- Sep 8, 2014
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More on the number of support staff (analysts, quality control staff, etc):
Kirby Smart’s support staff at Georgia has grown to at least 27 official staffers, along with the 10 coaches, and UGA is spending about $5.6 million on support personnel, according to the AJC, which has more on the numbers.
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/team-news/ugas-football-support-staff-grows-under-kirby-smart
Georgia’s football support staff expanded considerably during the final years of coach Mark Richt’s administration, and it has continued to grow under new coach Kirby Smart.
According to personnel records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there are now more than 40 individuals directly involved with full-time support of the football program. The number increases sharply from there when positions that have indirect involvement are included.
And it likely will increase. Smart has said he may continue to hire support personnel depending on whether he identifies a need he hasn’t already anticipated.
“The support staff is a continual process,” Smart said. “It’s not something that’s just, ‘all right we’re going to be done by this date.’ … We have more support staff to hire. That’s kind of next on the agenda.”
Smart has established several new positions already. Mike Cavan, a former head coach at SMU and longtime assistant under Vince Dooley, is now “special assistant to the head coach.” Cavan worked in development and fundraising before.
Smart also recently hired “senior graphics designer,” there is a “director of player wellness” and an “assistant director of football operations.” That’s at least four positions Georgia employs now that it didn’t previously.
Officially, UGA counts 37 individuals among its football support staff, including the 10 members of the coaching staff. However, that does not include several people whose jobs extend beyond the football program into other areas of the athletic association.
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John Eason, who was director of player development, and Dave Van Halanger, who was director of player welfare, have retired. They earned $356,479 a year between them. But Smart quickly wiped that out between internal promotions and external hires.
Kirby Smart’s support staff at Georgia has grown to at least 27 official staffers, along with the 10 coaches, and UGA is spending about $5.6 million on support personnel, according to the AJC, which has more on the numbers.
https://www.dawgnation.com/football/team-news/ugas-football-support-staff-grows-under-kirby-smart
Georgia’s football support staff expanded considerably during the final years of coach Mark Richt’s administration, and it has continued to grow under new coach Kirby Smart.
According to personnel records obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, there are now more than 40 individuals directly involved with full-time support of the football program. The number increases sharply from there when positions that have indirect involvement are included.
And it likely will increase. Smart has said he may continue to hire support personnel depending on whether he identifies a need he hasn’t already anticipated.
“The support staff is a continual process,” Smart said. “It’s not something that’s just, ‘all right we’re going to be done by this date.’ … We have more support staff to hire. That’s kind of next on the agenda.”
Smart has established several new positions already. Mike Cavan, a former head coach at SMU and longtime assistant under Vince Dooley, is now “special assistant to the head coach.” Cavan worked in development and fundraising before.
Smart also recently hired “senior graphics designer,” there is a “director of player wellness” and an “assistant director of football operations.” That’s at least four positions Georgia employs now that it didn’t previously.
Officially, UGA counts 37 individuals among its football support staff, including the 10 members of the coaching staff. However, that does not include several people whose jobs extend beyond the football program into other areas of the athletic association.
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John Eason, who was director of player development, and Dave Van Halanger, who was director of player welfare, have retired. They earned $356,479 a year between them. But Smart quickly wiped that out between internal promotions and external hires.
- Former Bulldog and NFL player Jonas Jennings was promoted from player relations coordinator under Richt to director of player development under Smart. That position came with a salary of $211,500, which meant a $136,500 raise for Jennings. McGarity characterized that as a “competitive counter.”
- Bryant Gantt, who was listed as a program coordinator II under Richt, was named director of player wellness by Smart. He received a pay increase of $41,000 to $125,000 per year. He was making $58,000 two years ago.
- Josh Lee remained director of football operations for Georgia, but he got a $55,000-a-year bump in pay to do so and now makes $180,000. Plus, he now has an assistant director. Brad Hutcherson made $65,000 to do the job by himself two years ago.
- Similarly, Marshall Malchow recently was hired from Washington as Georgia’s director of on-campus recruiting at $180,000 a year. That’s $70,000 more than Daryl Jones made in the same role two years before.
