The Georgia Bulldogs need a new wide receivers coach after Bryan McClendon left to be the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ receivers coach.
McClendon is the latest college coach to prefer the NFL’s superior work-life balance over college football’s hectic calendar.
Head coach Kirby Smart and Georgia football are now looking for a new wide receivers coach that can replace McClendon’s recruiting ability and strong relationships. The Bulldogs could hire a former Georgia player, promote from within, or a coach from another college program.
Georgia’s next wide receivers coach will work with offensive coordinator Mike Bobo. The Bulldogs have shown they don’t need to sign the best wide receiver recruits in order to have a lethal passing attack.
Who are eight candidates to be Georgia’s next wide receivers coach?
Georgia could promote offensive analyst Brandon Streeter to wide receiver coach. Streeter, who served as Clemson’s offensive coordinator in 2022, has experience as a wide receivers and quarterbacks coach at the Power Five level and has been in Georgia’s staff for a year.
Mark Richt is a good man. He is also a good football coach. But that is all he is: good. He was never going to reach greatness at Georgia and probably won’t at Miami or wherever he lands in five or six years after he is canned in south Florida. It was time for UGA to make a change.
