navy announced the promotion of Brian Newberry from defensive coordinator to head coach.

Newberry replaces his former boss, Ken Niumatalolo who was fired on Sunday, December 11, the day after the Midshipmen lost to Army in overtime to fall to 2-5 in the last 7 meetings with their arch-rival.

It was later revealed by Niumatalolo that he was fired in the locker room immediately after the loss. He is the winningest coach in school history with a record of 109-83, but just 11-23 over the last 3 seasons. He was 37-26 in American Athletic Conference games.

Before joining the Navy staff in 2019, Newberry was the DC and secondary coach at FCS member Kennesaw State from 2015-18. He has been widely considered to be one of the best DC's in the nation over the last several years.

The odd thing in this move is that the offense will keep the same triple-option attack its been running since the Paul Johnson days.

SEE: Coaching Changes