Assistant Coaches

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, andAverage 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 and Games Played, as well as defensive marks for Fewest Points Allowed, FewestAverage PointsAllowed 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 CrimsonTide, 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 NFLDraft -- 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.

Assistant Coach — Defensive Backs

Fran Brown, secondary coach at Rutgers in 2020-21, was named Defensive Backs Coach at the University of Georgia on February 22, 2022. A native of Camden, N.J., and graduate of Western Carolina University, he has also held coaching positions at Temple and Baylor. At the time he joined the Bulldogs, Brown had just completed his second season with Rutgers after being the first defensive assistant to join head coach Greg Schiano’s new staff in 2020.

Prior to joining the Rutgers staff, Brown served as Co-Defensive Coordinator/Cornerbacks at Temple during the 2019 season. Brown guided a defensive unit that ranked nationally in red zone defense, sacks, defensive touchdowns, tackles-for-loss and fumbles recovered. Brown recruited or coached five players from the 2019 Owls’ defense that advanced to the NFL, including three draft picks: Harrison Hand, Shaun Bradley, Chapelle Russell, Sam Franklin and Isaiah Wright.

Prior to his time at Temple, Brown coached at Baylor during the 2017 and 2018 seasons, serving as Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs.

Brown originally joined the Temple staff as Director of Internal Operations in 2011. He served as a graduate assistant in 2012 before being named Defensive Backs Coach in 2013. In 2016 he was promoted to Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Backs.

Brown received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Western Carolina University in 2006. He was named a team captain and earned firstteam All-SoCon selection at cornerback for the Catamounts. Brown and his wife, Teara, have two sons, Fran, Jr., and Brayden, and a daughter, Ivy Ann.

Todd Hartley

Assistant Coach — Tight Ends

Todd Hartley, a University of Georgia graduate who has also been a full-time staff member with the Bulldog football program, was named tight ends coach on January 14, 2019.

Since coming to UGA, Hartley has helped to create quite a pipeline for tight ends to the NFL. Players under his tutelage have now been drafted in three straight years: Charlie Woerner in 2020, Tré McKitty in 2021 and John FitzPatrick in 2022. That streak stands an excellent chance to continue in the near future, with Darnell Washington and Brock Bowers as his star pupils. Bowers, in fact, was named 2022 winner of the Mackey Award as the nation’s top tight end. A native of Gray, Ga., Hartley served as the University of Miami’s Special Teams Coordinator and Tight Ends Coach from 2016-18, under head coach Mark Richt.

Hartley arrived in Miami after serving as Georgia’s Director of Player Personnel in 2015. Before his return to Georgia, He spent four years at Marshall serving in a variety of roles, including tight ends and safeties coach and recruiting coordinator from 2011-14.

Hartley originally joined the Georgia program as a student assistant at the end of the 2005 season. He worked with the offense and special teams until the spring of 2008 while he was an undergraduate.

Georgia tallied three bowl victories during Hartley’s years working with the Bulldogs, including a 41-10 win over No. 10 Hawai’i in the 2008 Sugar Bowl. He was instrumental in preparation of the Georgia defense for the 2009 Independence Bowl, when only one full-time defensive assistant was on staff. The Bulldogs routed Texas A&M 44-20 that night in Shreveport.

Hartley graduated from Georgia with a degree in health and physical education in May, 2008. He and his wife Jessica have four children: Tucker, Teagan, Tenley and Tatum.

Pass Game Coordinator — Wide Receivers

Four-year University of Georgia letterman and coach Bryan McClendon was named passing game coordinator and wide receivers coach in February of 2022. McClendon served as a graduate assistant at UGA in 2007-08 and was named to the full-time staff as running backs coach in 2009, a position he held until 2015. McClendon was named interim head coach at UGA at the end of the 2015 season and led the Bulldogs to a 24-17 victory over Penn State in the TaxSlayer Bowl.

Since that time McClendon has held assistant coaching positions at South Carolina (2016-19) and Oregon (2020-21). He had accepted the post of co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Miami in January of 2022 but left when his alma mater offered him his current position.

At UGA, he coached a number of elite running backs during his tenure, including Isaiah Crowell, Todd Gurley and Keith Marshall, as well as Nick Chubb and Sony Michel. Additionally, McClendon was named National Recruiter of the Year by 247Sports in 2014.

