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Scott Cochran leaves Georgia support staff

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Georgia wide receiver Ladd McConkey (84), Georgia special teams coordinator Scott Cochran before Georgia’s game against Florida State in the 90th Capital One Orange Bowl at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., on Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

Georgia has a spot to fill on its off-field coaching staff. DawgsHQ has confirmed that Scott Cochran is no longer with the UGA program. The news was first reported by UGASports.com and the school how now stated that Cochran resigned to pursue other opportunies.

Cochran has been with the Georgia program since the 2020 season. He was the Bulldogs’ special teams coach for the 2020 season but left the program temporarily prior to the 2021 season to deal with some personal issues. Will Muschamp, who was hired as a senior analyst at Georgia after the 2020 season, stepped into Cochran’s on-field coaching role and helped out with both special teams and the UGA defense as the Bulldogs went on a National Championship run.

Since returning to the team in an off-field role after that season, Cochran has been open on social media about his sobriety and battle with addiction.

The 2022 and 2023 seasons saw Cochran work at Georgia as a support staffer who helped out with special teams and in player development. Bulldog specialists, in on-the-record interviews, have credited Cochran for aiding in their development over the past two seasons.

Prior to his time at Georgia, Cochran spent 13 years at Alabama as the strength and conditioning coordinator. He was Nick Saban’s initial hire to run the strength program and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart was on staff at Alabama for the first nine years of that run. Cochran helped the Crimson Tide win five National Championships during that time and he was the subject of numerous feature articles and video reports, including an exposè by 60 Minutes in 2013. That piece explored Cochran’s motivational and training methods as a key cog in the Alabama machine.

Cochran was a strength and conditioning coordinator for the New Orleans Hornets prior to joining the Alabama staff. He spent three years in the Big Easy. It was the stop prior to his time in the NBA that Cochran first worked with Saban. He was an assistant strength and conditioning coordinator at LSU under the legendary head coach in 2003 and 2004, helping the Tigers earn College Football’s biggest prize in 2003. Cochran was also at LSU as a graduate assistant in 2001 and 2002.

In total, Cochran has helped three different SEC schools, LSU, Alabama, and Georgia, win eight total National Championships.

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