Who are the men running the SEC East’s offensive lines? Get to know the seven coaches’ backgrounds.

Florida — Mike Summers

One of the holdovers in Florida’s coaching staff overhaul after last season, Summers has been in the game for 35 years, almost all of it spent as either an offensive line coach or offensive coordinator. The Lexington, Ky. native began his career as a graduate assistant at Kentucky, then moved up to offensive coordinator at Northern Illinois just a few years later. He’s made 10 total stops at the college level, including on the other side of the Wildcats’ rivalry with Louisville, as well as stops at SEC schools Arkansas and again at Kentucky and an NFL stint with the Atlanta Falcons.

Georgia — Rob Sale

Sale is on just his second on-field coaching stop. The former LSU offensive lineman spent a year in the high school ranks, then joined Alabama’s staff as a strength and conditioning assistant and offensive analyst from 2007-11, where he helped the Crimson Tide win two national titles in that span. From there, he scored a position at McNeese State, first as offensive line coach in 2012-13, then adding co-offensive coordinator to his title in 2014. Mark Richt brought him onto the staff at Georgia in January to replace Will Friend, who left to become offensive coordinator at Colorado State under former Georgia OC Mike Bobo.

Kentucky — John Schlarman

Schlarman is in his second stint with the Wildcats after he started his college coaching career started in Lexington as a graduate assistant for offensive line and tight ends from 2000-02. After those three years, he took a head coaching job at the high school level, where he coached Campbell County (Ky.) H.S. to two state playoff appearances and a district title in 2003-04. He then moved to Newport (Ky.) H.S. in 2005, where he won District Coach of the Year and once again led his team to a state playoff appearance. Schlarman returned to the college ranks after that, where he coached at Troy as offensive line coach and then as OL coach/run game coordinator from 2007-12 before he returned to UK.

Missouri — A.J. Ricker

A former All-Big 12 offensive lineman for the Tigers, Ricker returned to his alma mater before last season. After a playing career in NFL Europe and Arena Football, Ricker started his coaching career as a graduate assistant and then offensive line coach at Western Michigan. He then moved to St. Joseph’s College (Renasslear, Ind.) as offensive line coach (2009) and then head coach (2010). Following that stint, he returned to Western Michigan as offensive line coach/run game coordinator. After two years with the Broncos, he moved onto Illinois, where he coaching the Illini offensive line.

South Carolina — Shawn Elliott

The Gamecocks’ co-offensive coordinator and run game coordinator has been with the program since 2010. Prior to joining South Carolina’s staff, he coached at his alma mater, Appalachian State. He began as a graduate assistant following his graduation in 1996. By 2001, he worked his way to offensive line coach, a position he held until he joined Steve Spurrier’s staff. During his time as a coach at ASU, Elliott helped lead the Mountaineers to three consecutive Division I-AA national titles. Elliott had a four-year playing career at ASU as a defensive end, winning two Southern Conference titles as a player while appearing in the Division I-AA playoffs all four seasons of his career.

Tennessee — Don Mahoney

Mahoney joined the Volunteers when Butch Jones took over the program and did excellent work with his first crop of offensive linemen, with all five starters from 2013 making their way to the NFL. He played a role in recruiting all of the Vols’ touted offensive linemen signees this year as well, putting his stamp on the rebuild up front. Mahoney was on Jones’ staff at both Cincinnati (2010-12) and Central Michigan (2007-09) as offensive line coach as well. He began his coaching career at Central Michigan as a GA, where he first worked with Jones, and moved up to tight ends coach after two years as a GA. He then moved onto Tulane (1999-2006) as offensive line coach before linking up with Jones back at CMU.

Vanderbilt — Keven Lightner

Lightner, who joined Derek Mason’s staff in 2014, has built a two-decade career as an offensive line coach. He began at the Division II level with Northern (S.D.) State (1996-97), then at Nebraska-Omaha (1998-2000) as an offensive assistant. He jumped up to the Division I-A/FBS level with Western Kentucky (2000-01), where he was co-offensive coordinator and OL coach. From there, he was the OL coach for New Mexico State (2003-05) and Ohio (2006-2013) before he took the offensive line job with the Commodores.