Virginia Tech’s Bud Foster talks with Georgia about DC job
Any college football coach seeking a defensive coordinator probably should put in a call to Bud Foster, Virginia Tech’s esteemed DC. And Georgia’s Mark Richt has.
Foster has been contacted by Georgia about its vacant defensive-coordinator position, the veteran coach confirmed through a spokesman Monday.
“He said he has been contacted,” Virginia Tech associate athletics director Dave Smith said by e-mail, “but that’s it.”
Asked if “that’s it” means talks haven’t progressed beyond initial contact, Smith replied: “That would be my take, but the only other thing [Foster] said was there really isn’t anything else to say.”
Foster has been on Virginia Tech’s staff for 23 seasons, the past 15 as defensive coordinator. He won the 2006 Frank Broyles Award as college football’s top assistant coach. His defenses often have been among the nation’s best.
He has turned down numerous offers to leave Virginia Tech for other coordinator jobs over the years, including an offer from South Carolina’s Steve Spurrier two years ago.
If he’s interested in the Georgia job, Foster should rank high –- very high –- on a list of candidates believed to include Alabama’s Kirby Smart, Kansas State’s Vic Koenning and others.
At Virginia Tech, Foster is making $402,000 this year, according to a recent USA Today survey of coaches’ salaries.
Former Georgia coach Jim Donnan mentioned on his 680 The Fan show today that he was told by Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer that Foster is talking with Georgia. Reached later by the AJC, Donnan said that’s all he knows about it and that he doesn’t want to inject himself into the matter.
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BitDawgBarking
December 14th, 2009
6:01 pm
This is so damn funny. 30-24 wasn’t enough for them. If they get humiliated by Iowa it won’t be enough for them. They’ll still be in here braying like a herd of jackazzes. They’re stupid and just can’t help it.
Dave from GT
December 14th, 2009
6:01 pm
comment 201…. I win the jackpot.
You get a new DC. I think you guys shoule hire the first black woman DC.
How about Mayor Shirley!!??
Dave from GT
December 14th, 2009
6:01 pm
Enter your comments here
Dan A.
December 14th, 2009
6:01 pm
GT Joe – your knowledge of other parts of the country obviously isn’t too good either, but just FYI, Shreveport/Bossier is a big Casino town with some 4-5 star hotels, so, the comments about the Motel 6 and Cracker Barrel are cute, but not really meaningful.
I’ll tell you what IS meaningful. Georgia-Texas A&M is a more interesting match-up than GT-Iowa, which might be the least-viewed Orange Bowl in recent history.
Gratefuldawghead
December 14th, 2009
6:02 pm
How come you can’t find Tech fans filling thier stadium , but they are Obsessed with the DAWG Blogs!
LMAO!
Opinion
December 14th, 2009
6:02 pm
UGA: #9 in revenue, #41 Ranking, #4 in Recruiting, #60 in academic standards
GT: #9 Ranking, #60 in Revenue, #31 in Recruiting, #8 in academic standards
A person with any sense would understand that UGA is supposed to be a better program than Tech, however we still are at this current situation:
GT: 4 National Titles
UGA: 0 National Title
Herschel Walker: 1 National Title
Jona
December 14th, 2009
6:03 pm
30-24 hahahahahahahahahaha
Dave from GT
December 14th, 2009
6:03 pm
Gotta go pick up my 5.99 dominos special, large, xtra cheese, pepperoni, and dawg!
See ya all butsniffers tomorrow.
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2009
6:04 pm
Dave from GT
December 14th, 2009
5:22 pm
Dave – I’m a GT fan and I have to say your comment about GT regularly beating Foster at VT is crazy. VT is 4-2 against GT since they joined the ACC
Opinion
December 14th, 2009
6:04 pm
Again for you UGA fans, you might of been the better team for one day out of the year but for the rest of the year, you need to take a look at this:
#1: Alabama
#9: Georgia Tech
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#41: UGA
and…..wait on it……the Advocare Inventory V100 Shreveport Bowl…..hahahahahaha!!!!
Charlie
December 14th, 2009
6:04 pm
CMR get smart and get Smart.
Peter
December 14th, 2009
6:05 pm
I glad you Georgia guys like to live in the past. It was a TD difference nonetheless. V Tech crushed Alabama 38-7 10 years ago in the Music City Bowl but I can’t count that because it’s a different team. This year Georgia had a garbage team and at this point it would be a step down for Foster.
Dave from GT
December 14th, 2009
6:05 pm
Paul, who cares? I thought you were a GT fan.!
You are looking to far back into the past.
This is the new GT we are talking about! My pizza is getting cold.
