Liberty and head coach Jamey Chadwell have announced the hiring of Shawn Quinn as the team’s new defensive coordinator. Quinn will come to Lynchburg from Blacksburg, Virginia where he spent the past four years, most recently as outside linebackers coach in 2025.
Quinn is the first new hire to Chadwell’s staff at Liberty as he now enters his fourth season on the Mountain. The Flames have lost three assistant coaches since the end of the 2025 campaign, with Co-Offensive Coordinator and quarterbacks coach Willy Korn, Co-Defensive Coordinator Kyle Krantz, and linebackers coach Josh Linam all moving on.
Quinn was one of the first hires for former Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry at Virginia Tech joining the Hokies as Sam Linebackers and Nickels coach in 2022. He coached the Stars and Nickels in 2023 and 2024 before shifting to the outside linebackers coach this past fall…