Redskins assistant headed to UGA, with strong endorsement from an ex-Dog
ATHENS — Georgia is expected to name Washington Redskins assistant coach Kirk Olivadotti to its defensive coaching staff by the end of the week.
And at least one former Bulldog says that is very good news.
“UGA you just got one hell of a coach in Kirk Olivadotti,” former Georgia and current Redskins defensive end Phillip Daniels posted on Twitter. “The defense just got a whole lot better. One of the smartest coaches I have ever known. Enjoy success with him on board. Congrats K.O.”
Georgia hasn’t announced the hire, but the Washington Post reported that Olivadotti is leaving the Redskins to accept the position. Assistant-coaching hires at Georgia often are delayed for a day or longer while pre-employment background checks are completed.
Olivadotti, 37, would fill the position vacated two weeks ago when inside linebackers coach Warren Belin resigned after one year at UGA to accept a job as linebackers coach with the Carolina Panthers.
Olivadotti has been on the Redskins’ staff for the past 11 years in a series of defensive coaching positions. He was linebackers coach from 2007 through 2009 and held the title of “defensive assistant” in 2010. (Daniels, a 15-year NFL veteran, has been with the Redskins for the past seven seasons.)
Olivadotti’s father, Tom, was a long-time NFL defensive coach with the Cleveland Browns, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants and Houston Texans. Georgia defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who has led the search for Belin’s replacement, coached with Tom Olivadotti on the Texans’ staff in 2004.
– Tim Tucker, The UGA Blog
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Meltdowns and Beatdowns Galore
February 17th, 2011
8:24 am
Can the guy coach basketball too ? Looks like the basketball team plays not to lose like our football team.
Georgia | MrSEC.com
February 17th, 2011
8:29 am
[...] Grantham has once again gone of the radar to bring in an assistant. Washington Redskins assistant Kirk Olivadotti is leaving the NFL squad to join the Bulldogs’ defensive staff.“UGA, you just got one hell of a coach in Kirk Olivadotti.” That was the Twitter [...]
AthensDawg
February 17th, 2011
8:29 am
Lets not start on Basketball.
RabidDawgFan
February 17th, 2011
8:35 am
All the haters can leave now. Thank you. I don’t think Grantham liked Belin. As you can see, he didn’t get another college LB coach, he went to the pros. He’s trying to get these young men trained up the right way. They will be playing like pros after too long. They’re technique, and their attitude will be on point.
kerryb
February 17th, 2011
8:38 am
Lets see, NFL defensive coaches coaching NFL talent at nearly every position on defense. The rest of the SEC better start worrying.
kerryb
February 17th, 2011
8:40 am
Charlie Weis won’t be able to throw anything at these coaches that they havn’t seen and know how to call plays against in their sleep.
dawgster
February 17th, 2011
8:42 am
@TampaGator…i know someone responded to you above about your comments on the dawgs, although by now i’m never sure if you are serious orf just trying to stir things up….I will say that you do indeed know how to get things going….I think this article was about the dawgs new coaching hire, so i’m trying to figure out the reasoning for the remarks about us living in a dream world…and to respond to “tide roll” regarding anything is really amusing…He claims to be a Bama fan, but that pretty much has been nixed by most Bama fans….Also, read his posts and you will see his agenda…I think you will find that agreeing with him on anything is absurd….Anyway, let the dawg fans dream if we want, nothhing wrong with that, i’m sure the gator fans do the same, as they should…we all know that what matters is takes place on the field year in and year out…and until we can beat you guys on a more consistant basis then beating our chest and saying how good we are or will be doesn’t buy us much….but i do know that at some point the worm will turn…hopefully we will be able to have some bragging rights on our side…but don’t dish on us just for having high expectations…It seems like alot of people are really concerned about our program when it comes from other schools…if we are so irelevant why do you think people even give us the time of day…go dawgs
BYRDDAWG
February 17th, 2011
8:47 am
Typical, does your mother know you’re online? Maybe you stumbled onto this site from one of your kiddie porn sites????? I would say you’d better be careful or you might end up in handcuffs but I bet you enjoy your boyfriend putting you in them don’t ya huh?
woebegong
February 17th, 2011
8:50 am
Now this coach is used to adversity. Anybody that can work for that clown Snyder, the owner of the Redskins, Has gotta be one tough hombre, in anybodies mind. A darn good coach hire by the DAWGS.
