ATHENS — Former Georgia and Miami football coach Mark Richt is joining the ACC Network as an analyst.
ESPN made the announcement on Saturday.
Richt, who announced his retirement from Miami after a 7-6 season in 2018, was the ACC Coach of the Year and national Walter Camp Coach of the Year just one season earlier in 2017.
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The 58-year-old Richt was 145-51 over his 15 seasons (2001-15) at Georgia, finishing with a .740 winning percentage in Athens.
Richt took over the Bulldogs program at a time (2001) when College Football Hall of Famers Phillip Fulmer and Steve Spurrier were dominating the SEC.
Fulmer, Spurrier and Alabama coach Nick Saban all praised Richt after his retirment.
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“I know they had their struggles this (2018) year, but sometimes in one year, you can lose players at a certain positions,” Saban told DawgNation. “I don’t know all the issues, but I have a tremendous amount of respect for him as a person, professionally as a coach, and his contributions to our profession over a pretty significant amount of time.”
The ACC Network is a new 24/7 national network that is opened by ESPN in partnership with the conference.
The ACC network is set to launch on Aug. 22, 2019, according to ESPN.
