Texas hires Searels as offensive line coach
(UPDATE:) Texas has completed its deal with Stacy Searels and plans an announcement later Thursday afternoon of his hire as offensive line coach.
8:45 p.m. Wednesday:
Georgia offensive line coach Stacy Searels traveled Wednesday afternoon to Austin, Texas, where a website covering University of Texas athletics, Orangebloods.com, reported Wednesday night that he accepted an offer to become the Longhorns’ offensive line coach.
Texas has not yet announced a hire.
Texas head coach Mack Brown has been seeking an offensive line coach since the December retirement of Mac McWhorter. Auburn O-line coach Jeff Grimes last week turned down the position.
Searels and his wife, Patricia, left Athens-Ben Epps Airport on a private plane to Austin shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday. They were picked up in Austin by Brown’s wife, Sally, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Neither Searels nor Georgia officials have commented on the matter.
Searels, a native of Trion, Ga., has been the Bulldogs’ offensive line coach since 2007. He previously was offensive line coach at LSU, Cincinnati and Appalachian State.
Georgia’s offensive line was expected to be a pillar of the 2010 team but drew much criticism as the Bulldogs struggled to run the ball effectively. Georgia finished 10th in the SEC in rushing.
In another development Wednesday regarding Georgia’s O-line: Backup lineman Tanner Strickland won’t be back with the Bulldogs this year, having decided to skip his final season of eligibility. He plans to complete his degree in speech communications and move on with life after football.
His Georgia career was slowed by shoulder problems. He was redshirted in 2007, played in 13 games in 2008, missed the 2009 season after shoulder surgery and played in 13 games in 2010, starting three.
– Tim Tucker, UGA blog
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Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
9:49 pm
Can we throw Bob and Garner into the deal and send them to Texas? How bout the Water Girl? Maybe Mark Rictht could be the Longhorn Chaplain…
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January 19th, 2011
9:50 pm
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Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
9:51 pm
Folks, the Univeristy of Georgia football program is officially a national joke. Who is going to figure out who is to blame and who we need to arrest?
Bean Counter
January 19th, 2011
9:53 pm
AT LAST!!! I have been critical of him for two years. Let’s find someone who can coach to help the line develop. We have wasted a lot of talent over the past years because of him.
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
9:55 pm
I believe that the man who goes by The Truth is another SEC team fan who wants us to keep a loser like Richt in charge for as long as possible. Hell, he might actually be Nick Saban.
JRW7
January 19th, 2011
9:56 pm
Maybe CMR will resign? Everybody else is leaving! Its a sinking ship at UGA!!
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
10:00 pm
These Richt defenders are a bunch of morons.
Rats jump from a sinking ship. Searles is Jawja. Figure why he is going to Texas…
It’s because he know’s Richt’s an idiot, an imposter.
Loyal Dawg
January 19th, 2011
10:02 pm
I see the knitt wits have taken over the comments.
JRW7
January 19th, 2011
10:03 pm
Rome is burning and CMR is playing the fiddle! UGA football program is going downhill fast with no leadership. WE are the joke of the SEC! Maybe McGarity will hire us a NEW headcoach next year?
Ruff Ruff
January 19th, 2011
10:08 pm
We ran the ball with less talent in years past. Mark and Greg will get a great fit for UGA. Good luck Searles! As far as you guys gals that are negative on CMR need to understand that UGA’s chances are better with him in charge. He did not have the support needed with Mr. Evans at the helm. We will be taking a risky chance if we let him go because we could end up with either a prospect that has never been a head coach or having to take our third option. Either direction could be very costly. Recruits like tenure and security. We need to start acting like true Dawgs and support this program more. If you do not think the student athletes (recruits) do not pay attention to what is being said about certain programs you are wrong. Dawgs fans are rogue at times.
Ruff Ruff
January 19th, 2011
10:14 pm
Who would a realistic candidate?
Atl_Dawg
January 19th, 2011
10:17 pm
Snoop Dawg, you sound like an Auburn or Tech fan. Do some math or go play with cows at the mistake by the lake down in Auburn. What a joke. This is probably the best for our program. The ship is sinking? Yea right. Pretty sure we’ll be fine come Fall. Go Dawgs.
Lipstick on the Stegosaurus
January 19th, 2011
10:17 pm
Better give ole Dan Mullen a call now…..
Loyal Dawg
January 19th, 2011
10:18 pm
Ruff Ruff- good comments, but you do realize that 90% of these knuckle head commentators are not real UGA fans? They are just trying to get under your skin.
