It took nearly two months after Dan Lanning first left to become the head coach at Oregon, but we finally know what Georgia’s 2022 coaching staff is set to look like. The Bulldogs announced the hiring of Chidera Uzo-Diribe as the outside linebackers coach.
While there are still some jobs elsewhere that must be filled — Michigan has offensive and defensive coordinator openings while Auburn may or may not be looking for a head coach in the coming days — we can safely say Georgia coach Smart has assembled the staff he wants to help mold next season’s team.
As far as replacing Lanning at defensive coordinator, Glenn Schumann and Will Muschamp will share co-defensive coordinator duties. As it stands, Muschamp holds the special teams coordinator while Schumann doubles as the inside linebackers coach. You can expect both the likely receiver greater compensation with their additional responsibilities.
Uzo-Diribe will take over a talented room with Nolan Smith and Robert Beal both returning. He’ll need to replace the two via recruiting while also developing incoming signees in Marvin Jones Jr., Darris Smith and CJ Madden. Uzo-Diribe will have big shoes to fill in replacing Lanning, but the latter was a similarly unknown commodity when Smart hired him from Memphis prior to the 2018 season. We know that hire proved to be a great one.
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