Dawg Fud
February 17th, 2011
8:52 am
Classy move poisoning Auburn’s trees. That’s all you really need to know to understand the average, backwoods Bama fan.
I am not talking alumni, I am talking backwoods trailer trash fans that are prevalent at every SEC school…except Vandy.
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
8:56 am
Shutup Tampagator. I’m sick and tired of you getting on a UGA blog every day and taking a swipe at Georgia.
Just shutup. I thought maybe you were a little different than all the other Florida morons I have encountered but you are just the same.
A moron. You can’t do anything with class. Win or lose it’s obnoxious all the time. 70’s 80’s 90’s 2000’s. Win/lose all the same. Obnoxious.
Just shutup and go crawl onto a gator blog.
dawgster
February 17th, 2011
9:07 am
@DawginLex…unfortunately until the dawgs start winning some of these games against the gators, and we will, we will have to live with some of this…i’m sure that there are dawg fans that throw out similar commnts also, but you are right there does seem to be alot of attention given to us by some gator fans…really surprises me because we really haven’t been a thorn in their side, so not sure what they are afraid of….Maybe they know that eventually the worm will turn and it will be our turn so they are enjoying it while they can…I have always tried to stay out of dishing on another team for the most part, usuallly i only defend the dawgs program when under attack, but i have to admit when that worm turn it will be hard not to have a little payback…but for now i’ll just look at it as motivation for the dawg nation…go dawgs
dawgster
February 17th, 2011
9:10 am
No Au fan here by no means, but whomever did this was classless in my opinion…thats about all i can say about it…that has no place in football or life…again a classless act, but i would caution Au not to think whatever fanbase was responsible for this act, not to lump everyone into that type of behavior…
Destin Dawg
February 17th, 2011
9:14 am
Great hire !!! going up hill at UGA !! Parade magazine says ” #2 large State University education.. plus big time sports ” in beautiful college town… Athens, Ga… Go Dawgs !!!
dawgster
February 17th, 2011
9:14 am
talking about the Toomer Trees above…forgot to mention them…
Cardinal Sin
February 17th, 2011
9:23 am
WHO?
LMAO!!! GA why do you not just do your talkin on the field, win a NC or two, and then perhaps you will get some love? Until, then, nothing is going to help your program which as been full of gimmicks, smoke & mirrors.
Gators win the East in 2011!
Enough Said!
Typical Hump Fan
February 17th, 2011
9:32 am
dawgster at least you are not typical. You are 100% correct; win more than once every 31 years and people will respect you. Check out his awesome resume:
Date of birth January 1, 1974 (1974-01-01) (age 37)
Place of birth Wilmington, Delaware
Position(s) Linebackers Coach
College Purdue University
Team(s) as a coach/administrator
1997
1998-1999
2000-2011
2011-present Maine Maritime Academy
Indiana State University
Washington Redskins
YOU THINK HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN HIRED INTO THE NFL BECAUSE OF HIS DADDY?
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
9:36 am
dawgster,
They are the same win or lose. I thought Tampa was different but he is not. He is obnoxious just like the rest of them.
Winning with class or living with class does not exist among the gator faithful.
NC Dawg
February 17th, 2011
9:36 am
Wonder to whom Special Teams responsibility will go.
DawginLex
February 17th, 2011
9:39 am
hump idiot,
I don’t wait on respect based on whether or not my alma mater wins football games.
I get respect because of how I treat people and how I care for my family and how I live my life.
These obnoxious florida people i have encountered could experience 14 national titles over the next 14 years and they are still low life obnoxious people who the majority of normal people can’t stand and don’t want to be around.
I don’t want to be viewed like that.
Typical Hump Fan
February 17th, 2011
9:41 am
dawginles
Kind of like the fat low-life rednecks you see wearing jawja crap in walmart?
Typical Hump Fan
February 17th, 2011
9:42 am
Oh by the way, I am not from Florida; can’t stand them either except they win. I am an Auburn grad.