BitDawgBarking
December 14th, 2009
6:08 pm
Facts don’t matter to Tech fans Paul. No offense to you, but the facts surrounding the UGA and GT “rivalry” just don’t seem to register on Tech fans. And you guys of all guys should know the numbers don’t lie. And you are numbers guys are you not?
CHAINGANGDAWG
December 14th, 2009
6:09 pm
HEY GT JOE, NEED I REMIND YOU AND THE TECHIES (((((30-24))))) HAAA! HAAA!
BitDawgBarking
December 14th, 2009
6:10 pm
Garbage team 30….GT 24 stinky pete.
BitDawgBarking
December 14th, 2009
6:10 pm
Willie Martinez 30…GT 24
DTC
December 14th, 2009
6:11 pm
To “Opinion” – yours doesn’t matter. To Just a fan – I like it. very thoughtful.
BitDawgBarking
December 14th, 2009
6:11 pm
7-5 team 30…GT 24 The other 7-5 team 38….GT 3
BitDawgBarking
December 14th, 2009
6:12 pm
GT will always be UGA’s bit%h.
1970Dawg
December 14th, 2009
6:12 pm
Fellow Dawgs, let’s ignore these YELLOW jackazz fans who insist that they are now on a major level because they have had 2 good seasons.
Fact is they are not on our level and have a long way to go before they
could be there. Our 8 out of 9 wins over them is all the ammo we need.
They are making a big deal out of our low level bowl during one rebuilding year. We’ll see how they perform next year during their rebuilding year (-Dwyer, Morgan, Thomas, Burnett and seniors). BTW, I
remember GT going to the Emerald Nut Bowl and the “Boise St blue turf” bowl recently. Congrats on one good year with Chan Gailey’s athletes and come on back for more next year.
Fuuf
December 14th, 2009
6:13 pm
OK, CAN WE GET BACK TO THE TOPIC AT HAND?
Techies go to your own blog, ok? Figure out how to fill that stadium up.
Paul in RDU
December 14th, 2009
6:14 pm
Dan A
You were the one who made the comment that VT plays no-one out of conference – the implication that they schedule cup cakes. I was pointing out to you that they regularly schedule tough teams OOC. Yes, UGA scheduled a couple of tough OOC teams this year – what does that have to do with VT’s schedule?
Bobbi Dud
December 14th, 2009
6:14 pm
We need a new DC at Tech but we don’t have the money!
Lee Corso
December 14th, 2009
6:15 pm
He’s been the VT DC for 15 years. Sometimes people just need a new challenge and a change of scenery. VT and Frank Beamer have the chops to go out and get a good replacement. This could be a good move for all parties involved.
VT Fan
December 14th, 2009
6:16 pm
Before you Bull dogs get ahead of yourselves.
“You know, I’m in a win-win situation the way I look at it,” Foster said before the Hokies played in
the Orange Bowl last year. “I work for, I think, the best head coach in college football. I’ve been with Frank (Beamer) for a long time. You know, I get paid well. I’ve got a great contract. I’ve probably got a head coach’s contract as an assistant coach. That’s part of it, too. The grass isn’t always greener on the other side. I’ve had plenty of opportunities to go as a coordinator someplace else. You know, to me family is important. We sell that at Virginia Tech, and I think it’s real.”
a
December 14th, 2009
6:16 pm
would love it. doubt it, but would love it.
my money is on koenning or ellis johnson.
and what about pollack as a high-tier assistant? certainly not a coordinator, but a good coaching presence? it never hurts to have young passion on a staff.
Fuuf
December 14th, 2009
6:18 pm
VT Fan—
Good post. I think it’s more likely Foster stays at VT but remember money talks…and UGA has more to offer than VT.
Dan A.
December 14th, 2009
6:19 pm
a,
Pollack has said repeatedly that he has no interest in coaching.
1970dawg, good call, let’s put an embargo on the nerds, haha. No more communications till next year’s ass kicking!
mgysgtgrits
December 14th, 2009
6:20 pm
Go figue..The high and mighty Bulldawgs, go to an ACC SCHOOL for a Defensive coordinator…wow!
All the crap their fans spewed to Tech for such a week conference…and UGA goes to the Lowly ACC for a coach. Bull Dog fans dont know their ARSE from a hole in the wall…enough said..losers!!
Dan A.
December 14th, 2009
6:21 pm
VT Fan,
Valid point, and it’s certainly possible that Foster is happy where he is and won’t go anywhere. But let’s see how happy he is in Blacksburg when UGA offers him 7 figures. I don’t see the Hokies, who are already paying Beamer close to a million less than what UGA is paying Richt, matching that kind of offer, and at that point I think the grass is going to look a LOT greener.
a
December 14th, 2009
6:24 pm
dan,
and brian kelly told his players he wasnt going to ND. it’s coach rhetoric, and as a commentator, pollack knows the game. like fuuf said about foster, money talks – and i bet pollack would take a well paying job on the sideline than tweet about mid-level NFL games all day.
