Jon Richt
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Quarterbacks coach |
| Team | Miami (FL) |
| Conference | ACC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 11, 1990 |
| Alma mater | Mars Hill College |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2014 | Georgia (Quality Control) |
| 2015 | Buffalo Bills (Offensive Assistant) |
| 2016–2018 | Miami (FL) (QB) |
Jon Richt (born March 11, 1990) is an American football coach and former player. He was the quarterbacks coach for the University of Miami Hurricanes football team from 2016 to 2018, where he assisted his father, Miami head coach Mark Richt.[1]
Playing career
Jon Richt was a high school quarterback at Prince Avenue Christian School in Bogart, Georgia, near Athens, where his father coached at the University of Georgia.[2] He began his college career at Clemson University, where he spent a redshirt year,[2] then transferred to Mars Hill College (now University). At Mars Hill, Richt started every game as a senior, and set program records in completions, attempts, yards, and touchdown passes.[3]
Coaching career
Georgia
Richt spent the 2014 season serving on his father Mark Richt's Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff as a quality control assistant. During the 2014 campaign, Georgia posted a 10-3 overall record and went 6-2 in Southeastern Conference play, placing second in the East Division. The 2014 season was a record-breaking year for the Bulldogs’ offensive unit as Georgia posted 537 points and averaged 41.3 points per game - both of which were school records. Georgia’s 41.3 points per game ranked eighth in the NCAA.
Buffalo Bills
In 2015, Richt joined the NFL's Buffalo Bills as an entry-level assistant on new head coach Rex Ryan's first staff.[4] During his lone season in Buffalo, the Bills posted an 8-8 record.
Miami
Following the 2015 season, Mark Richt was fired from Georgia and accepted the head coaching job at the University of Miami. On January 2, 2016, Jon Richt joined his father's staff as quarterbacks coach,[5] a position he held for his father's entire three-year tenure. Jon Richt was fired along with the entire Miami offensive coaching staff soon after Manny Diaz took over as head coach.[6]
References
- ^ Miami QB Coach Jon Richt
- ^ a b "QB Richt leaving Clemson". TigerNet.com. 2009-03-09. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Richt to Play in College Football All-Star Game". Mars Hill University Athletics. 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Bills add Mark Richt's son to coaching staff". ESPN.com. 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ Degnan, Susan Miller (2016-03-22). "Mark Richt, son Jon coaching Hurricanes QBs, but dad's the boss". Miami Herald. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
- ^ "Diaz takes over at The U by revamping the O". ESPN.com. 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2019-12-11.