Georgia hires new defensive backs coach from the nation's No. 1 pass defense
It takes a lot for a coach to leave his alma mater for another program but the offer to come work with some of the best defensive backs in the nation proved to be too much for Jahmile Addae.
Kirby Smart has his new defensive backs coach as Addae, a West Virginia graduate, has left the Mountaineers to work for the Bulldogs. Smart had this opening on his coaching staff after Charlton Warren left Georgia to become the new defensive coordinator at Indiana.
This news was first reported by Bruce Feldman of The Athletic.
A former West Virginia all-conference safety, Addae has successfully made the transition into becoming one of the rising stars in the college coaching ranks. During the 2019 season, his first as a position coach with the Mountaineers, Addae helped develop Keith Washington II and Josh Norwood into All-Big 12 Conference selections and Tykee Smith into a freshman All-American.
In his second season at West Virginia, the team ranked No. 1 nationally in pass defense after surrendering just 159.6 passing yards per contest.
Here is a look at Addae’s coaching resume up to this point.
2007 West Virginia – Video Graduate Assistant
2008-09 Michigan – Defensive Graduate Assistant
2010-11 Cincinnati – Running Backs
2013-15 Arizona – Analyst
2016-17 Arizona – Defensive Backs
2018 Minnesota – Defensive Backs
2019 West Virginia – Defensive Secondary
2020 West Virginia – Cornerbacks
#DawgNation, join us in welcoming the newest addition to Georgia Football, @Coach_Addae!#GoDawgs pic.twitter.com/Y4W3Wk3gHD
— Georgia Football (@GeorgiaFootball) January 27, 2021
Massive w
We’re hiring guys at the top of their profession…
… and Floriduh and Tennessee are scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Yeah, the gap is so totally closing. LOL!
I’m pissed and in disbelief that Kirby wasn’t able to poach 3rd and Grantham from UF
We’re doomed
LMAO!!!!
GO DAWGS!
My god you’re hilarious. History will repeat itself for another 41 years for the delusional.
If this hire excites you then go for it! Whatever joy this gives you in the present you should take it. It’s all you pathetic losers have anyway. LMAO!
You’re so right G8rMarsh, terrible news for us at HumpylusionalU! Any chance you can talk Mullet into trading us that Quality Control coach from USF for Addae and say 4 or 5 six stars.?. We can throw in a shoe to sweeten the deal, yes!
Everyone needs to face the fact that there aren’t many good coaches around for the taking. During this Covid nobody is moving unless it’s upward and lucrative.
generally speaking your above statement could hold up, but not in this case….at all. the stats support that uga just hired a secondary coach to the same position group that just fielded the #1 pass defense in the country.
We will see about that in Jax
Such a hypocrite.
Rumour on the street is Addae can absolutely shut-down anybody’s shoe throwing game
@Marshmallow89 I mean Marshgator89……Pathetic losers have dominated you for 3 straight seasons both on the field and especially in recruiting. UGA beat themselves this season playing Stetson Bennett. By the way. Stetson Bennett would make Florida a heck of an upgrade at QB next season. But I doubt he would play for you!!!
Even with 70% of the starting defense out and 35% of the offense out for the cocktail party. Including star receiver George Pickens. Had UGA been able to play JT DANIELS. UGA STILL BEATS YOU 4 STRAIGHT.
As is UGA will start another winning streak next season. That will run at least 3 or 4 years and probably longer!!!!! It’s whatever makes you feel good. Because Florida can’t even have a good season when UGA attempts to GIVE YOU ONE!!!!!!!
All Florida had to do. Was FINISH!!!! I mean LSU was a depleted team. Starting a true freshman for his first start. In the swamp no less!!!! And I’m not buying that excuse that the crowd wasn’t there. IF THEY WEREN’T THEN WHY? FLORIDA HAD PERMISSION TO PACK THE SWAMP. Either way it was still your house!
LSU HAD 3 WINS!!!!!! And they were down something like 25 scholarships players. There was just no excuse to lose except one. THAT BEING DAN MULLEN HAS A LONG HISTORY OF BLOWING A SEASON IN THE LAST GAMES!!!! Honestly when Florida beat the UGA B TEAM. THAT WAS WAY OUT OF CHARACTER FOR DANNY BOY DARTH!!! Because when he sees a ranking on the front of a team. He usually just falls apart by ranking alone.
Lose to 3 win LSU at home.
Lose to Alabama but play them good. Go figure!!!
