UGA assistant recruiting coordinator for football resigns (UPDATED)
Charlie Cantor, pictured here at the Mark Richt Football Camp last month, resigned as a UGA football recruiting assistant. (AJC photo by Brant Sanderlin)
Georgia is going through a transition in its football recruiting office.
Charles Cantor, who has served as an assistant recruiting coordinator under coach Mark Richt since March of 2008, resigned from that position last month. The Bulldogs are currently in the process of seeking a replacement.
UGA Athletic Director Greg McGarity, responding to a freedom of information request for details, declined to comment on speculation that Cantor was asked to leave because of his alleged involvement in NCAA violations.
“He just resigned,” McGarity said. “Charles moved on to other things. We wish him well.”
In a one-sentence resignation letter to the UGA Athletic Association’s human resources office dated June 14, Cantor — who went by “Charlie” and “Chuck” — wrote that he was leaving “to pursue other opportunities.” His resignation came four days after Georgia football legend Herschel Walker was in Athens for a two-day visit with the football team.
Cantor’s resignation comes on the heels of the Bulldogs inking a top 10-ranked recruiting class in 2011. However, he has been directly or indirectly involved in several NCAA secondary violations committed by the football program the past three years.
Reached by telephone Tuesday, Cantor declined to answer questions about his resignation but instead offered a written statement, which he sent via email:
“It has been a pleasure working with Coach Richt and the staff at Georgia football,” Cantor wrote. “The future looks bright at Georgia . This past year we assembled an outstanding recruiting class that [the] Bulldog nation should be very proud of and allow the Bulldogs to have the increased competition at every position across the board. It is competition that will allow Georgia to get to the top of SEC. Georgia is in a great position to finish out through signing day with a great 2012 recruiting class. I know I gave my all to Georgia football and every one of the past and present recruits that ever stepped foot in Athens knows that.
“I never knowingly broke any recruiting rules at the University of Georgia . We have worked within the framework of the NCAA recruiting manual to present Georgia as a ideal place for many young men to pursue their college football aspirations. Great opportunities lie ahead in my future and I am prepared to pursue those now.”
Cantor would not say where he will resume his career but acknowledged it will be in the recruiting side of college athletics.
Cantor’s vacated position is an important one in the recruiting process. He served as a human database of information for Richt and his assistant football coaches and was a point person for arranging and orchestrating visits for prospects. His duties are currently being absorbed by recruiting coordinator Rodney Garner and assistant Connie Connelly.
Cantor came to Georgia from Rutgers, where he served in a similar capacity, in March of 2008. Before that he was a graduate assistant coach, graduate recruiting assistant and student manager at Florida State. He holds sports science education and sports management degrees from FSU.
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225 comments Add your comment
Poopdawg
July 5th, 2011
4:32 pm
Yeah Tide Roll, just let us know if you need another starting QB put out of a national title game to help your tide out. Of course only if the QB is white. Your pathetic !
Dawginit.
July 5th, 2011
4:34 pm
Who gives a rats behind. He probably didn’t get along with the AD so they got rid of him.
Zeke
July 5th, 2011
4:42 pm
wS hERSCHEL’S VISIT A RECURITING VIOLATION?
UGA Haters!
July 5th, 2011
4:47 pm
Really??? I mean Really…..
Einsteindawg
July 5th, 2011
4:48 pm
Never heard of him, and his duties seem like they could be easily handled by a temp secretary. You boys in the Athletic Dept need to become better stewards of our donations.
old time dog
July 5th, 2011
4:53 pm
Sounds like the whole story is not being told. Replace him and move on.
Doggone57
July 5th, 2011
4:59 pm
We always have a top ten recruiting class but it hasn’t showed on the field in awhile.
Chip Towers
July 5th, 2011
5:00 pm
puppydawg: Wasn’t a waste of my time. Sorry if you believe it was a waste of yours.
Bob
July 5th, 2011
5:03 pm
@Doggone57…I’d like to see us have a recruiting class with 10 good, 3 star OL, rather than a hotshot QB and a bunch of 5′10″ reeivers and defensive backs. If so, maybe Richt wouldn’t have lost more games these past five seasons than Donnan in his five seasons (which got him fired).
