Georgia going after pair of NFL coaches to join support staff, including familiar name
Georgia is going after a pair of NFL coaches to its offensive support staff and one who is quite familiar to Bulldog fans. Former Jacksonville Jaguars offensive line coach Phil Rauscher is being considered for a support position along with former Georgia tight ends coach John Lilly. Matt Zenitz of CBSSports was the first to report.
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 both MIke Bobo, Georgia’s current offensive coordinator, Todd Hartley, the Bulldogs’ tight end’s 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 then in its 24-17 win over Penn State in the TaxSlayer Bowl.
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.
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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 Denver, Washington, and Minnesota. He also worked as the offensive line coach at Washington, Minnesota, and Jacksonville, where he has been the past three seasons. He was the Jaguars run-game coordinator in 2024.
According to DawgsHQ’s sources, neither coach has yet been hired in an official capacity. There does, however, appear to be a great deal of mutual interest with both coaches.