Then let mouth overload a$$ against big 10 team. And embarrass conference and gator fans. As you are literally RAPED BY OU!!! A 35 point bowl loss. DID ANYONE CALL THE POLICE????? LAST I SAW, OU IS STILL WALKING AROUND FREE AS A BIRD.
PS. Allow me to remind you. Even if you had a miracle season next year. AND YOU WON’T! YOUR NOT GETTING IN THE PLAYOFFS AND YOUR NOT GOING BOWLING!!! IN OTHER WORDS. NO CHANCE!!!!!!!!
PROBATION FROM DAN GETTING HIS HAND CAUGHT IN THE COOKIE JAR!!!!! CHEATERS!!!!
King Negan
Kirby knocked that one out the park!
Welcome to the Big Leagues, coach Addae! He’s already on video chat with Terrion Arnold…
Terrion Arnold was my first thought when I read on Dawgnation that DGD Prather was heading to Illini…if my count is right that puts us down to 84 schollies
@Tim Rupert……..Yea but your not supposed to tell. Besides I doubt Arnold wants to go to a team in a rebuilding period. That is also on PROBATION!!!!
King Negan
“PROBATION!!!!” Negan, maybe you’re color blind? Getting your Orange – as in Florida and Tennessee confused with UGA Red?
Or, maybe you’re just wishing out-loud. That boat won’t be coming in to save you…
The only thing he knocks out is himself in championship games! LOL
hope this fellow ccan get lock down corner in the portal since this is the only gap in the dogs lineup
however i still wonder if bama is not going to be better than the dogs in 2021
the only way i see this opening to beat bama is that this tight end is the key to always making 3rd and 1 since running up the middle is still not a guarantee unless milton is the 1st back not zeus
if the corners are still not able to cover like they did not vs florida we are still 10-2 and wonder if mark richt is watching us
He won’t in SEC…
This guy has been nothing but a Dback coach for 5 years, with three 2nd class programs and has coached only 3 DBs worth mentioning? Wow what a hire! Lookout LSU, Florida and Bama, Georgia is the new DBU!!
Look, a position coach hire isn’t going to be someone who was a former DC at the P5 level. It is what it is.
I’m sure you’re one of the people who puts out job postings for entry level jobs requiring 10 years of experience. Reasonable expectations go a long way in life.
1974Gator, During the 2019 season, his first as a position coach with the Mountaineers, Addae helped develop Keith Washington II and Josh Norwood into All-Big 12 Conference selections and Tykee Smith into a freshman All-American.
Producing 3 as you put it “DBs worth mentioning” in his first year at WV, and then producing the nations best passing defense the next year, sure sounds good to me.
He didn’t have much of a program to offer in his earlies stops.
But, good try anyway…
Tim, that’s a bit much for even a puppy fan.
From what I’ve seen, read, and heard, this is a HOME RUN hire! Coach Addae looks like he has the makings of a future DC/HC! Maybe we can keep him long enough to move up the ranks within our program as we lose coordinators.
whether addae advances his career beyond a db coach is to be seen, but this is certainly a great hire as a db coach for the present.
kudos to cks for looking outside of the sec footprint too. so many stale, re-tread coaches popping up at other schools this past offseason. cough. auburn.
Hey all you angry and jealous turds in glass houses who lost 3-in-a-row and finished behind UGA
3rd and Grantham isn’t coaching in Athens.
Kirby talked Frank Broyles finalist Dan Lanning into staying at UGA and not accepting the DC job at Texas.
mullet gave 3rd and Grantham an extension.
Who gets fired first – Addae or 3rd and Grantham?
I once saw a LSU Bengal Tiger with no shoe …
Stop barking poodle boy…you haven’t achieved anything compared BAMA, LSU, FLORIDA, AUBURN…even TN!! Most people on this site weren’t born when you last won a NC. You are a relic like your bark…
Seems like a good hire. Have never heard of him and wonder what happened with Glenn Ford, maybe the on field exp.
Welcome Coach Addae!
Welcome to the Dawg Nation!
Another homerun hire by Kirby! Same as recruiting. He is always building.
This past year was THE year for Kirby to take that next step up. Then COVID hit. Then Newman quit. Then Kirby went with SB IV. This year the D should be there and Daniels is the man. I do expect the Bulldogs to beat Mullen & Co. But can he beat Saban in what should be a down year at the Capstone with the loss of 3 Heisman vote getters and 2 All-Americans on the OL and 2 from the Bama D and advance?
Kirby can only walk backwards!
Lol, #1 pass defense against who? You all are gonna have a rude awakening!