Paddy
July 5th, 2011
5:04 pm
Does anybody really believe he is moving on to bigger and better things??? If so, why not say so. “I am going to Hardin Simmons U.in the same capacity” “The sky is the limit there”!!!!!!!!!
Stinger
July 5th, 2011
5:12 pm
This my friends is the beginning of the end. Death Penalty Baby !!
Ace
July 5th, 2011
5:12 pm
bELIN LEFT, THEN o-=lINE cOACH QUIT, THEN aSST rECRUITING cOORDINATOR QUIT. nOT LOOKING GOOD FOR gEORGIA.
Bob
July 5th, 2011
5:14 pm
Ace…I had to use my secret decoder ring on your message, but I’m thinking those were all positive moves for us.
oledawg
July 5th, 2011
5:54 pm
Wonder if it had anything to do with Benedict?
Stinger2
July 5th, 2011
5:56 pm
Jacket Man: No I do not believe your comments about Crowell and I am a GT fan who also likes the UGA program
until the last Sat. in November. You obviously have nothing or you would say something other than nothing.
Also, to all the people who continue to post negatives about UGA players being arrested, its getting old.
Dawg Tired
July 5th, 2011
5:56 pm
Wow! WDE finally came up with a good idea, to wit: Hire David Pollack.
Thanks for the suggestion WDE.
Dawg in Milton
July 5th, 2011
6:07 pm
was he in charge of our “Columbus,GA” connection?…I bet Leebern “made” things happen
Dawg in Milton
July 5th, 2011
6:09 pm
Not to get racial about the UA QB thing mentioned above, but Alabama has to have the fewest African American Qbs ever in the SEC? I can think of one…Andrew Zow…I am sure I am missing a few players but that is really odd when you think about it..oh well…GO DAWGS>>>
Good article Chip
July 5th, 2011
6:31 pm
This is good information…however it does seem like we might not be getting the whole story.
Here is what I take away from this: the Freedom of Inormation act just needs to go. I think it creates as many problems as it resolves. Here for instance it creates many more questions than answers. I would be fine with UGA locking down the information flow like Hitler did leading up to WWII.
Although with the preseason propaganda campaigns I hae read the past 2 years (ie” Joe Cox had agreat camp–he gives us the best chance to win”)…that might already be happening.
Stinger2
July 5th, 2011
6:38 pm
To all those who continue to post negative comments about “red panties”….this is old and out of date. Find something new if you want to be funny. This from a GT fan.
FBfan
July 5th, 2011
6:38 pm
Player arrests, an AD/red panty problem, declining talent levels, coaching hot seat, and now possibly NCAA problems????
George Young
July 5th, 2011
6:42 pm
no one knows the X’s and O’s of football more that Charlie. Die Hard NHP football, forever!!!! “Go Glads!!!!!”
Dorian
July 5th, 2011
7:13 pm
One less sleazebag in Athens. Now, when does head sleazebag Richt go?
UGA is one big joke
July 5th, 2011
7:16 pm
True story: A lady called the UGA police to report a carjacking. They said they were too busy right now and for her to just get the jersey number and call back later.
Oh yeah… Red Panties!
old time dog
July 5th, 2011
7:17 pm
BigDawg98, Your 1:36 is dead on accurate. An individual can read as many posts as they desire and not read one with more truth.
Nope
July 5th, 2011
7:44 pm
“was he in charge of our “Columbus,GA” connection?…I bet Leebern “made” things happen”
Caldwell-Pope is basketball not football, Jones violation when he was being recruited by USC 2 years ago
Bulldog Joe
July 5th, 2011
7:46 pm
@Coach Grohbo,
I see your posts are being removed. Good riddance.
bucket
July 5th, 2011
7:48 pm
To the Gator trolls on here, you do realize that one of your former LB’s just admitted last week to doing some of the stuff that got AJ Green and Terrell Pryor into trouble? You might want to keep your powder dry.
wde
July 5th, 2011
8:03 pm
@Dawg Tired glad you liked it and to put it into context that is exactly one more good idea than you have ever posted..have a great evening.
