Tech hires Speed to fill coaching staff — updated at 1:10
Georgia Tech filled out its football coaching staff with the hiring on Joe Speed today. He will coach inside linebackers.
Speed has spent the past four seasons at Navy, where he coached the secondary. Overall, Speed has spent eight seasons as a coach in Annapolis, which was broken up by a two-year stint as football coach and athletics director at the Naval Prep Academy in Newport, R.I. Speed graduated from Annapolis in 1996, and joined the Marines as a commissioned Second Lieutenant. Speed played safety at Navy for four seasons, with 260 tackles and five interceptions.
The linebackers job opened when Brian Jean-Mary accepted a position at Louisville.
“Joe worked six years with me at Navy and I saw first-hand what a good football coach he is,” Tech coach Paul Johnson said in a statement. “He will do a great job for us, on the field and off, and he will be a great representative of Georgia Tech.”
Speed joins defensive coordinator Al Groh, defensive line coach Andy McCollum and A-backs coach Lamar Owens as new assistant coaches on the staff of the defending ACC champs.
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Defending ACC Champions
February 13th, 2010
7:55 pm
Dan,
Go back to Shreveport and watch a sorry 6-7 bowl team, you punk!
Joey Ramone
February 13th, 2010
7:57 pm
cb….Unlike at Tech where they major in drug distribution in their oh so tough remedial IM classes, eh? At least UGA wins the bowl games they are in bowl games. Tech goes to one bowl in ten years and gets smacked to the ground. P I T I F U L!
TO=2bowls10offensivepts
February 13th, 2010
8:00 pm
Hey cb tell us a little about that annual GT choke fest. 1-2 out of the last 3. How many total yards did you say clueless Johnson’s O had against Iowa? For that matter how many did the clueless one get against Willie Martinez? GT is nothing but an ACC wonder and an out of conference blunder. Congrats on being the tallest midget this year. My condolences on losing the State Championship against that 5 loss UGA team.
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:03 pm
Hey Dan…Now I’m really laughing….how is that unemployment line looking for you? Tell your parents I can’t make it for dinner this time but save a seat for me next weekend. Must be tough to live on your parents allowance….You and Suzy should make a love connection. You’re both about as smart as a football bat. Two peas in a pod and selling insurance for State Farm….Maybe it would help you get out of your parent’s basement too.
TO=2bowls10offensivepts
February 13th, 2010
8:04 pm
Defending ACC Champions…LMAO! Glad that makes you feel all warm and fuzzy. 30-24…24-14. How did those last 2 out of conference games work out for you ACC midgets.
UGA: The Real Defending ACC Champions
February 13th, 2010
8:04 pm
Defending ACC Champions: Whoa dude! I think we all know who the real defending ACC Champions are? Come on now…..
AgentOrange
February 13th, 2010
8:10 pm
Seriously. Until GT can avoid getting the field mopped up with their butts at the end of every season they haven’t accomplished squat. The ACC has gotten so bad that it might be a good idea to pull their automatic BCS tie in. Spare the conference the embarrassment of another BCS bowl beatdown. What are they now? 2-10.
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:11 pm
Hey GT=Future Best Buy/Geek Squad Employee – If you have room for a Senior VP who is currently running a large division of a billion dollar corporation….let me know. Otherwise, my sick corner office overlooking the ocean here in Florida seems like a better gig….
You should talk to your retarded tranny Dan….he needs a job and was probably let go from Circuit City late last year. Probably not smart enough to be on the geek squad. Suzy L. may be a tad smarter but she is probably married to a UGA guy which dumbs her down a few notches….
THWG….
AgentOrange
February 13th, 2010
8:12 pm
GTOldSchoo21, like the one your boyfriend connects to you every day?
FTD
February 13th, 2010
8:15 pm
You sure are bad GTOldSchool21. Don’t let your mommy catch you wearing her panties.
shereveport sissys
February 13th, 2010
8:19 pm
Kentucky beats UGA at home and all the rednecks leave in the 3rd quarter.
Then ACC runner-up Clemson stomps Kentucky.
………then UGA BRAGS ABOUT THE WEED-EATER BOWL
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:20 pm
Now AgentOrange….what would prompt you to make a dumb comment like that? Are you gay? My guess is that the only reason why you could make a gay comment is b/c you are gay. Please confirm. Your earlier message referred to butts. So I think the answer is clear. Nothing wrong with being gay…just don’t try to raise a child in this world….we have too many problems without gay couples thinking they can undo what God created for this world. But if you need to be gay I won’t tell anyone….
Sam
February 13th, 2010
8:21 pm
GTOldSchool21 you’re classic. LMAO! Any guy with an imagination keen enough to turn a bucket, toilet brush, and commode into a vice presidency and corner office is all right with me. It’s ok to dream big GTOldSchool21. You might make head janitor one day.
TCW
February 13th, 2010
8:22 pm
You’re dumber than a box of rocks GTOldSchool21. How old are you? 10?
