Braxton Chadwick joined Charleston Southern as a graduate assistant with the defense in the summer of 2023 and was promoted to the role of Director of Football Operations/Assistant Coach during December of 2024. The 2025 season marksed his third with the Buccaneers since his arrival.
He has spent time working with the Bucs' linebackers under the direction of CSU alum and assistant coach, Zack Johnson. Additionally he helps out with nearly all the behind the scenes aspects of the program including the equipment, operations and video. During the fall of 2023, he was one of the primary equipment truck drivers for the team, assisting in the transport of the team's gameday materials for road games, under the lead of his supervisor for the role, Nick Case.
Chadwick arrived at CSU after graduating from Savannah State in May of 2023 with a degree in Middle Grades Education with a concentration in English and History. While there, he was a three-year member of the school's football and track and field programs. On the football team, he was the team's long snapper and made 22 consecutive starts for the Tigers, a true stalwart on the team's special teams unit while there. He was a three-time Commissioner's All-Academic Team. On the track programs, he competed in the discus, hammer, javelin and weight throws between the indoor and outdoor programs. HWhen he graduated from SSU, he was the school record holder in the hammer throw.
Originally, he is from Savannah, Georgia and attended King's Ridge Christian School. He is married to the former Ellie Ackerman and had their first child, McLain, during the summer of 2024.
