Mark Richt
Mark Richt went 171–64 as a head coach, 2001–2018, at Georgia and Miami. Share
- Record
- 171–64 career
- Seasons
- 18
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 7 seasons
- Born
- Feb 18, 1960
- Alma mater
- Miami 1982
- Hall of Fame
- 2023 inducted
- Best season
- 2007 11–2, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Georgia | 8–4 | T–3rd (Eastern) | Music City Bowl L | 22 | |
| 2002 | Georgia | 13–1 | 1st (Eastern) | Sugar Bowl W | 3 | |
| 2003 | Georgia | 11–3 | T–1st (Eastern) | Capital One Bowl W | 7 | |
| 2004 | Georgia | 10–2 | 2nd (Eastern) | Outback Bowl W | 7 | |
| 2005 | Georgia | 10–3 | 1st (Eastern) | Sugar Bowl L | 10 | |
| 2006 | Georgia | 9–4 | T–3rd (Eastern) | Chick-fil-A Bowl W | 23 | |
| 2007 | Georgia | 11–2 | T–1st (Eastern) | Sugar Bowl W | 2 | |
| 2008 | Georgia | 10–3 | 2nd (Eastern) | Capital One Bowl W | 13 | |
| 2009 | Georgia | 8–5 | T–2nd (Eastern) | Independence Bowl W | ||
| 2010 | Georgia | 6–7 | T–3rd (Eastern) | Liberty Bowl L | ||
| 2011 | Georgia | 10–4 | 1st (Eastern) | Outback Bowl L | 19 | |
| 2012 | Georgia | 12–2 | T–1st (Eastern) | Capital One Bowl W | 5 | |
| 2013 | Georgia | 8–5 | 3rd (Eastern) | Gator Bowl L | ||
| 2014 | Georgia | 10–3 | 2nd (Eastern) | Belk Bowl W | 9 | |
| 2015 | Georgia | 9–3 | T–2nd (Eastern) | TaxSlayer (not coached) | ||
| 2016 | Miami | 9–4 | T–2nd (Coastal) | Russell Athletic Bowl W | 20 | |
| 2017 | Miami | 10–3 | 1st (Coastal) | Orange Bowl L | 13 | |
| 2018 | Miami | 7–6 | T–3rd (Coastal) | Pinstripe Bowl L |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
David Pollack
Matthew Stafford
A.J. Green
Thomas Davis
Drew Butler
Leonard Floyd
Todd Gurley
Knowshon Moreno
David Njoku
Alec Ogletree
Ben Watson
Brandon Boykin
- Jarvis JonesConsensus All‑American, 2011 and 2012
- Greg BlueConsensus All‑American, 2005
- Max Jean-GillesConsensus All‑American, 2005
- Johnathan SullivanNo. 6 pick, 2003
- George FosterNo. 20 pick, 2003
- Charles GrantNo. 25 pick, 2002
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 81 | 42–39 | 52% |
| Against top-10 teams | 30 | 12–18 | 40% |
| Against rivals | 106 | 70–36 | 66% |
| Conference games | 144 | 99–45 | 69% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 17 | 10–7 | 59% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 88 | 51–37 | 58% |
| At home | 116 | 96–20 | 83% |
| On the road | 80 | 58–22 | 73% |
| At neutral sites | 39 | 17–22 | 44% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 188 | 149–39 | 79% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 47 | 22–25 | 47% |
His own 235 games on file, 2001–2018, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Spurrier 2001–2015 | 6–6 | Florida, South Carolina | 12 | |
| Paul Johnson 2008–2018 | 8–3 | Georgia Tech | 11 | |
| Bobby Johnson 2002–2009 | 7–1 | Vanderbilt | 8 | |
| Phillip Fulmer 2001–2008 | 5–3 | Tennessee | 8 | |
| Tommy Tuberville 2001–2008 | 5–3 | Auburn | 8 | |
| Rich Brooks 2003–2009 | 5–2 | Kentucky | 7 | |
| Nick Saban 2003–2015 | 2–5 | LSU, Alabama | 7 | |
| Chan Gailey 2002–2007 | 6–0 | Georgia Tech | 6 | |
| Urban Meyer 2005–2010 | 1–5 | Florida | 6 | |
| Houston Nutt 2001–2011 | 5–0 | Arkansas, Ole Miss | 5 |
Mark Richt’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Techseries | 18 | 15–3 |
| Kentuckyseries | 15 | 13–2 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 15 | 13–2 |
| Auburnseries | 15 | 10–5 |
| Tennesseeseries | 15 | 10–5 |
| South Carolinaseries | 15 | 9–6 |
| Floridaseries | 15 | 5–10 |
| LSUseries | 9 | 4–5 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2017 Miami (FL): Walter Camp Coach
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Florida State’s 1993 staff (quarterbacks) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Florida State’s 1999 staff (offensive coordinator, quarterbacks) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
How he was hired
- Hired by Miami for the 2016 season from Georgia, where he was head coach. He had a prior connection to the school.
