A look at Georgia’s offensive staff following Todd Monken’s departure

Georgia’s offensive staff as it stands…

Georgia football quickly promoted offensive analyst Mike Bobo to offensive coordinator on Tuesday following Todd Monken’s move to the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.

Monken’s departure was no surprise. The two-time national champion play-caller was a candidate for multiple pro offensive coordinator roles since the Bulldogs’ secured another title in January.

Bobo played quarterback for Georgia alongside teammate Kirby Smart from 1994-1997. Bobo coached UGA quarterbacks starting in 2001 under former head coach Mark Richt before taking over as offensive coordinator for the Bulldogs from 2007-2014.

In 2015, Bobo took the head coaching position at Colorado State where he spent five seasons before moving on to South Carolina in 2020 as quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator.

Bobo spent the 2021 season at Auburn as offensive coordinator and took an offensive analyst role with Georgia in the spring of last year.

Bobo’s son, Drew, is a a freshman offensive lineman for the Bulldog

Here’s a look at the Bulldogs offensive staff following the recent moves:

 

 

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Here’s a list of the coaches and a few key off-the-field personnel as well.

UGA coaching staff

Head coach: Kirby Smart

Defensive coordinator and OLB coach: Dan Lanning

Offensive coordinator and QBs coach: Todd Monken

Special teams coordinator: Scott Cochran

Pass game coordinator and WR coach: Cortez Hankton

TE coach: Todd Hartley

Associate head coach and OL coach: Matt Luke

Run game coordinator and RB coach: Dell McGee

Co-defensive coordinator and ILB coach: Glenn Schumann

DL coach: Tray Scott

DB coach: Charlton Warren

Director of strength and conditioning: Scott Sinclair

Director of football performance nutrition: Collier Perno

Director of football operations: Josh Lee

Director of player development: Jonas Jennings

Director of recruiting administration: Christina Harris

Director of player wellness: Bryant Gantt

Director of football management: Jay Chapman

Special assistant to the head coach: Mike Cavan

Report: Georgia football adds two new coaches to support staff

Georgia football has reportedly added two new coaches to its support staff.

According to Jake Rowe of Dawgs247, Georgia has added two new defensive coaches to its support staff.

Rod Ojong has been hired as a defensive quality control assistant after spending 2019 as the cornerbacks coach for Furman.

Additionally, Kirby Smart has brought in Laiu Moeakiola as a defensive graduate assistant.

Before coaching cornerbacks at Furman in 2019, Ojong had the same role at Austin Peay in 2018, the year the Governors came to Athens for the season opener.

Prior to Austin Peay, Ojong was graduate assistant at North Carolina for two years (2016, 2017), where he overlapped with current UGA defensive line coach Tray Scott, who held the same position in Chapel Hill before coming to Athens.

Ojong’s coaching career is as follows:

2019 – Furman (Cornerbacks)
2018 – Austin Peay (Cornerbacks)
2016-17 – North Carolina (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
2015 – Memphis (Defensive Graduate Assistant)
2014 – West Georgia (Strong Safeties)
2013 – Lindsey Wilson College (Outside Linebackers/Asst. Strength & Conditioning)
2012 – Monmouth (Student Assistant Linebackers Coach)

As for Moeakiola, he comes to Athens after working as a defensive graduate assistant at TCU for that past few seasons. The former linebacker played his college football at Arizona State from 2012-16, where he was coached by now Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning.

At Arizona State, Moeakiola compiled 203 total tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss, and seven sacks during his five-year Sun Devil career.

Salary released for new Georgia football OC Todd Monken

Salary info has been reported for new Georgia football OC Todd Monken,.

New Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken was recently hired by Kirby Smart to bring the Bulldogs’ passing game up to speed with the rest of college football.

Monken, who previously coached as the offensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns and Tampa Bay Bucs, will take over for James Coley calling plays.

Per contract information obtained by DawgNation, we now know Monken’s salary at Georgia.

Monken will be earning $1.1 million as Georgia’s offensive coordinator in 2020.

According to the College Football Assistant Coach Salaries database at USA TODAY, that figure will make Monken a top-15 paid assistant in college football. There are only two offensive coordinators who earn more than Monken – Steve Sarkisian at Alabama ($1.55m) and Jim Chaney at Tennessee ($1.5m).

Coley, who remains on staff at the moment, earned $950,000 last season as offensive coordinator of the Bulldogs.

As reported by 247Sports, new UGA quality control analyst Buster Faulkner will earn a $150,000 salary.