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Georgia hires Ty Hatcher, son of Kirby Smart mentor, to support staff

On3 imageby:Jake Rowe•02/20/25•

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After spending the past three seasons at some of the top programs in America, Ty Hatcher is joining the Georgia coaching staff. Hatcher, the son of Kirby Smart’s first boss as an assistant college football coach, Chris Hatcher, is now an offensive analyst/quality control coach for the Bulldogs. John Brice of FootballScoop was the first to report.

Hatcher spent last season at Oklahoma where he worked with quarterbacks. He was at Texas A&M in 2023 where he worked under Bobby Petrino. Prior to that he worked under Bill O’Brien when he was the offensive coordinator at Alabama in 2021.

Hatcher’s father was the head coach at Valdosta State in 2000 and Will Muschamp was the defensive coordinator. Smart’s first job came that year when he was hired on as the defensive backs coach. Smart was promoted to defensive coordinator the next season.

The 24-year-old coach joins a Georgia staff that remains unchanged since the end of the 2024 season. Mike Bobo comes back for his third season as offensive coordinator along with four other coaches on that side of the ball.

A pair of Georgia support staffers worked with quarterbacks last year. Montgomery Van Gorder did the most hands-on work with the group while Brandon Streeter conducted meetings and film studies with the players and also worked with tight ends. Other notable coaches who’ve worked at Georgia in a similar role includes Buster Faulkner, Daryl Dickey, Bobo, and Jesse Stone.

In the past, Smart has explained the role as one that coaches other coaches. It’s a catch all position that often helps coaches handle the behind-the-scenes aspect of the job while compiling information that they can use to game plan and prepare. Those coaches can now also have a hands-on role in practice. The NCAA started allowing support staffers to coach during practice prior to the start of the 2024 football season.

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