Mark Richt

Mark Richt
Mark Allan Richtis an American football coach and former player. He currently is the head coach at the University of Miami, his alma mater. He was the head football coach at the University of Georgia from 2001-2015. Richt played college football as a quarterback at University of Miami. His previous coaching affiliations include 14 years at Florida State University where he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, and one year as offensive coordinator at East Carolina University, and 15...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth18 February 1960
CityOmaha, NE
We might have the only kickoff team in the country that doesn't have any linebackers running down there,
I see our basketball team beginning to get these great commitments and beginning to build for the future, and I see the same thing from Coach Croom's team. I don't see either of those men looking for shortcuts.
The team that is being told that they don't belong or they can't win, usually that team is really hungry. So for us, we've got to make sure we can match the intensity that I'm sure West Virginia is going to bring.
We're not a team that has a bunch of superstars. We're not a one-man show. It's certainly not good to lose your starting quarterback, especially as good as he was playing, but we're going to concentrate on what we're going to do now rather than on what we've lost.
That was enough adversity for a team without a lot of character and leadership to fold up, ... and they never did.
No coordinator can say he's got to stop our run game because we can't pass. And no one can say if we stop their pass, there's no way they can run well enough to beat us. We're good enough in both to make teams play us honestly.
No coordinator can say he's got to stop our run game because we can't pass, ... And no one can say if we stop their pass, there's no way they can run well enough to beat us. We're good enough in both to make teams play us honestly.
It's not very often in our league that one team will become a dominant force in any given year for more than a year.
It's been talked about a lot, probably more than most (openers) for us, and that's because we're playing a great team. It's a team that wins almost every time they play.
We have rules that must be adhered to by all members of our team. It's sometimes an unpleasant duty of a coach, but discipline is an important part of team unity and ultimately, team success. Hopefully, an important lesson is learned that will be of benefit in the future.
We played a great football team tonight. They executed beautifully. If I wasn't coaching against them, I really would have enjoyed watching it because they did a great job.
Our punt team continues to do a great job.
A lot of guys just really opened up, mostly seniors, and the players really responded in a very strong way, in an emotional way. You just felt the team being built. You felt a very strong bond. It looked like the ingredients were there, and you're thinking, 'We've got a chance to be pretty good here.' You just didn't know if it was going to equate into victories or not. So far it has.
A team that can put pressure on the quarterback without blitzing I'm more worried about than a team that blitzes. Blitzing teams are vulnerable to the big play.