2022 Post-Season Guide
coaching staff
Todd Monken Offensive Coordinator -Quarterbacks NFL and college veteran coach Todd Monken was named Offensive Coordinator at Georgia on January 17, 2020. In Monken’s third season directing the Bulldog offense, Georgia has led the country in Red Zone success and also ranked among the national leaders in Scoring Offense. Monken has been named one of four finalists for the 2022 Broyles Award as the nation’s top assistant coach. In just his second season, Monken was part of a 2021 staff led the Bulldogs to the College Football Playoff National Championship with 33-18 win over Alabama in the title game. He was also part of a staff that set 21 school single-season team records, including wins, Games Played, and offensive marks for Points Scored, TD’s, Total Yards, TD Passes, and First Downs. QB Stetson Bennett set school marks for Passing Efficiency Rating, and Average Gain Per Play. He was named Most Valuable Offensive Player in both CFP games. In his first season with the Bulldogs, Monken successfully navigated a number of challenges at the quarterback position. Between opt-outs and injuries, the Bulldogs started three different signal-callers for the first time in 15 years. Despite the challenges, Georgia earned its fourth straight top-10 finish in the final CFP rankings and fourth straight New Year’s Six Bowl game. Monken, a native of Wheaton, Ill., came to Georgia after serving as offensive coordinator with the Cleveland Browns in 2019. He had also held the offensive coordinator position with the Tampa Bay Bucs for three seasons (2016-18) and head coaching position at Southern Miss for three years (2013-15). He also coached the wide receivers his first two seasons in Tampa Bay. Before turning to the NFL, Monken spent most of 25 seasons in the college ranks, including two separate stints at Oklahoma State and stops at Eastern Michigan, Louisiana Tech and LSU, ending with a 3-year tenure as head coach at Southern Miss. In 2013, Monken took over a program at Southern Miss that had finished 0-12 the previous season. By the end of his third campaign, USM posted a 9-5 record in 2015, winning the Conference USA West division and earning an appearance in the Heart of Dallas Bowl. Monken was a three-year letterman at quarterback for Knox College, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in economics in 1989. He earned a master’s degree in education leadership from Grand Valley State in 1991. Monken is a member of the Knox College Athletic Hall of Fame. He and his wife, Terri, have one son, Travis.
Glenn Schumann Fain & Billy Slaughter Co-Defensive Coordinator — Inside Linebackers Glenn Schumann was named Co-Defensive Coordinator & Inside Linebackers coach at Georgia in February of 2019 after three seasons in charge of the Bulldogs’ inside linebackers. He came to UGA after eight seasons at the University of Alabama, his last two serving as the Director of Player Development and Associate Director of Player Personnel. Despite many changes in player and staff personnel from last season, Georgia has continued to set the standard in college football for defense. Schumann has played a central role in keeping the level of performance high. The Bulldogs have led the nation in Scoring Defense and ranked among the national leaders in Total Defense throughout the 2022 campaign. Schumann was part of a 2021 staff that led the Bulldogs to the College Football Playoff National Championship with 33-18 win over Alabama in the title game. Georgia set 21 school single-season team records, including Wins
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and Games Played, as well as defensive marks for Fewest Points Allowed, Fewest Average Points Allowed and Interception TD’s. Georgia also finished first nationally in Red Zone Defense, second nationally in Rushing Defense and Passing Efficiency Defense. The Bulldog defense surrendered only three rushing and 10 passing TD’s all year. During Schumann’s tenure in Athens, in addition to the 2021 season, Georgia won 11 or more games in three straight seasons for the first time in program history (2017-19). The Bulldogs have also won five SEC Eastern Division titles (2017-19, 2021-22), earned five consecutive New Year’s Six Bowl berths, won the 2022 CFP crown and played for the 2018 CFP title. Schumann’s star pupils at Georgia have included a pair of Butkus Award winners -- Roquan Smith in 2017 and Nakobe Dean in 2021 -- and two other finalists: Monty Rice in 2020 and Jamon Dumas-Johnson in 2022. Smith (2018), Dean, Quay Walker and Channing Tindall (2022), along with Monty Rice (2021) and Tae Crowder (2020), were all taken in the NFL Draft. Smith was the eighth overall draft pick in 2018 while Walker was the 22nd overall selection in the 2022 draft. Schumann spent eight years with the Crimson Tide, first as an undergraduate analyst (2008-Dec. 2011) and then as a graduate assistant (Dec. 2011-Feb. 2014). In February, 2014, he was named Director of Player Development and Associate Director of Player Personnel serving in those positions until December, 2015. Born in Valdosta, Ga., Schumann graduated from McKinney Boyd High School in McKinney, Texas, where he lettered in both football and basketball. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Alabama in December, 2011, and a masters in sports management from UA in December, 2013. He and his wife Lauren have a son, Bryson Eric Schumann, born in September of 2019, and a daughter, Whitley Maryann Schumann, born in May of 2021.
Will Muschamp Co-Defensive Coordinator
Former Georgia defensive back Will Muschamp joined Kirby Smart’s staff in January, 2021, as a senior analyst with the defense. He assumed an on-field role early in the 2021 season working with special teams, in addition to the defensive backfield, and was named Co-Defensive Coordinator in December, 2021. The Rome, Ga., native had come full circle since he played safety at UGA from 1991-94. Along the way, Muschamp held coaching positions at all levels of college and professional football including head coaching posts at Florida and South Carolina. In all, Muschamp has coached 38 defensive backs that have been taken in the NFL Draft -- 21 in the first three rounds -- including eight first-round selections, most recently Lewis Cine in 2022. He got his start as a graduate assistant at Auburn in 1995-96 before taking defensive coaching positions at West Georgia (1998)) and Eastern Kentucky (1999). He moved to Divison I in 2001 as a linebacker coach on Nick Saban’s staff at LSU before being promoted to defensive coordinator from 2002-04. The Tigers won the BCS National Championship in 2003. He followed Saban to the Miami Dolphins as assistant head coach in 2005., In 2006 he was named defensive coordinator at Auburn, where he served until 2007. He was defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at Texas from 2008-2010 before being named head coach at Florida in 2011. In 2015, Muschamp moved to Auburn as defensive coordinator, and in 2016 was named head coach at South Carolina, where he served through the 2020 season. As a player at UGA, Muschamp was elected the defensive team captain as a senior in 1994 after his starting role as a strong safety. During his career, he played in 44 games and recorded 156 tackles and three interceptions. During his senior season he was teammates with both UGA head coach Kirby Smart and current UGA analyst Mike Bobo. Muschamp and his wife Carol have two sons, Jackson and Whit.
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