Athens, Georgia – The Georgia Bulldogs have a new special teams coordinator, after more staff changes announced by head coach Kirby Smart.
Meanwhile, Georgia State University’s head football coach, Shawn Elliott, has left to become the tight ends coach at South Carolina, CBS Sports reports. University of Georgia
According to Smart, Cochran and offensive analyst Darrell Dickey quit to pursue other possibilities.
Cochran, a former strength coach at Alabama, relocated to Georgia in 2020 for an on-field coaching post. He took a leave of absence before of the next season to address mental health issues before returning to Smart’s staff after the first seven games of the 2021 season.
Dickey, 64, spent one season at Georgia after five years as Texas A&M’s offensive coordinator. He was the previous head coach at North Texas.”I’d like to thank Scott and Darrell for their contributions to Georgia football,” Smart said in a statement. “We wish them all the best moving forward.”
This was the Bulldogs’ most recent set of coaching changes. Fran Brown, the defensive backs coach, left to become the head coach at Syracuse, while Will Muschamp, the co-defensive coordinator, moved to an analyst job to spend more time with his family.
