Todd Varn enters his sixth season as Newberry’s Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach. Varn also serves as the academic liaison and is in charge of study halls for the football team.
In the 2022 season, the Newberry offensive attack consisted of seven all-SAC players and Offensive Player of the Year Mario Anderson. Anderson led the SAC averaging 156 rushing yards per game. The wolves had a powerful and explosive ground game along with an efficient passing game. The Wolves ground game ranked 26th in the nation with 201.5 yard. The backfield consisted of first team all-SAC Quarterback Dre Harris. Harris Wolves led the SAC with a passing efficiency rating of 145.5.
In the 2021 spring and fall seasons, the Wolves offensive attack averaged 398 yards per game (194 passing, 204 rushing). Quarterback Dre Harris led the SAC in QB Rating of 164.7. Harris also had a completion percentage of 62.3 which ranked 29th in the nation. The Wolves offense consisted of five all-conference players and all-region offensive lineman Alec Blackmon.
Newberry averaged nearly 350 yards of total offense per game in 2019, leading the South Atlantic Conference with a team completion percentage of 59.8 percent for the season. Wide receiver Deshun Kitchings and offensive lineman Tyler Anderson were both named Second Team All-SAC performers, while running back Chance Walker earned a National Player of the Week nod for his record-setting 261-yard, six touchdown performance at Catawba.
In 2018, Varn's unit had the third-best rushing offense in the South Atlantic Conference at 182.9 yards per game. Wide receiver Markell Castle, who ended his career second in nearly every major receiving category in school history, represented the unit on the All-SAC First Team, while running back Austin Barnes earned a Second Team selection with the finest season of his career.
Varn is working alongside head coach Todd Knight for the third time in his career and will be in his third stint on the Setzler Field sidelines. Varn was Newberry’s Associate Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator for the 2007-2009 seasons, which included Newberry’s South Atlantic Conference title in 2008. He also spent the 1995 season as Newberry’s running backs coach and mentored the linebackers in 1996.
Varn spent the past eight seasons as the Offensive Coordinator at nearby Presbyterian College, including the last six as an Associate Head Coach. Under his tutelage, freshman running back Torrance Marable led the Big South Conference in 2017 with 1,038 rushing yards and was named to the all-Big South first team, while wide receiver DaShawn Davis earned a second-team nod.
Varn has worked with Knight on two previous occasions, spending three seasons as Charleston Southern’s Offensive Coordinator while Knight coached the Buccaneers’ defense along with his previous tenure at Newberry's Offensive Coordinator, which saw him coach five first team all-SAC selections and an Academic All-American on the offensive side of the ball.
He also had an additional two-year stint as Presbyterian’s Offensive Coordinator, spent two seasons as the Offensive Coordinator at Western Carolina and a third as Running Backs Coach, two seasons on the VMI staff coaching the defense and special teams, and two seasons on staff at Laurence Manning Academy.
The West Columbia native graduated from NC State in 1992 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications. He spent a season as a Student Assistant with the Wolfpack under Dick Sheridan after concluding a four-year playing career as a running back. Varn averaged 3.5 yards on 196 carries in his career and scored five times on the ground. A receiving threat out of the backfield, Varn also caught 83 passes for 896 yards and six touchdowns during his playing days.
Varn was also a Shrine Bowl selection from Airport High School and was in the school's first Hall of Fame class in 2004.
Personal
Alma Mater: NC State '92
Family: Wife, Kris ; Sons Kody and JT (21) and Daughter Mary Jo (12)
Years Coaching 33
Recruiting Areas: West Charleston
Coaching Experience
Newberry College
2018-Present Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach
2007-11 Associate Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator
1996-97 Linebackers Coach
1994-95 Running Backs Coach
Presbyterian College
2011-18 Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line Coach
2005-07 Offensive Coordinator
Western Carolina University
2002-05 Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
Charleston Southern University
1999-2002 Offensive Coordinator/ Running Back Coach
Virginia Military Institute
1997 Defensive Backs Coach
Laurence Manning Academy
1992-94 Varsity Offensive Coordinator/Special Teams Coordinator
North Carolina State University
1991-92 Student Assistant/ Running Backs Coach/ Recruiting Assistant
