Mark Richt, 60, coached at Georgia for 15 seasons before finishing his career with three years at Miami.
Now a college football analyst with the ACC Network, Richt tweeted that he plans on visiting each campus in the conference in an attempt to “get to know each program better.”
I have a master plan to visit the majority of the ACC FB teams this spring and the others in August. My goal is to get to know each program better and have a good time! Stay tuned. I will be posting parts of the trip on Instagram. I’ll let you know when something new shows up!
— Mark Richt (@MarkRicht) March 9, 2020
Richt kicked things off with a visit to Clemson, and then traveled to Atlanta for an inside look at the Georgia Tech program, one of his biggest rivals during his long coaching career.
But what Richt was wearing caused Georgia fans to do a double take just to make sure that it’s the same man who coached between the hedges for 15 seasons.
Richt was donning a Georgia Tech quarter-zip and tweeted a photo of himself with the caption: “Don’t tell anyone!”
Don’t tell anyone! pic.twitter.com/hY4BpQbV0w
— Mark Richt (@MarkRicht) March 10, 2020
He also dined with Tech head coach Geoff Collins at the Waffle House.
GreaT meal w/ Coach @MarkRicht
at my favorite spot @WaffleHouse #404theCULTURE 4️⃣0️⃣4️⃣ pic.twitter.com/bwNXSyxzi2— Coach Collins🏆🏆🏆🏆 (@CoachCollins) March 10, 2020
While at Georgia, Richt compiled a 13-2 record vs Georgia Tech, with the two losses coming by a combined total of nine points.
Despite the fact that Richt is expected to drop any bias in order to do his job correctly, it’s likely that CMR still felt a hint of guilt while wearing those hideous colors.