Russ for President
February 17th, 2011
9:47 am
Speaking of coaches I am glad to see FL got a coach with some character now. Urban has the nerve now to say that he has sent things to the NCAA abiout shady coaches and letting players play who shouldn’t. He is the King of kicking players off when not needed then bringing them back. That Moss player a couple of years ago he said was brought back because the plyers decided he then tipped the field goal agains SC and sent the gators to the Championship. Was busted again later for pot and has been in trouble in the NFL. Then there is Rainey kicks him off but brings him back for GA and tries to imply when he is kicked off that he won’t be back when everyone knows he will. Urban is definitely the “Pot calling the kettle black”
2Dawgs
February 17th, 2011
9:54 am
Coach KO sounds like a good nickname.
BG
February 17th, 2011
9:57 am
GO DAWGS!!! Great hire!!!
shankit
February 17th, 2011
9:58 am
I think Georgia has a great hire.
Can’t understand why Olivadetti would want to leave Washington DC to come to Athens, Ha Ha
Can’t understand why Olivadetti would want to leave Shanahan to coach for Richt, Ha Ha
and I guess Spurrier might be getting a little anxious now, with his old coach now a
Dawg. Ha Ha
dawg from a distance
February 17th, 2011
10:01 am
More great news coming from Athens. Dream Season on the horizon! Go DAWGS
Typical Hump Fan
February 17th, 2011
10:10 am
dawg from a distance
How far of a distance; 31 years?
Joe
February 17th, 2011
10:10 am
Unfortunately, gonna take more than an endorsement from an ex=Georgia player to turn this defense around. One of the worse defenses in the SEC on 3rd down and against te run.
UGAY " Nuff Said"
February 17th, 2011
10:14 am
Enter your comments here
Tater Tot
February 17th, 2011
10:38 am
Dayum, It sounds like Custers last stand after eating that mexican food i had last night. At least iif they put me on defense i can blow away the competition. LOL
@joe
February 17th, 2011
10:41 am
Joe I agree the 3rd down d was horrible , but they weren’t ranked toward the bottom actually 4th in overall defense.Dawg fans need to quit dwelling over a bad year, judge the new hires on the teams performance in 2011.
clay
February 17th, 2011
10:42 am
Man this is great news. The dream team is signed and now we have two defensive coaches from the NFL. There really cant be anymore excuses CMR.
UGA VIIII
February 17th, 2011
10:43 am
Typical hump fan , has Auburn ever won anything without being on probation or being put on probation shortly thereafter?
Spokesman for the SEC East
February 17th, 2011
10:49 am
clay, how did “Choke” Grantham work out for the humpers last year. Choke’s D gave up over 30 to the worst gator offense since 190 in Jax.
Coach Grohbo
February 17th, 2011
11:00 am
Tree killer Harvey Almorn Updyke just held his press conference.
He picked the UGA hat.
tide roll
February 17th, 2011
11:26 am
If Roke Watkins,6′4″ 340lb. starting right guard for South Carolina, from Fairburn, GA., Chance Warmack,6′4″ 330lb. starting left guard for Alabama, from Atlanta, GA.and Jujuan James,6′6″ 330lb. starting right tackle for Tennessee from N. Gwinnett,GA. are not named 1st team All-SEC offensive lineman next year there ought to be an investigation. Richt and Bobo,(Bobo especially!) simply refuse to get it. Games are won with offensive line talent such as this. Losing in-state players like these guys is the reason Florida has defeated you an incredible 19 out of 21 years. Richt can hire and fire as many coaches as he wants, but until he stops letting “Country Bobo” control his decisions (like hiring Friend!!), ya’ll will continue to lose to the Gators. Warmack, Watkins and James were your answers, but Bobo and Richt, and most of you Georgia fans refuse to acknowledge it. What a backward program.
Techster
February 17th, 2011
11:28 am
This reminds me of the time that Brut’s from UGA came over and broke up one of our Tickle Piles. Some people have absolutely no regard for a schools traditions!! Instead of joining in peacefully they jeered and hooted from the sidelines making all of us very uncomfortable.
