Willy Korn
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Liberty |
| Conference | CUSA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | January 21, 1989 Lyman, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Clemson University |
| Playing career | |
| 2007–2009 | Clemson |
| 2010 | Marshall |
| 2010–2011 | North Greenville |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2013–2016 | Charleston Southern (WR/RC) |
| 2017–2018 | Coastal Carolina (WR) |
| 2019–2022 | Coastal Carolina (co-OC/QB) |
| 2023–present | Liberty (co-OC/QB) |
Willy Korn (born January 21, 1989) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Liberty University.
Playing career
[edit]Ranked as one of the top quarterback prospects in the class of 2007, Korn committed to play college football at Clemson before his junior year at James F. Byrnes High School.[1] After seeing some playing time in the garbage time of games his freshman year, he suffered injuries in back-to-back games and took a medical redshirt for the season.[2] He received his first start as a redshirt freshman in 2008 in Dabo Swinney's first game as interim head coach against Georgia Tech, but suffered a shoulder injury 14 plays into the game.[3] Unable to win the starting quarterback job from Kyle Parker after his injury, Korn transferred to Marshall after the 2009 season. He spent very little time at Marshall after the coaching staff told him his throwing arm wasn't strong enough and asked him to convert to safety, transferring once again to Division II North Greenville to play quarterback.[4][5]
Coaching career
[edit]Korn was named as the wide receivers coach at Charleston Southern in 2013, joining the staff of his former college coach at North Greenville, Jamey Chadwell.[6]
Korn followed Chadwell to Coastal Carolina as the wide receivers coach while also handling kickoff coverage duties in 2017.[7] He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator and reassigned to quarterbacks coach in 2019 following the promotion of Chadwell to head coach.[8]
Korn was named the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Liberty under Chadwell on Dec. 30, 2022.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Byrnes legend, ex-Tiger Korn becomes Division II star".
- ^ "Willy Korn's Clemson dreams derailed. The journey kick-started a career, and his life". The State. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Willy Korn ending college career as a QB is nice to see". Independent Mail. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Byrnes legend, ex-Tiger Korn becomes Division II star". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Willy Korn leads North Greenville into national title game today". Gannett News Service. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Former Clemson QB Willy Korn to join Charleston Southern staff as an assistant". The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Willy Korn leaving Charleston Southern to join Coastal Carolina football staff". The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Staggs, McGee, King and Scott Join Football Staff". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. Retrieved October 10, 2020.
- ^ "Chadwell Announces Football Coaching Staff Hires". Liberty Flames. Retrieved December 31, 2022.
External links
[edit]- 1989 births
- Living people
- American football quarterbacks
- Charleston Southern Buccaneers football coaches
- Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football coaches
- Clemson Tigers football players
- Liberty Flames football coaches
- Marshall Thundering Herd football players
- North Greenville Crusaders football players
- People from Lyman, South Carolina
- Players of American football from Spartanburg County, South Carolina
- Coaches of American football from South Carolina