Nick Newsome joined the Maryland football program as a Defensive Assistant in February of 2025. Newsome will be working with the Terrapins secondary.
Newsome arrives in College Park after having spent the 2024 seasons as a Defensive Analyst at the University of North Carolina. While working under Hall of Fame and National Champion Head Coach Mack Brown, Newsome worked with the Tar Heels’ safeties, nickels and special teams units.
Prior to his time in Chapel Hill, Newsome was the Special Teams Coordinator and Safeties Coach at Gardner-Webb University. He helped lead the Runnin’ Bulldogs to a conference championship and a bid in the FCS playoffs.
Newsome spent the 2021-22 seasons at Hampton University, coaching safeties for the Pirates. He also served as safeties coach at Western Carolina during the 2020 and spring 2021 seasons – while also assisting with the Catamounts' punt block team.
Newsome’s other coaching stops include time at Georgia Tech as a graduate assistant, Division III Capital University and his collegiate coaching start at UT-Martin in 2012.
Newsome played H-Back and long snapper at Austin Peay from 2008-2011, seeing action in 39 games. He graduated from the school in 2011 and earned a master's degree from UT-Martin in 2014.