VT Fan
December 14th, 2009
6:24 pm
Fuuf
Your probably right about the money part but i dont believe Foster is going to leave something that he has built from the ground up (a winning football team) for anything less than a head coaching job. Tech wasn’t all ways a winning team but Foster was a big part of turning them into one of the most well known teams in the nation i just cant see someone leaving that behind for a DC job.
Lane Kiffin
December 14th, 2009
6:26 pm
If I didn’t have my daddy coaching the defense I’d send some my Orange Pride Ho’s up to Blacksburg.
Dennis G. Berdanis
December 14th, 2009
6:34 pm
If UGA is ready to win again and will pony up 750,000 to 1 million for a CD, they can get Smart or Foster. These guys are both grossly underpaid at 400,000 in today’s market.
BIG BEE
December 14th, 2009
6:37 pm
HEY YOU GA. FANS, Why would anyone want to hire a DC from a second class conference? Make you your minds. Is the ACC second class or not? I can forsee the answeres I’ll get here.
Dan A.
December 14th, 2009
6:38 pm
VT Fan –
You would think he’d hold out for a HC job, but it’s been 2 decades since he’s been at VT and he hasn’t gotten a a HC job. He may need to add something else to his resume, which might be where UGA comes in.
joe
December 14th, 2009
6:38 pm
LOL @ SEC slobberin’ over an ACC coach.
BIG BEE
December 14th, 2009
6:38 pm
Woops, that is foresee.
Gratefuldawghead
December 14th, 2009
6:39 pm
ACC= All Coast Clear!
Gratefuldawghead
December 14th, 2009
6:40 pm
LMAO @ JOE slobbering over the GEORGIA BLOG!
1970Dawg
December 14th, 2009
6:42 pm
Lot of speculation about Foster not considering UGA job, but its
encouraging to see CMR and Damon going in the right direction and
I’m sure they’ll make a “Smart” decision (or at least someone comparable)
Fuuf
December 14th, 2009
6:43 pm
BIG BEE,
Just because the ACC is by far an inferior conference to the SEC does not mean there aren’t excellent coaches there. Paul Johnson is one of them and so is Bud Foster. You cannot argue that Foster has made a top notch defense each and every year with less talent than UGA. Why wouldn’t we want him?
xroyalx
December 14th, 2009
6:45 pm
After MV7 and Me-angelo Hall, i don’t want anything to do with V Tech.
dawgvent.blogspot.com
December 14th, 2009
6:46 pm
From the Washington Post: (6:20PM)
Foster staying at Va. Tech
Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster is staying in Blacksburg.
On Monday, the university offered a new financial package that will keep Foster in place at Virginia Tech. Foster, who has been the Hokies’ defensive coordinator for the past 15 seasons, had been approached by several schools about their defensive coordinator openings.
He said he was contacted by Florida Coach Urban Meyer and Florida State Coach Jimbo Fisher about the defensive coordinator vacancies at both their programs, but Georgia made the most serious overture toward Foster.
“Coach Beamer has been extremely good to me,” Foster said. “I want to ride this thing out with him. We’ve been doing this along time together and there’s not reason to stop there, and let’s finish this thing. It’s a good deal all the way around. I’m extremely pleased.”
The financial terms of the new arrangement were not immediately available.
***On a personal note…that’s unfortunate.
Andrew
December 14th, 2009
6:46 pm
I would love to see him here! Bring the lunchbox to Athens baby! Foster’s has produced a few NFL corners which is UGA’s problem corners. He also produces turnovers. Load up the Lunchbox from Blacksburg and ride that pony to Athens. Leave Lane for Sanford!
poopdawg
December 14th, 2009
6:46 pm
I see their are plenty of GOOBERS ON COMPUTERS tonight. Why would any TECH FAN be giving DAWG fans crap? GOD help you.
mike Addington
December 14th, 2009
6:49 pm
Does anyone know what happened to any of those players we signed that were classified as athletes. Small, scatback types supposed to be game breakers.
Tony Martin
December 14th, 2009
6:51 pm
As a retired high school coach in Ga. and seven years coaching at one of the most successful high schools in Va. I know the ability and other intangables that Bud Foster would bring to the table if we could make the hire. Coach Tony Ball was previously on the Va. Tech staff with Bud. He would be a great catch as a recruiter as well. Hope he will give strong consideration to the Dogs. He may make the announcement after the Chick bowl.
Fuuf
December 14th, 2009
6:54 pm
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/hokies-journal/2009/12/foster_staying_at_va_tech.html
Looks like we weren’t the only ones interested. At least we made the offer.