Lipstick on the Stegosaurus
January 19th, 2011
10:19 pm
Better go ahead anf Fire Fox too for blowing that game last night.
Lipstick on the Stegosaurus
January 19th, 2011
10:20 pm
oops “and”
Herschel Talker
January 19th, 2011
10:21 pm
Are there line coaches at tech? Nay..I didn’t think so!
NOBODYYOUKNOW
January 19th, 2011
10:37 pm
I guess I made em mad. I never get posted anymore.
Okefenokee - what you smokee?
January 19th, 2011
10:37 pm
Okefenokee Dog,
This coach see the writing on the wall and so do the recruits. Our program is headed for some dark days and he knows what is to come with Richt.
Just like was said before, you were freakin jumping for joy when we got this guy from LSU and now he was never worth anything? Texas sees the value here and they are giving our coach an option to jump off the sinking ship.
Sad to say but TRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU.
Ted
January 19th, 2011
10:39 pm
Good riddance, bad rubbish.
Still got faith dawg
January 19th, 2011
10:42 pm
Id love a swap for McWhorter. The guy is a dawg and had some of the best lines in the country until the longhorns imploded this year. You would think the uga job would make his retirement brief
Dawg in Kentucky
January 19th, 2011
10:54 pm
He can be replaced……
Dawgster
January 19th, 2011
10:55 pm
Geez. Gators get Charlie Weis, we keep Bobo. No wonder he left.
Brucerugby79
January 19th, 2011
10:58 pm
HUGH NALL is the answer-folks if you know this guy you know we are dealing with a man who loves UGA any of you idiots saying no body would take job we need to throw money at Hugh I really would like to kick somebodys ass that does not agree-if you know HUGH you know what I am talking about—how bout some of my classmates with an AMEN-anybody in ATHENS in late 70’s knows maybe ZAMBEZI was tougher lb 4 lb but Ben only went 180
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
11:06 pm
Atl Dawg. Kiss my arse, you dim wit… You are an idiot, an enemy of the Dawg Nation. You my friend are either a traitor or a fool.
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
11:08 pm
Loyal Dawg, who appointed you as the the Grand Poobah?. You have absolutely no credentials compared to Snoop Dawg…
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
11:12 pm
Now I understand why the UGA football program is lying on the bottom of the ocean with the whale dung. How many idiots are out there in love with Richt? You are the enemy of the UGA. Surely you idiots were never given diplomas from UGA. If they made a mistake, the GT geeks will really revel in that…
Jesup
January 19th, 2011
11:14 pm
GO GET HIM NOW RICHT>>>>>>http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-15/sports/hc-uconn-football0416apr16_1_zach-hurd-line-coach-mike-foley-bad-coach
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
11:15 pm
True Blue Dawgs. Here is a truth: When the time comes, when we purge the Bulldog Nation of that demon Mark Richt and his followers, then do not hire anyone with UGA football mafia ties. Let’s cut the incest and ignorance. Let’s expand the gene pool and hire the best minds and leaders in the nation.
Mike
January 19th, 2011
11:15 pm
i think Searels saw the writing on the wall. For whatever reason, either he didn’t have good recruiting judgment or skills, or he couldn’t coach them up, but I think he knew he would be fired after 1 more year unless the running game REALLY turned around. The running game has been just ok for far too many years since Searels has been here. With the top ranked RB’s and OL’s Richt and Garner have recruited for Searels to work with, it’s amazing how bad they have been in the run. I would imagine Richt had a SERIOUS chat with Searels, and Searels was feeling the heat.
Jesup
January 19th, 2011
11:16 pm
MIKE FOLEY from UCONN ……They are running the Ball with 1 and 2 star O linemen……..DO IT. check it…
http://articles.courant.com/2010-04-15/sports/hc-uconn-football0416apr16_1_zach-hurd-line-coach-mike-foley-bad-coach
Snoop Dawg
January 19th, 2011
11:16 pm
GO FIRE RICHT NOW>>>> http://WWW.FIREMARKRICHTNOW.COM
Jesup
January 19th, 2011
11:17 pm
STORRS — — Zach Hurd, a senior guard on the UConn football team, has made up his mind about offensive line coach Mike Foley.
“He’s the best O-line coach in the nation,” Hurd said Tuesday. “If you ask all of our players that have been through here, they’ll tell you he knows his stuff. I mean, think about it. [Senior guard] Matt [Olivier] and I weren’t big recruits. None of the people he has are big recruits. But how do we still have a 2,000-yard rusher [Donald Brown in 2008], two 1,000-yard rushers [Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon in 2009]. That’s not because he’s a bad coach. That’s because he’s the best coach in the nation. He’s taken players that these big schools didn’t want … we came here for a reason; we came here for him.”
