Has Kirby Smart Identified his Next DBs coach?
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ATHENS - Georgia Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart’s appears have narrowed in on a defensive backs coach.
Former DBs coach Jahmile Addae announced Tuesday on social media that he was leaving the Bulldogs. Numerous reports have him heading to work for Mario Cristobal at Miami. The move opened up the defensive backs coach spot for the Bulldogs, and it appears Kirby knows where he's headed with that spot. Although Will Muschamp worked with the defense and the defensive backs in 2021, multiple reports have Auburn defensive backs coach Zac Etheridge has Kirby’s top target.
Etheridge started at Auburn for multiple years from 2007-10. Last fall was his first season as a coach at Auburn. He was at Houston in 2019 and 2020. Etheridge was coached by Muschamp at Auburn in 2007.
Auburn is a firestorm right now with the future of head coach Bryan Harsin is serious doubt.
Georgia has had several coaching changes this offseason - the most notable being Dan Lanning leaving Athens to be the head coach at Oregon. The Ducks travel to Atlanta to take on UGA in the season opener at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in September.
Lanning was replaced last week by Chidera Uzo-Diribe, who left SMU for TCU before being hired by Kirby. Former Georgia receiver and assistant coach Bryan McClendon was hired for the vacant receivers spot.
Cristobal has slowly been building his staff in Coral Gables. That includes hiring Josh Gattis, who had some explosive comments about Michigan he said as he was leaving Ann Arbor. The No. 3 Bulldogs took out Gattis and the No. 2 Wolverines in the Orange Bowl in December.