BYRDDAWG
February 17th, 2011
11:42 am
Hump’s outta da closet now….been in there since ‘57 when they won their last National Championship with a coach named Shug Jordan ( pronounced Jurrrrrrrdan)! Rumor has it the day after a win Hump takes the TP from Toomer’s Corner home for use!!! BTW the DAWGS are 4-1 vs the tigers,war eagles, plainsmen or whut ever cybil U is calling its self these days in the last 5 yrs… ….JUST SAYIN!!!!!
woebegong
February 17th, 2011
11:43 am
Man, I can’t believe the amount of useless, stupid comments made by fans from other schools about anything to do with UGA coaches and the football team. UGA had a variety of problems that led to a poor season last year, but never the less, you morons come on here and try and start your garbage by thinking you know what went on.
During the next couple of years, when UGA sets the ship right, you will have to come up with a whole bunch of new garbage to spew.
The proof will come on the football field, where the game is won, and the future looks a lot better for UGA, than last years record shows for UGA.
I do not think that UGA will win the SEC next year, but I do believe that we will be much improved. I would dare say, most of you that write these stupid comments haven’t even lived long enough, to know how cylical teams success’s are over a long period of time. I do not care whether it is professional, college or high school.
I expect to see a bunch of negative comments after this post, but I chose to take the high road as far as insulting other people’s schools. As long as they are from the SEC, I am glad when they have success. I do not care for some of the shady practices some schools are alledged to have used lately, but I am not the judge or jury, so I leave that up to the professionals hired to investigate those things.
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO DAWGSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
UGA VIIII
February 17th, 2011
11:45 am
Here comes the Tech loser Coach Grohbo don’t know talks out his a$$ without any knowledge or facts, think he was a bama fan.Tech !5 wins since 1957 and countless moral victories. Talk smack on the Duke board where you have some relevance.
AdMan
February 17th, 2011
11:52 am
Gotta love the picture today on the front page of the paper of the Bama fan who poisoned the tree at Toomers corner. …..If he doesn’t represent a typical Bama fan I don’t know who does…….what a loser….I’m sure tide roll got a big kick out of the article…but thats what you would expect from a guy who’s hung like a field mouse….he’s a p_ssy and always will be….he sounds like he just got out of grammer school….but I guess most Bama fans do don’t they?
Delbert D.
February 17th, 2011
11:54 am
Put the Head Coach in Waiting tag on this guy. He seems too good to be real.
dawg from a distance
February 17th, 2011
12:03 pm
Typical Hump Fan ….. 4500 miles in the middle of the Pacific.
Go DAWGS
Shawn
February 17th, 2011
12:16 pm
I am happy about the hire but please don’t try to compare this guy to his Dad. His Dad was the reason Marino never won a championship and Shula got pushed out of coaching. His dad and Shula were buddies like Martinez was with Richt. The difference is that Richt finally saw it and Shula never did. The Dolphins D was one of the worst D’s in the NFL under this guy’s dad. He took over after a real D coordinator left Miami, Bill Arnsparger. To this day I still hate to say or type this guys last name…..I hope he changes that for me!
stupidrednecks
February 17th, 2011
12:35 pm
All UGA fans are a bunch of stupid rednecks that dont know a damn thing about football. They like the red and black colors and the big G cause it looks cools on their rusted pick up trucks. Go GA Southern!
dingo
February 17th, 2011
12:36 pm
It give me hope to see that CMR is hiring qualified people, but the hiring of Coach Friend was a shocker to me at first, but I realized maybe it’s just to plug a hole in a soon to be overhauled offensive staff.
beanster
February 17th, 2011
12:38 pm
UOAD — PLEASE SHUT UP. You are the most annoying tech fan on UGAblogs. You talk smak one second and then act like you’re not a complete troll. I know you consider Wendy’s beneath you but you really need a job, dude. Volunteer, do something you complete waste of oxygen.
boots
February 17th, 2011
1:40 pm
Great hire for CMR. Nice two months for the Dawgs. Btw, the refs are completely screwing our basketball team. They cost us another win last night, and it is getting old seeing them influence the games. The SEC officiating crew has to review what happened in this game and the Tennessee game. Freaking robbed.
WDE
February 17th, 2011
1:42 pm
Typical Hump Fan , Dude listening to guys like you I can understand why folks want to kill our trees..easy its a long time to kickoff at the rate your inflaming fans of other schools we may not have a campus left by then.