Georgia TE coach doesn't accept Mark Richt's offer to be co-offensive coordinator

Talal Elmasry | 8 years ago

Georgia coach Mark Richt was hoping to bring a long-tenured assistant over to Miami, but that doesn’t look like it’s happening.

John Lilly, the Bulldogs tight ends coach since 2008, reportedly didn’t accept an offer from Richt to join his staff as co-offensive coordinator with the Hurricanes, per a report from FootballScoop.com.

From https://t.co/5ho0gj0IiF: Per source, Georgia tight ends coach John Lilly has turned down an offer by Miami's Mark Richt to be co-OC.

— Susan Miller Degnan (@smillerdegnan) December 23, 2015

Prior to his tenure in Athens, Lilly was the tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator under legendary head coach Bobby Bowden for 10 seasons at Florida State (1998-2007).

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Talal Elmasry

Born and raised in Gainesville, Talal joined SDS in 2015 after spending 2 years in Bristol as an ESPN researcher. Previously, Talal worked at The Gainesville Sun.

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