Former Georgia football QB lands HS coaching job
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Former Georgia Bulldogs quarterback Jamie Newman has found a new football home. Newman will serve as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Hugh M. Cummings High School in Burlington, North Carolina. Newman will coach under new Cummings head coach Darius Pinnix, who is a former East Carolina running back.
Newman spent the 2017-2019 seasons with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons. Newman’s return to football won’t be far from Wake Forest’ campus. After the 2019 season Newman transferred to Georgia in the winter of 2020 with the expectation that he’d emerge as Georgia’s starter. His transfer immediately got disrupted due to COVID-19 with Georgia cancelling spring practice.
The Bulldogs returned to football activities in the fall and prepared to face a 2020 schedule that only featured SEC opponents. Georgia’s starting quarterback job was up in the air after the departure of Jake Fromm to the 2020 NFL draft.
However, a few weeks before Georgia’s 2020 season opener, Newman opted out of the season in what his former high school coach described as a “family decision” for Newman. The former Wake Forest quarterback attended the Senior Bowl and focused on preparing for the 2021 NFL draft. Newman never got key experience in a pro system and went undrafted. Newman had a brief NFL stint in 2021 with the Philadelphia Eagles. He went on to play for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in the CFL for the 2022 season.
Despite Newman opting out, Georgia fans should not hold a grudge against Newman. The Bulldogs started the 2020 season with D’Wan Mathis at quarterback, which did not workout. Georgia moved on to Stetson Bennett as the starter for most of the remainder of the season and the rest is history. Georgia won the 2021 and 2022 national championships with Bennett as the starter.
Jamie Newman lands offensive coordinator job
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