“I’m going to listen to anybody that has interest in me, coaching or not”, said Richt.
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The announcement comes after the Bulldogs 13-7 defeat of in-state rival Georgia Tech in Atlanta on Saturday. Beyond that, he said he’s not sure of his future plans, which might include a different role in the Georgia athletic department or possibly a coaching job at another school. Richt will coach Georgia in its bowl game. Georgia closed the regular season with four consecutive victories, but that was not enough to make up for failing to land a spot in the title game. The team was picked to finish first in the SEC East in the preseason media poll. The Bulldogs played in five SEC championship games under Richt. I was on campus in Tallahassee when Richt was plying his trade, learning at the foot of Bobby Bowden as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and had a chance to meet the man, not the coach, on two occasions. Mason, a Lassiter High School graduate, played for Richt from 2010 to 2014.
“That’s really unfortunate”, Walsh said. “I don’t think you’ve got to go any farther than that”. In some instances the way Tennessee treated Coach Fulmer was worse than the treatment Richt received from Georgia, because Fulmer was a former player at Tennessee as well as an assistant coach at his alma-mater before becoming head coach.
The coach said Washington was on Eason’s original short list, with UCLA, Alabama, Michigan and Stanford.
“I don’t know what the world’s coming to in our profession”, Saban said. Here’s hoping Miami, a program in disarray after Al Golden struggled mightily like Richt to win the big games, reaches out to their former clipboard holder and asks him to come home.
During his 15-year stint in Athens, Richt has had incredible success.
“Mark has touched thousands of lives over the past 15 years”, McGarity said. He is 111-32 with a national championship. Georgia’s last SEC championship was in 2005. The Bulldogs lost in the 2011 and 2012 SEC championship games.
If he wants to get back into coaching immediately, he will have opportunities.
Georgia has tentatively planned a news conference for today.
Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze, Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen also could be candidates, according to ESPN.
Rutgers: The school fired coach Kyle Flood and athletic director Julie Hermann.
Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart is the lead candidate to be the next head coach at Georgia. Given the way coaching changes can tend to go, nobody would have blamed Foster for being a tad miffed at not getting the job in Blacksburg, but he will remain the defensive coordinator of the Hokies as a key member of Fuente’s new staff. He says he has put in too much work to leave now.
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“I look forward to hopefully working closely with him as we advance our capital campaign at the University of Georgia”, Morehead said.
