Mark Richt Biography

Mark Richt is a former head coach at the University of Georgia and University of Miami. Richt was a former football player himself who grew up in the 1960’s in Omaha, Nebraska. While he moved to Florida in his early childhood, he played quarterback for the University of Miami and graduated from there in 1982. Although he did not pursue the NFL, Richt could not imagine his life without football, which prompted him to embrace a coaching career in 1985 as a volunteer QB coach for the Florida State Seminoles (FSU). After three years of volunteer, Rich became the offensive coordinator at East Carolina and later returned to Florida State in 1990 for ten years as the quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. Richt was part of two national championships with the Seminoles and coached two Heisman trophy winners, Charlie Ward and Chris Weinke. He left to serve as the head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs in 2001, winningi two SEC championships and five SEC East Division crowns in 14 seasons, Richt was also SEC Coach of the Year in 2002 and 2005. He left the Bulldogs to take over at his alma mater, Miami, in 2016. Richt coached the Hurricanes for three seasons, winning ACC Coach of the Year and leading them to the their first Coastal Division championship in 2017.

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