(STATS) – Austin Peay desperately needed a coach who could bring success to the FCS program when it hired Will Healy three years ago.
Too much success has the Ohio Valley Conference school searching for a new coach again.
FBS program Charlotte has agreed to hire Healy, according to a Charlotte Observer report. The Athletic’s Bruce Feldman was among the first to report the 33-year-old would take over at the Conference USA school.
Healy was 13-21 in three seasons at Austin Peay, which is a considerable improvement from previous years. After a winless first season in 2016, Healy helped turn the Governors around last year, stopping a 29-game losing streak and a run of 46 losses in 47 games with an 8-4 record and a second-place finish in the OVC. Healy won the 2017 STATS FCS Eddie Robinson Award, honoring the national coach of the year.
“The more people tell me I can’t do something,” Healy said last year, “the more I’ll show you I can.”
Austin Peay finished 5-6 this season, although it was considered a disappointing record for a program on the rise.
As a quarterback at Richmond, Healy was a senior on the Spiders’ 2008 FCS championship-winning team.
Charlotte, which was 22-48 in its first six seasons under the only coach in program history, Brad Lambert, was likely attracted to Healy’s boundless energy and vision and recruiting prowess. The 49ers were 5-7 this season.
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