5 potential replacements for Mark Richt

The Nebraska example is the one that gets mentioned the most, because it’s a program that has twice gotten dissatisfied with coaches who consistently won nine games and fired those coaches, only to be reminded that winning nine games is not a birthright, and there are worse ways to go through a football season.

The Bulldogs capped their regular season with a 13-7 win over in-state rival Georgia Tech on Saturday.

He won close games against Auburn, Georgia Southern and Georgia Tech to finish 9-3 this season, following a 10-3 record a year ago.

Lassiter High School graduate Hutson Mason played for Richt from 2010 to 2014 and served as the Bulldogs’ starting quarterback in 2014, leading the team to a 10-3 record and a win in the postseason Belk Bowl. Georgia came within a play of making the national championship game that season, where it would have been an overwhelming favorite to beat Notre Dame. Once again, of the 11 head coaches to win the SEC championship game only three of them had no previous head coaching experience before taking a job in the league. Georgia’s bound to lose some recruits, but much can happen between now and the first Wednesday in February.

PRO … Longevity. At fifty-five years of age, Richt has plenty of good coaching years left in him.

All Smart has ever done is work under the best coach in college football with the most talent, year in and year out, in the game.

McGarity met with Richt on Sunday morning.

Coach Richt and I at the April 2008 Touchdown Club of Athens meeting. In a period of dominance by the SEC, LSU also won a pair of national titles, and then nearby Alabama and Auburn won every championship from 2009-12. Here are five potential replacements for Mark Richt as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs in 2016. You can say it’s time for Georgia to better capitalize on the SEC brand and the Bulldogs’ recruiting territory, and you’re not wrong, either.

“I appreciate the opportunity of serving the University as well as considering any other options that may present themselves in the future”, said Richt in the press release.

One person with knowledge of the situation said earlier this season that McGarity had a high opinion of Mississippi State’s Dan Mullen.

“I don’t know what the world’s coming to in our profession”, Saban said.

There had been speculation about Richt’s future since losses to Tennessee, Alabama and Florida ended the Bulldogs’ hopes for an SEC title.

“We want Pruitt man”, linebacker Davin Bellamy said.

Georgia has planned a Monday news conference.

One of the longest, most successful and also frustrating coaching tenures in recent Southeastern Conference history is over.

But hiring a new head coach is a risky endeavor.

Saban said he does not have a policy on when assistants can interview for prospective head coaching jobs. He went 35-15 in four seasons with the Rockets, including 9-2 this season with victories over Iowa State and Arkansas.

“I look forward to hopefully working closely with him as we advance our capital campaign at the University of Georgia”, Morehead said.