The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the deal has not been signed and the university has not announced the hiring publicly. “One, he liked (Richt’s) system, really liked the style and personality and felt that was the coach he really bought into, what he said and how he did it”.
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Replacing Richt on an interim basis is Bulldogs receivers coach Bryan McClendon, a former Georgia receiver who has been on Richt’s staff the past seven seasons. Will Kirby Smart still be announced as the next Georgia Head Coach on Sunday, or is that delayed now? He comes to Miami with five more wins than the last 10 Hurricane head coaches had combined when they took over, a list that includes Howard Schnellenberger, Jimmy Johnson, Dennis Erickson and Larry Coker. Richt, who played quarterback at Boca Raton High and at UM from 1978-82, was a backup to Hall of Famer Jim Kelly.
Caption + University of Georgia athletic directer Greg McGarity looks on during a news conference to discuss the departure of head football coach Mark Richt, Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, in Athens, Ga.
Another irony along similar lines is the general perception that Richt ran a “clean” program while at Georgia when, in fact. the program ranked No. 3 in the nation in players arrested over the last five years. Durkin to be its head coach. He then returned to Florida State in 1990 and served as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator where he coached two Heisman winning quarterbacks in Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke and won two national titles (1993, 1999). The wheels turned quickly at Miami as Richt reportedly interviewed over the weekend.
The Bulldogs’ bowl game, and their opponent, have not been decided yet. Information from ESPN’s Mark Schlabach was used in this report.
Richt informed the team Thursday afternoon. Smart played football at Georgia from 1995-98 and was its running backs coach in 2005.
Coach Richt is the definition of a class act, always doing things the right way and turning these young football players into quality men. As some of our long time readers know, I myself am a Georgia Bulldogs fan, so this has been very hard on me.
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“I’m looking for a name that will bring back people to [Sun Life Stadium]”, the UM trustee said. He held up the soft drink sitting on the podium and said: “You can ask the bottle but don’t ask me”. They’ve landed a proven head coach (Al Golden going 27-34 at Temple doesn’t qualify) for the first time since Dennis Erickson arrived from Washington State in 1989 to succeed Jimmy Johnson.