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:22 pm
FTD. I think you meant my beautiful wife. I know you have no concept of marriage but one day you might find someone. I would tell you to talk to AgentOrange but he is gay. Dan on the other hand appears to be available but unemployed. Since you’re hanging out on the GT blog, I will assume you are looking for people that are employed right now. THWG.
Bo
February 13th, 2010
8:22 pm
I’m happy to see that it took an hour and a half for a GA fan to run their mouth. Try for 2hrs next time.
GT=Future Best Buy/Geek Squad Employee
February 13th, 2010
8:25 pm
GTOldSchool21: So what Sci Fi character costume does your Mom make you for Dragon*Con?
Dude! Everyone knows YOU are the GDOT stop light “engineer” who placed all those stupid red lights on the entrance ramps of 285. Damn you!!!
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:26 pm
Hey Sam…glad you liked the humor. It started with Dan’s earlier posts. You should thank him. Nothing to do with a janitor…but nice try. Keep at it.
TCW…6 calculus courses, a board certified engineer, and dumb just don’t seem to flow together and 5 letters too boot at Tech. But nice try…I only have a few more minutes on this blog tonight. I gotta put my little jackets to bed….
TCW
February 13th, 2010
8:26 pm
You are classic. Keep talking. You become a bigger poser every time you open that middle schooler mouth. But keep the dream alive moron.
shereveport sissys
February 13th, 2010
8:27 pm
8-5 is not acceptable in any conference.
TCW
February 13th, 2010
8:30 pm
In other words your 8:26 is code for you’re up past your bedtime and your mommy is about to boot your little hiney into next year if you don’t step to it.
You’re a blast GTOldSchool21. Funny as hell. Thanks for making my day with your comedy routine.
Steve
February 13th, 2010
8:30 pm
Dan- its tough when your wife, kids, and boss don’t respect you and you have to resort to being tough guy on a blog- let me know how that turns out long term for you.
Sic' 'em
February 13th, 2010
8:32 pm
Well Bo, it takes 2 minutes for a GT fan to run their mouth on the UGA blogs, and have been running their holes for two years now. What’s your point?
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:32 pm
GT=Future Best Buy/Geek Squad Employee – its funny you keep bringing up geeky things. I’m not saying anything but sometimes where there is smoke there is fire….I can’t take responsibility for anything to do with GDOT except for working closely with Wayne Shackelford earlier in my career. May he RIP. I did ace a transportation engineering course or two back in the day but designing roads were boring. The red lights btw are to control traffic so the road ahead has a monitored flow and volume. You seem bright enough or at least geeky enough to understand that flow in = flow out. If you want to get to your final destination on 285, there are only so many cars that can get on the road at once.
Tommy Waters
February 13th, 2010
8:34 pm
GTOldSchool21 are you Lewis, Booger, Gilbert, or better yet Jethro Bodine?
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:35 pm
TCW…No…9pm is bedtime for my two kids. Why would I lie? If you want me to make something up, let me know. But it’s a fact that Dan is gay.
Stan Rome
February 13th, 2010
8:37 pm
30-24 GT fans. It’s real obvious it still hurts really really bad.
TCW
February 13th, 2010
8:40 pm
Because you’ve been telling tall tales all night GTOldSchool21. But keep it up. You are actually quite funny for someone suffering from all those delusions of grandeur. I bet you have em rolling in the floor on that short bus you take to school every day.
GT=Future Best Buy/Geek Squad Employee
February 13th, 2010
8:42 pm
GTOldSchool21: Nice…..fair enough : )
I wish football season would hurry up so we would not have to bang our heads with these stupid blogs, eh? Good night…..
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:43 pm
Tommy Waiters – Can you elaborate?
Stan Rome – Not really. Tech overachieved last year. UGA underachieved. You guys beat us good at the end of the year. That’s reality. I think the sun rose again that next morning. Both teams played in December. UGA in a mid December bowl game and Tech in a small conference championship game.
GTOldSchool21
February 13th, 2010
8:45 pm
TCW…comedy is obviously not your day job but keep trying….
TCW
February 13th, 2010
8:45 pm
LMAO…ROFL…your 8:32 is the best yet. I bet you’re packing right now to head for Washington to bail your best buddy the prez out of his latest mess.
Thank you thank you thank you GTOldSchool21. I needed a good laugh but I have to go before you kill me. I’ve damn near died twice reading your fairy tales. Again thanks. And when you see Barry tell him and your buddies Rahm and Axelrod to keep hope alive.
GT=Future Best Buy/Geek Squad Employee
February 13th, 2010
9:28 pm
GTOldSchool21; Uh- oh….looks like your last comment got the yank. Whoops! I guess the PC police are on the prowl?
GTGamer
February 13th, 2010
9:38 pm
Anyone up for some World of Warcraft online? I’m an unemployed CS major looking for FUN on a Saturday night! I just finished watching the LOTR trilogy, now it’s time for some World of Warcraft with my best buds!!!
GT=Future Best Buy/Geek Squad Employee
February 13th, 2010
9:40 pm
If you are in a pinch, Harry Potter is on ABC….
Atlanta Jacket
February 13th, 2010
9:50 pm
Suzy is Dan in drag or Dan is Suzy in Butch?