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985–88 | Florida State | Graduate assistant | |
| 1989 | East Carolina | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1990–93 | Florida State | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 1994–2000 | Florida State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2001–15 | Georgia | Head coach | |
| 2016–18 | Miami (FL) | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Bobby BowdenFlorida State
- Bill LewisEast Carolina
Assistants who became head coaches
- Brian VanGorderWayne State (MI), Georgia Southern
- Mike BoboColorado State, South Carolina
- Neil CallawayUAB
- Kirby SmartGeorgia
- Tyson SummersGeorgia Southern, Colorado State
- Bryan McClendonGeorgia, Oregon
- Mike MacdonaldSeattle Seahawks
- Jeremy PruittTennessee
- Manny DiazMiami, Duke
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Bowden | Florida State | 1985–2000 | 1985–88: graduate assistant; 1990–93: quarterbacks coach; 1994–2000: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bill Lewis | East Carolina | 1989 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (9)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian VanGorder | Georgia, 2001–04: defensive coordinator and linebackers coach | Wayne State (MI), Georgia Southern | |
| Mike Bobo | Georgia, 2001–06: quarterbacks coach; 2007–14: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Colorado State, South Carolina | |
| Neil Callaway | Georgia, 2001–06: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | UAB | |
| Kirby Smart | Georgia, 2005: running backs coach | Georgia | |
| Tyson Summers | Georgia, 2005: graduate assistant | Georgia Southern, Colorado State | |
| Bryan McClendon | Georgia, 2007–08: graduate assistant; 2009–14: running backs coach; 2015: assistant head coach, wide receivers coach and pass game coordinator | Georgia, Oregon | |
| Mike Macdonald | Georgia, 2010: graduate assistant; 2011–13: defensive quality control assistant | Seattle Seahawks | |
| Jeremy Pruitt | Georgia, 2014–15: defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach | Tennessee | |
| Manny Diaz | Miami, 2016–18: defensive coordinator | Miami, Duke |
Other assistants under him (14)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Martinez | Georgia, 2001–04: secondary coach; 2005–09: defensive coordinator and secondary coach | |
| John Jancek | Georgia, 2005–08: linebackers coach; 2009: co-defensive coordinator | |
| Buster Faulkner | Georgia, 2006: graduate assistant | |
| Todd Grantham | Georgia, 2010–13: assistant head coach, defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach | |
| Thomas Brown | Georgia, 2011: strength and conditioning coach; 2015: running backs coach; Miami, 2016–18: offensive coordinator and running backs coach | |
| Chris Wilson | Georgia, 2013: defensive line coach | |
| Kevin Sherrer | Georgia, 2014–15: outside linebackers coach | |
| Mike Ekeler | Georgia, 2014–15: inside linebackers coach and DSTC | |
| Brian Schottenheimer | Georgia, 2015: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Brian Williams | Georgia, 2015: player relations director | |
| Rob Sale | Georgia, 2015: offensive line coach | |
| Steve Shimko | Georgia, 2015: graduate assistant | |
| Ephraim Banda | Miami, 2016–18: safeties coach | |
| Ron Dugans | Miami, 2016–17: wide receivers coach; 2018: co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | State payroll | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $1,800,000; $75,000 in bonuses paid | $4,124,000 USA Today | $171,014 | |
| 2014 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $1,000,000 | $3,314,000 USA Today | $400,000 | |
| 2013 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $1,000,000 | $3,314,000 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2012 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $1,000,000 | $2,925,340 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2011 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $525,000 | $2,939,800 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2010 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $600,000 | $2,937,740 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2009 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $475,000 | $3,096,576 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2008 | Georgia | head coach | $2,800,000 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2007 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $400,000 | $2,024,700 USA Today via Leeds | ||
| 2006 | Georgia | head coachbonuses up to $400,000 | $1,713,000 USA Today via Leeds |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Open Georgia (State of Georgia, unaudited): salary paid in the fiscal year from July to June, shown against the season inside it.
Contract pay and the state payroll differ by design: one is the season’s contract, the other what the state paid in a calendar or fiscal year, so a December hire’s short first year, bonuses and camp money paid as special payments, and pay that ran on after he left all show in the payroll.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Richt’s teams went for it on 16% of fourth downs and on 30% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 47% of plays and took 26.1 seconds a play, 2004–2018.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 11 g | Georgia | 13 of 81 16% | 35% | 43% | 24.0 | +0.01 | |
| 2005 13 g | Georgia | 14 of 96 15% | 32% | 46% | 26.1 | −0.01 | |
| 2006 13 g | Georgia | 14 of 89 16% | 33% | 46% | 28.8 | −0.11 | |
| 2007 13 g | Georgia | 13 of 92 14% | 24% | 44% | 26.2 | +0.03 | |
| 2008 13 g | Georgia | 14 of 87 16% | 40% | 50% | 28.4 | +0.06 | |
| 2009 13 g | Georgia | 16 of 90 18% | 29% | 45% | 27.7 | −0.03 | |
| 2010 13 g | Georgia | 15 of 89 17% | 33% | 47% | 26.8 | +0.05 | |
| 2011 14 g | Georgia | 21 of 116 18% | 36% | 46% | 26.2 | −0.04 | |
| 2012 14 g | Georgia | 10 of 88 11% | 24% | 46% | 25.3 | +0.11 | |
| 2013 13 g | Georgia | 22 of 89 25% | 38% | 50% | 23.6 | +0.18 | |
| 2014 13 g | Georgia | 15 of 78 19% | 29% | 39% | 25.6 | +0.19 | |
| 2015 13 g | Georgia | 12 of 105 11% | 23% | 43% | 27.1 | −0.02 | |
| 2016 13 g | Miami | 13 of 104 13% | 22% | 53% | 24.6 | +0.07 | |
| 2017 13 g | Miami | 9 of 107 8% | 10% | 55% | 24.0 | +0.03 | |
| 2018 13 g | Miami | 23 of 98 23% | 42% | 46% | 26.6 | −0.06 | |
| All 195 g | 224 of 1409 16% | 30% | 47% | 26.1 | +0.03 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.