The school announced on Wednesday that it has hired Brian Schottenheimer, the long-time NFL assistant, as the Bulldogs’ offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. Schottenheimer was the offensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams for the past three seasons and hasn’t coached in college since 2000, when he was USC’s tight ends coach.
Schottenheimer will replace Mike Bobo, who had been with the program since 2001 but accepted the head-coaching job at Colorado State in December.
“This is a great opportunity to become a Georgia Bulldog for both my career and my family,” Schottenheimer said in a statement. “I'm thrilled to be part of an elite program with such national tradition and a great staff already in place. I look forward to working with young men and being a positive and significant influence on their lives as we develop them athletically, academically, and socially.”
Before his time with St. Louis, Schottenheimer was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the New York Jets from 2006-11 and also was the quarterbacks coach for the San Diego Chargers from 2002-05 and the Washington Redskins in 2001.
In addition to his one season at USC in 2000, Schottenheimer coached wide receivers at Syracuse in 1999.
The son of longtime NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer, Schottenheimer played at Florida under Steve Spurrier from 1994-96 and was the backup quarterback behind Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel.
“I'm excited to have Brian join our coaching staff,” said head coach Mark Richt. "His NFL experience will be a perfect fit for how we like to play offensive football here at Georgia. He'll be excellent in developing our players in both the running and passing games which will benefit them while they are at Georgia and for their future.”
With Schottenheimer running the offense, the Rams were 28th in the NFL this season in total offense, averaging 314.7 yards and 20.3 points per game.
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