Curt Newsome is entering his ninth year as the Head Football Coach at Emory & Henry College. A 1982 graduate of E&H, Newsome returned to his alma mater in January of 2014 with 15 years of NCAA Division I coaching experience to become the program’s 20th head coach. Prior to taking the helm at Emory & Henry, Newsome served as the Assistant Head Coach and Offensive Line Coach at James Madison University for the 2013 season. He held the same title for the final three years of his first run with JMU (1999-05) ). Between his stints in Harrisonburg, Newsome was the Offensive Line Coach at Virginia Tech for seven years, helping to lead the Hokies to a trio of Atlantic Coast Conference Championships (2007, 2008, 2010), seven bowl games and a victory in the 2009 Orange Bowl. Newsome’s offensive line helped to produce four 1,000-yard rushers and Blake DeChristopher was selected as the ACC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy Winner in 2011, the award given annually to the best lineman in the league.