McClendon lettered as a wide receiver at Georgia in 2002-05. During that time, the Bulldogs won three SEC Eastern Division titles, two SEC championships and played in four bowl games (2003 Nokia Sugar, ‘04 Capital One, ‘05 Outback, ‘06 Nokia Sugar), winning three of them.

He graduated in December 2005 with a degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies. He is the son of former Georgia tailback Willie McClendon, 1978 SEC Player of the Year and running back for the Chicago Bears.

McClendon is married to the former Amber Arnold of Atlanta. They have three children, Bryan (born 1/10/07), Brooke (born 12/18/11) and Brayden (born 9/18/17).

Dell McGee

Run Game Coordinator — Running Backs

Dell McGee was named Run Game Coordinator and Running Backs coach in 2019 after serving three years as running backs coach and one (2018) as assistant head coach. In his seven seasons at UGA, McGee has coached four 1,000-yard rushers: Nick Chubb in 2016-17; Sony Michel in 2017; D’Andre Swift in 2018-19; and Elijah Holyfield in 2018. Chubb and Michel finished their careers as the Nos. 2 and 3 rushers in UGA history, amassing over 8,400 combined yards and 87 touchdowns. Chubb, Michel, Swift, as well as recent alums James Cook and Zamir White, were all taken in the first four rounds of the NFL Draft. Additionally, Rivals.com named McGee the 2018 National Recruiter of the Year after the Bulldogs signed the consensus No. 1-rated recruiting class.

Just 10 days before he came to UGA in 2016, McGee led Georgia Southern to victory in its first-ever bowl game (GoDaddy Bowl) as interim head coach.

McGee served as running backs coach at GSU in 2014-15. Prior to joining the Georgia Southern staff, McGee served one season at Auburn, his alma mater, where he worked as an analyst in 2013 when the Tigers reached the BCS Championship Game. From 2005-12, McGee developed Carver-Columbus High School into a perennial powerhouse as the Tigers rattled off seven straight seasons with 10 or more wins.

McGee was a two-year starter and four-year letterwinner at Auburn from 1992-95, helping preserve the Tigers’ undefeated 1993 season with a critical interception against Alabama.

McGee lettered in football and track at Kendrick High School in Columbus, Ga. He and his wife Linda have a son, Austin.

Assistant Coach — Defensive Line

Tray Scott begins his sixth season on the Georgia staff as defensive line coach. He was named UGA assistant coach on February 10, 2017 after serving two years in a similar position at the North Carolina. Scott was briefly hired as the defensive line coach at Ole Miss in January, 2017, before accepting the Georgia job.

During his tenure at UGA, the Bulldogs have won the 2021 national championship, won 11 or more games four straight seasons (2017-19), won five SEC Eastern Division titles (2017-19, ‘21-’22), and earned six consecutive appearances in a New Year’s Six Bowl game. The 2017 ‘Dogs also played in the CFP national championship game.

In 2021 alone, Georgia defensive linemen reaped a bounty of honors. Jordan Davis won the Outland Trophy and Bednarik Award, as well as firstteam All-America honors. Devonte Wyatt earned second-team All-America honors, and both Wyatt and sophomore Jalen Carter were named second-team All-SEC.

In April of 2022, Scott’s group made history when three of his charges -- Travon Walker, Davis and Wyatt -- were all taken in the first round of the NFLDraft. Walker was the first overall selection by the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Prior to moving to North Carolina, Scott served two years (2013-14) as defensive line coach at UT Martin. He also held positions as defensive line graduate assistant at Ole Miss (2012), assistant coach at Arkansas State (201011). Scott was also a graduate assistant coach at his alma mater, Arkansas Tech, from the fall of 2008 until the spring of 2010.

Scott earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Arkansas Tech in 2008 and his Master’s degree from there in 2010. He is married to the former Sarah Fancher and the couple has two sons, Julian and Torian.

Stacy Searels

Assistant Coach — Offensive Line

Stacy Searels returned to Georgia as offensive line coach in February of 2022 after serving in a similar position at North Carolina for three seasons.

A 30-year veteran of coaching collegiately, Searels has produced a long list of NFL offensive linemen including 14 draft picks.

