re: Sam Pittman's Assistant hires and possibilities...

At Kentucky, LeBlanc’s work on the defensive line helped lead Kentucky to the third-ranked scoring defense (18.4 points per game) in the nation, fifth in total defense (321.6 yards per game) and 11th in rushing defense (148.9 yards per game).

In 2018, Kentucky was second in scoring defense (16.8 points per game), fourth in total defense (337.9 yards per game) and eighth in rushing defense (151.6 yards per game).

In 2017, Kentucky was eighth in scoring defense (28.2 points per game), 12th in total defense (426.9 yards per game) and 10th in rushing defense (175.3 yards per game)

I'd take our staff over ole miss staff

Hey, Rev, are you going to update the OP? Kinda been a while.

OK, Help me out... Who am I missing here? We don't have a definitive on RB coach yet... or Strength and Conditioning or the rest of support staff...

HEAD COACH - Sam Pittman (Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line - Georgia) (12/8/19)

OFFENSE
OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR/QUARTERBACKS - Kendal Briles (Offensive Coordinator - Florida State)
OFFENSIVE LINE - Brad Davis (Offensive Line Coach - Missouri)
TIGHT ENDS - Jon Cooper (Tight Ends Coach - UCF)
RUNNING BACKS -
RECEIVERS - Justin Stepp (Receivers Coach - Arkansas)
DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR - Barry Odom (Head Coach - Missouri)
DEFENSIVE LINE - Derrick LeBlanc (D-Line coach KY)
CORNER BACKS - Sam Carter (Defensive Quality Control Coach - Missouri)
SECONDARY -
LINEBACKERS - Rion Rhoades (Head Coach - Hutchinson (Kansas)
TRENGTH AND CONDITIONING COACH -

SUPPORT STAFF

DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS - Patrick Doherty (Quality Control Assistant, Georgia)
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF FOOTBALL OPERATIONS -

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Jimmy Smith is the RB coach per his Twitter.

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Otis reporting as official

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Maybe Sam hired him to grab some recruits from the Atlanta area. Oh well, Welcome to the Hill Coach.

Now that's a great get for the Pittboss


Dawg fans will be whimpering about this hire.

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In 2018 Georgia had two of the SEC’s top special teams players in return man Mecole Hardman and PK Rodrigo Blankenship. Hardman led the SEC in average punt return (20.1), was fifth in average kick return (25.2), and was named to the ESPN.com All-American first team.

A Lou Groza semi-finalist, Blankenship earned second team All-SEC honors after finishing fifth in the SEC in scoring by kickers (8.7 points per game) and booted his school record 154th consecutive PAT. He also posted 82 kickoff touchbacks (season record) extending his school career record to 170.

As a team, the Bulldogs were first in the SEC in punt return yards (366) and punt return average (16.6; 7th nationally) and tied for first in punt return TD’s (2).

Fountain also contributed to the Bulldogs’ emergence on special teams in 2017. Hardman averaged 25.3 yards per kick return, ranking No. 2 in the Southeastern Conference and No. 21 in the nation. Georgia’s special teams unit also held opponents to 5.9 yards per punt return and 19.5 yards per kick return. Those numbers were all reduced from a year prior, as opponents averaged 6.1 yards per punt return, 23.8 yards per kick return and notched two 95-yard kickoff returns versus the Bulldogs in 2016.

Additionally, Blankenship hit on 20 of his 23 field goal attempts, including a 55-yarder in the 2018 Rose Bowl vs. Oklahoma and a 51-yarder in overtime of the national championship game. He made all 63 of his PAT attempts, kicked 67 touchbacks (a Georgia season record and No. 3 nationally) and was named a semifinalist for the 2017 Lou Groza Award. As a punter, graduate Cameron Nizialek averaged 45 yards per punt (No. 9 nationally) and was named a semi-finalist for the 2017 Ray Guy Award.

Before joining Georgia’s staff, Fountain had spent the previous eight years assisting the football program at Auburn, the first four as the Tigers’ player personnel director and the latter four as an on-field assistant, coordinating special teams and coaching tight ends. From 2014-16, Fountain coached kicker Daniel Carlson, a three-time Lou Groza Award finalist.

Fountain, a part of three SEC championship teams, led Auburn's administrative and recruiting efforts from 2009-12. He followed Gene Chizik to Auburn after spending two seasons (2007-08) on Chizik's staff at Iowa State as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator.

Fountain has coaching experience in four national championship games (1997, 2010, 2013, 2017) since beginning his collegiate coaching career at Florida State (1994-96) as an offensive graduate assistant. He then spent seven seasons as an offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Central Florida. Before his eight-year stint at Auburn, Fountain also included coaching stops at Middle Tennessee State (2004-05), Georgia Southern (2006) and Iowa State (2007-08).

Before entering the collegiate ranks, Fountain coached football at four different Alabama high schools: Flomaton, his alma mater W.S. Neal, and head coach at Frisco City (1990-92), and head coach at Monroe County (1993).

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Another High School coach

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This time as RBs coach though