Another former Georgia player is back at in Athens as an analyst. Dawgs247 was the first to report that former Georgia offensive coordinator Mike Bobo is back coaching at Georgia, now working as an analyst for the Bulldogs.
Georgia formally announced the hire later on Friday afternoon.
Bobo worked at Georgia from 2001 through 2014, first as the quarterbacks coach and then eventually as the offensive coordinator from 2007 through 2014. More recently, Bobo served as the offensive coordinator at Auburn this past season. He was fired after one season on Bryan Harsin’s staff.
Prior to that, he was the offensive coordinator at South Carolina for the 2020 season, working under then-head coach Will Muschamp. Bobo originally left Athens to be the head coach at Colorado State, where he went 28-38 in his five seasons on the job.
Last offseason saw Georgia hire Muschamp initially as an analyst, only to then promote him into an onfield role as the special teams coordinator when Scott Cochran stepped away from the team in August. Muschamp will serve as the co-defensive coordinator this coming season for Georgia.
Bobo’s son Drew signed as an offensive lineman in the 2022 recruiting class for Georgia. Drew Bobo is set to enroll at Athens this summer.
Mike Bobo first played quarterback at Georgia from 1993 through the 1997 season, overlapping with Kirby Smart’s playing career in Athens. He was a graduate assistant for the 1999 season before joining Mark Richt’s staff in 2001. While Bobo was not always popular as the offensive coordinator, his offenses were often very effective. His 2014 offense averaged 41.3 points per game.
In the past, Smart has said that analysts help scout and support the on-field coaching staff and deal with more off-field duties.
As for the rest of Georgia’s coaching staff, the Bulldogs have two on-field openings. Cortez Hankton created an opening at wide receivers coach when he left for LSU, while Dan Lanning created a need at outside linebacker when he became the head coach at Oregon.
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Georgia has had two analysts leave this offseason, with Robby Discher becoming the special teams coordinator at Tulane and John Jancek getting hired to an analyst role at LSU. Buster Faulkner, another Georgia analyst, has been out on the road recruiting for Georgia during the month of January.
Georgia opens the 2022 season against Oregon when the two sides meet in Atlanta. Oregon also added former Auburn quarterback Bo Nix to its roster this offseason, who Bobo coached this past season with the Tigers.
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