Delbert D.
July 5th, 2011
8:14 pm
You can bet Julian Assange is hot for getting the inside stuff on this.
Swampdawg
July 5th, 2011
8:29 pm
The Dawgs have got to recruit more players like T. Hoage, D. Pollack, R. Tardits, David Green, The Stinchcombs, K. Smart, W. Muschamp,Stanfil, Tarkenton, etc, etc and etc. The Dawgs on defense looked too much like Grambling the last few years. Couldn’t stop anybody!
Poopdawg
July 5th, 2011
8:30 pm
Old time dawg , Hate Richt all you want but when you take the stance of hoping the Dawgs lose to get of a coach is just plain wrong. Go Dawgs!
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July 5th, 2011
8:43 pm
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AdMan
July 5th, 2011
8:51 pm
Gottta love the posts on here from the Bama fans ….how quickly they forget…..only a few years ago they couldn’t spell football if you spotted them both o’s and both l’s…..tide roll…Does your moma know you’ve ben playing with her computer?….I think you have an o-lineman fetish…come on you like big men don’t you?….that’s all you talk about ….I bet your a skinny moma’s boy…never played football in your life….we Dawg fans really don’t care what you Bama fans think…..we really don’t, so go post on your own site and keep looking at yourself in the mirror patting yourself on the back and telling everyone how great you think you are…I really don’t give a crap…Beware of the future…you might not like what happens and we’re gonna laugh our a$$ off when you underacheive.
Tide Roll
July 5th, 2011
8:51 pm
Dang right Swampdawg. We need
Dang right Swampdawg. They’re doing the best they can with Andrews, Long, Dabell, Dantzler, and Theus, the best long snapper prospect in AMERICA! When the Dawgs play in their home jersies, he’ll be the “RED SNAPPER”! All these guys are going to be developed by “Hollerin”Joe T., and then their gonna push them Gator defensive lineman all the way to the St. John’s River! YEEHAW !!
Freehawk
July 5th, 2011
8:53 pm
“I am not, a crook.”
Freehawk
July 5th, 2011
8:54 pm
He makes Rodney Gardner look clean
Mike Price
July 5th, 2011
9:12 pm
Hey Tide Roll, can you loan me some dough?
I’m at the Pink Pony and they denied my U of A Visa Card.
Make it fast cuz I been makin’ it hail all night (nickel pimpin’) and these girls don’t want me to leave.
Mike Dubose
July 5th, 2011
9:14 pm
Hey Tide Roll, can you help me grade some math homework?
This 9th grade Pre Algebra at Luverne High Skool is real hard.
We didn’t ever have to do anything this hard at Bammer when I was a player.
Bull Connor
July 5th, 2011
9:15 pm
Tide Roll, what time is our meetin’ tonight?
My white sheet is in the warsh still so I might be late.
Paul "Bear" Bryant
July 5th, 2011
9:17 pm
I’m thirsty Tide….need something to sip on in this here box…whiskey….whiskey….whiskey…
Pitbull
July 5th, 2011
9:21 pm
Hire David Pollack!!!!!!
lo
July 5th, 2011
9:37 pm
Richt and “over his head” Bobo must go. we lost to colorado, vandy and central florida last year. why do dogs fans support this coaching staff??
Saban
July 5th, 2011
9:37 pm
All over for the dawgs. Real love triangle in Athens.
Death Penalty on the way.
laugh
July 5th, 2011
9:39 pm
BTW Pollack is a self-centered jerk that really could not make it in the pros. the injury was real but not career ending just an excuse to leave and get money, dont hire him
Nick Saban
July 5th, 2011
9:45 pm
Why can’t I ride the Scream Machine?
It’s not fair.
Deborah Gibson
July 5th, 2011
9:46 pm
Coach Dubose, you and Tide betta keep you paws off my draws.
Louisiana Tech
July 5th, 2011
9:50 pm
When can we play Bama again?
Louisiana Monroe
July 5th, 2011
9:51 pm
No way Tech, we called dibbs.
messin with sasquatch
July 5th, 2011
10:17 pm
for some reason, i feel like kickin a gator back into the swamp