Georgia adds John Lilly, Phil Rauscher to offensive support staff
Georgia has officially announced the hiring of a pair of support staffers. Former Bulldog tight ends coach John Lilly is back after leaving the program at the end of the 2015 season when Mark Richt was fired. UGA has also brought on veteran NFL offensive line coach/assistant Phil Rauscher. The titles were announced as “offensive assistants.”
DawgsHQ has learned that Lilly has actually been around the program for the past week, confirming that something is in the works, if not finalized. We do not yet have specifics on what his role might be.
Lilly was Georgia’s tight ends coach from 2008 through 2015, when Mark Richt was fired. There, he worked with Mike Bobo, Georgia’s current offensive coordinator; Todd Hartley, the Bulldogs’ tight end coach; and Stacy Searels, offensive line coach. He also served as the Bulldogs’ interim offensive coordinator for the Bulldogs’ bowl games after the 2014 and 2015 seasons. He called plays for UGA’s 37-14 win over Louisville and then in its 24-17 win over Penn State in the TaxSlayer Bowl.
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Since leaving Georgia, Lilly has served as the tight ends coach with the Los Angeles Rams and the Cleveland Browns where he worked with ex-Georgia offensive coordinator Todd Monken for one season. He has also held posts at Notre Dame, North Carolina, and Tennessee. He left North Carolina in February of 2023 to become the tight ends’ coach for the Carolina Panthers, where he spent one season.
Rauscher, a 39-year old coach from Carlsbad, Calif., has spent the past 16 seasons in the NFL. He served as the offensive line assistant for Denver, Washington, and Minnesota. He also worked as the offensive line coach at Washington, Minnesota, and Jacksonville, where he has been for the past three seasons. He was the Jaguars’ run-game coordinator in 2024.