Before moving to UNC, Searels coached three seasons at Miami and two at Virginia Tech. Prior to his time in Blacksburg, he had his first stint of coaching with Mack Brown at Texas. Searels joined the Longhorns after coaching the offensive line at Georgia for four seasons (2007-10). He added the duties of Run Game Coordinator in 2009. During his time in Athens, Searels coached a number of all-star offensive linemen, including All-America selections Clint Boling and Ben Jones and All-SEC tackles Fernando Velasco and Cordy Glenn.

Searels came to Georgia after serving four years coaching the offensive line at LSU from 2003-06. During that time, the Tigers went 44-8 and won SEC and national titles in 2003. He joined the staff at LSU after a two-year stint as offensive line coach at Cincinnati. Prior to joining Cincinnati, Searels served as an assistant coach at Appalachian State from 1994-2000, helping the I-AA Mountaineers to five playoff appearances and a pair of SoCon titles.

A three-year starter on the offensive line at Auburn, Searels earned firstteam All-America honors as a senior in 1987. He blocked for Heisman Trophy winner Bo Jackson in 1985 and All-America Brent Fullwood in 1986.

A native of Trion, Ga., Searels graduated from Auburn with a degree in marketing and transportation in 1990. He added a master’s degree in higher education administration from Auburn in 1995. Searels is married to the former Patricia Hale, and they have two daughters, Taylor and Savannah.

Assistant Coach — Outside Linebackers

Chidera Uzo-Diribe was named Outside Linebackers Coach on Feb. 6, 2022, after serving briefly as defensive line coach at TCU. Uzo-Diribe, a native of Corona, Calif., came to Athens after serving as defensive line coach with SMU in 2021. He followed head coach Sonny Dykes to TCU after the 2021 season before accepting the position at UGA. SMU was 8-4 in 2021 and defensive lineman Elijah Chatman earned All-American Conference second-team honors. Uzo-Diribe also coached defensive lineman DeVere Levelston who led the conference in sacks. Uzo-Dribe had previously worked two seasons at Kansas (2019 and 2020) where he served as outside linebackers coach. While with the Jayhawks he coached Kyron Johnson who earned All-Big 12 honors. Prior to working with the Jayhawks, Uzo-Diribe spent three seasons (2016-18) as a graduate assistant with the defensive line and outside linebackers at Colorado. He coached outside linebacker Jimmie Gilbert who earned AP All-America third-team honors. In the summer of 2018, he participated in the Bill Walsh NFL Diversity Coaching Fellowship Program with the San Francisco 49ers, a program created to offer minority coaches more opportunities to learn, coupled with great exposure to job opportunities. He was also named to 247Sports’ recent 30-Under-30 list of rising stars in college coaching.

Uzo-Diribe was a four-year letterman at Colorado and finished his career tied for sixth in sacks, tied for 17th in TFLs and second in forced fumbles. In 2013, he ranked second nationally in forced fumbles with five, and was on the final watch list for the Ted HendricksAward for the nation’s top defensive end of the year, while also opening the season on the Bednarik Award Watch List. Uzo-Diribe went on to sign as a free agent with the New Orleans Saints in 2015. Uzo-Diribe was married to his wife, the former Hana Asmamaw, in May of 2021.

Scott Sinclair

Director of Strength & Conditioning

Scott Sinclair was named Director of Strength and Conditioning on January 6, 2016, after serving three years in the same position at Marshall University. Sinclair has played an integral part in Georgia’s rise to prominence in the past seven years, during which the Bulldogs have won the 2021 national championship and played for another in 2017. Georgia has also posted three straight seasons of at least 11 wins, won five SEC East Championships and has played in six New Year’s Six bowl games.

Sinclair joined the Marshall program in January, 2013, working with both football and track and field teams. He came to Marshall after nine years as an associate director of strength and conditioning at Central Florida.

In May 2012, Sinclair was awarded the highest honor in his field when he was certified as a master strength and conditioning coach at the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association’s national conference.

Sinclair served as an assistant strength and conditioning coach for the football program at Georgia Tech from 2001-03. From 1999-2001, he worked as a strength coach in the Wake Forest athletic department.

A native of Rockingham, N.C., he earned his bachelor’s degree in sports medicine from Guilford College in 1999. Sinclair, a member of the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association, received a master’s degree in physical education from UCF in 2006. Sinclair and his wife, Farrah, have a son, Creed, and a daughter, Asher.