GTGamer
February 13th, 2010
9:56 pm
Atlanta Jacket…
Are you up for some World of Warcraft? It’s cool if you’re busy watching Harry Potter on ABC. I understand. I’ve got it on in the background right now while I play WOW online.
Atlanta Jacket
February 13th, 2010
10:19 pm
GTGamer – I was watching CPH lose another one. I am sure you are just getting off your shift from Burger King.
Jacketbacker
February 13th, 2010
10:19 pm
welcome joe speed!!!…gotta love the name!
Goooo Jackets!!!!
GTGamer
February 13th, 2010
10:21 pm
Atlanta Jacket – I’m an unemployed CS major from GT. I mentioned that before. Do you work at Burger King? Can you give me a job? Pretty sure I could work a drive-thru for you at BK.
Steve
February 13th, 2010
10:33 pm
GTGamer- you on your seventh PBR heading for a shot of jack? Always remember the more you drink those relatives in bar will be looking fine-
GTGamer
February 13th, 2010
10:38 pm
Steve – Good plan. There are no chicks at GT so you might as well shoot for one of your female relatives. Good luck, my friend! Let us know how you do.
.
February 13th, 2010
10:43 pm
Go for it Steve…..
UGA owns you tasty bees..
February 13th, 2010
10:46 pm
Are all tech fans/students/graduates high and delusional, wannabe-terrorists, or egocentric maniacs nicknamed “Cliff”? Mostly, i’ll be covering the majority.. Those of you who seriously think you are/were/or ever will be a “better football program” than UGA, you need to have psychiatric exams, or drug tests. Your program will always be second to UGA barring a catastrophic event involving Athens Ga, the campus, or the team/players. Why do think our stadium holds twice as many fans as yours? Before you answer, remember all of those empty seats, and loose gimmicks in an attempt to fill them. Why do you think we consistently rank top twenty in recruiting, and mid thirties is the best you’ve had in an entire class? Every talented young man who is serious about the sport of football, growing up in the state of Georgia, and who wants to have a legitimate career in the NFL only thinks of one hometown college in this state. Your team is full of Brooking/Reggie ball ‘esqe players who fight harder for one game at the end of November every year, only to have a realistic one out of ten chance to win. If you wanna go back further than ten years, go the whole way. Almost a full two wins to every one of yours. Quit coming onto our blogs, like St. Simons, and that duece Goldtimer, and running your mouths to older , much bigger and stronger, brother UGA. What would any normal big brother do to the smaller brother who runs his mouth? Smack him in it. That’s what you’re feeling every November. You win one by three points, and you parade around showing your short, shriveled, and crooked stingers, and expect big brother to put up with it? THATS why our worst in ten beat your best in almost twenty. Remember the 2008 rings? The hedges? THATS why we planted our flag in the middle of that high school field Bobby-Dodd after we straightened out all of that mouth running from such an inferior opponent. Our victory over you may have been the icing on the cake of realizing we need to run the ball at the end of the season, but it didn’t “make” our season. You know why, Tasty Bees? Because we are SUPPOSED TO BEAT YOU. You may as well count as our yearly donation to a div. 1AA team. We own you. AND you know it. YOU MAY ARGUE, BUT YOU KNOW IT.
UGA owns you tasty bees..
February 13th, 2010
10:53 pm
Didn’t mean to shut down your little speedo conversation, back to your irrelevent meanderings about ACC high school championships. I won’t bite anymore.
WOOF
GTGamer
February 13th, 2010
11:07 pm
UGA owns you tasty bees.. – Bro, you want to jump online and play some World of Warcraft with me? I’ve got a bunch of fellow GT folks on there playing with me right now. It’s been a FUN Saturday night! LOTR trilogy and WOW with Harry Potter on ABC in background. Phenomenal night!!! Absolutely phenomenal night so far!!!
Atlanta Jacket
February 13th, 2010
11:20 pm
UGA owns you tasty bees – you are more stupid then your name. Did you not just see the Super Bowl last Sunday? 3 former GT players played in the game. Ugag is a football factory – you use them, abuse them and throw them away – you can have it. I will take winning with integrity over the crap that goes on in Athens. How many of your players will get arrested this off season?
Atlanta Jacket
February 13th, 2010
11:27 pm
Don’t you dare bring up GT’s misdeeds over the past several years: the academic scandal, international drug kingpin Reuben Houston’s arrest, intentionally chop blocking opposing defensive players etc. because I don’t want to hear it.
Stan
February 13th, 2010
11:32 pm
UGA owns- are you a dance or animal husbandry major? whatever it is you got a lot of time and pent up anger and insecurity- nice diatribe
Atlanta Jacket
February 13th, 2010
11:33 pm
Speaking of GT’s academic scandal, don’t you dare suggest George O’Leary had any knowledge of it. That man has more integrity than any person ever associated with GT. Sure, he lied on his resume at Notre Dame. Sure, his UCF program is now on probation, but O’Leary had absolutely no knowledge of any of the wrongdoing. That, I can guarantee you.