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Glenn
January 19th, 2011
11:27 pm
If he goes he has to take Bobo
One Hairy Dawg
January 19th, 2011
11:27 pm
Longest tenered coach in the SEC. 5TH best winning percentage among active coaches. 2 SEC championships in 10 years- AL-2 AU-2 LSU-2 UF-2. We have a head coach that loves where he’s at and wants to be here for a long time. He’s a proven winner, with a very long track record. Be careful what you ask for.
TheChickenShack
January 19th, 2011
11:33 pm
Seems like we heard how awesome he was coming from LSU, but our line has done diddly since his arrival. I’m not so sure this won’t be addition by subtraction.
I wish him the best…..
Mike
January 19th, 2011
11:33 pm
Richt needs to head to the NFL or top college program to get a consistently great OL coach.
dawggone
January 19th, 2011
11:38 pm
Congrats and best of luck…..to bad it wasn’t Bobo and Richt…………..Maybe Richt will get another $850,000 coach to take his place.
BigCaliDawg
January 19th, 2011
11:41 pm
We are not a national joke because there are only a handful of locales (Texas, Pennsylvania, the Southeast, Michigan, and maybe Oregon, where the Earth stops spinning after a loss.
I am a rare one on the West Coast. No one gives a frick about college football here. I remember going to games in Palo Alto and there were fewer than 7,000 there. I’ve been to Berkeley and been one of about 6,000.
The sky is not falling. Searles underperformed and realizes he can squeeze out a few more years and a couple more million.
Why won’t somebody please take Bobo!
woody1950
January 19th, 2011
11:41 pm
just another link in the downfall of UGA football.
thwg
January 19th, 2011
11:41 pm
Excellent news! Xzavier Ward is now a slam dunk for the Jackets. Tuitt, Ward, and hopefully Vaughters to go with the players of the year in AL and NC. Read and weep puppies. And please, please keep Richt – he’s the best recruiter we have at GT!
thwg
January 19th, 2011
11:45 pm
sounds like another Rat is abandoning the sinking ship. And you can have Crowells – there’s not a running back on GT’s team I’d trade for that overrated head case. Lattimore?? Not hardly, Crowell couldn’t carry Lattimores jock strap. And you can have Rome. TE – who cares, not even considered a skill position.
BigCaliDawg
January 19th, 2011
11:46 pm
Really THWG? Apparently y’all ain’t talented enough….no matter where they trickle from……
Pope UGA XXIII
January 19th, 2011
11:50 pm
As we used to say in rush at UGA, don’t let the door hit you in the butt
on the way out and come back when you can’t stay so long !!!
JESUP
January 19th, 2011
11:58 pm
UConn Offensive Line Coach Mike Foley
Zach Hurd, a senior guard on the UConn football team, has made up his mind about offensive line coach Mike Foley.
“He’s the best O-line coach in the nation,” Hurd said Tuesday. “If you ask all of our players that have been through here, they’ll tell you he knows his stuff. I mean, think about it. [Senior guard] Matt [Olivier] and I weren’t big recruits. None of the people he has are big recruits. But how do we still have a 2,000-yard rusher [Donald Brown in 2008], two 1,000-yard rushers [Jordan Todman and Andre Dixon in 2009]. That’s not because he’s a bad coach. That’s because he’s the best coach in the nation. He’s taken players that these big schools didn’t want … we came here for a reason; we came here for him.”
HanDAWG
January 20th, 2011
12:03 am
FYI: The school and degree at UGA is entitled Speech Communication. (No “s”)
Han, Class of ‘98, UGA Presidential Scholar, BA in Speech Communication
hind tit
January 20th, 2011
12:12 am
I want the UAB coach back. We did well in both running and passing the ball when he was here. Hasn’t did to well as a head coach at UAB. He might be willing to make a change. Richt had his best record while he was offensive line coach. At least he would talk to the media.
ckgator
January 20th, 2011
12:33 am
The Dawg nation must be very excited about Richt’s administrative assistant. Now he can focus on football. What an amazing development. Soon your players will have more rings to sell. But not so much…
aarh
January 20th, 2011
12:42 am
You people act like UGA is such a mess, but he’s goigng to Texas who just came off a losing season, & didn’t even make a bowl game. Both programs are good & have talent, but just bc UGA doesn’t look like it’s program is in great shape…doesn’t mean Texas isn’t in the same spot.