“We had a tremendous pool of candidates, and Chris just moved forward in that group,” Dement said.
The Pirates have made two playoff appearances, in 2005 and 2009. The 2009 team went 8-3 under first-year coach Rob Berger after undergoing a 1-25 stretch through the 2006-08 seasons. The Pirates then went 1-9 and 3-7 in the past two seasons, after which Berger resigned.
Newman spent two seasons as an intern for the Ohio State football program, which included the 2002 national championship season. He has served as an assistant coach at Springfield North, graduate assistant coach at the University of Cincinnati and assistant coach at Fairmont, where he teaches special education.
West Carrollton will become a football-playing member of the GWOC this fall after two seasons of playing all other sports in the conference. The Pirates have played a schedule made up largely of Fort Ancient Valley Conference opponents in the past two seasons.
They ranked 17th out of 18 GWOC teams last season in total offense, averaging 210.8 yards per game.
“Fairmont had some really good offensive performances last season, and he has good experience on different levels,” Dement said.
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