Navy intends to hire Kennesaw State defensive coordinator Brian Newberry, The Capital has learned. Newberry would replace Dale Pehrson, whose retirement was announced on Dec. 15.
Newberry just completed his fourth season as defensive coordinator and secondary coach at Kennesaw State, a fledgling Football Championship Subdivision school. Former Navy and Georgia Tech assistant Brian Bohannon is the head coach at Kennesaw State, which began its program in 2014 and has made the quarterfinals of the FCS playoffs the last two seasons.
A source at Kennesaw State confirmed that Navy head coach Ken Niumatalolo and athletic director Chet Gladchuk have decided to hire Newberry, who got into collegiate coaching in 2000.