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Salary details for new Georgia support staffers John Lilly, Phil Rauscher

On3 imageby:Jake Rowe•03/31/25•

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Jaguars offensive line coach and run game coordinator Phil Rauscher gives his players instructions during the second day of an NFL football training camp practice session Thursday, July 25, 2024 at EverBank StadiumÕs Miller Electric Center in Jacksonville, Fla.

Georgia got what appears to be a bargain when it hired veteran coaches John Lilly and Phil Rauscher to it’s offensive support staff. According to information obtained by DawgsHQ via open records request, each coach will earn $75,000 in their first season with the program.

UGA announced the hiring of those two coaches less than a week ago. Kirby Smart also spoke on it to begin his Tuesday press conference ahead of the Bulldogs seventh spring practice.

“We’re hiring two of our assistants, new assistants on offense,” Smart said six days ago. “Both Phil Rauscher and John Lilly will be helping out Coach Bobo and his staff on the offensive side as well as all of us. They’ll be there to help us.

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.

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.

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