Mark Richt: Former Georgia coach open to coaching again

One day after parting ways with the Georgia Bulldogs, Mark Richt said he’s open to coaching again, but will it be next season?

The Mark Richt era is over at Georgia, but the Mark Richt era at another university could soon be underway.

One day after his remarkable tenure with the Bulldogs came to a close after a 9-3 year, Richt met the media on Monday morning to discuss his past, present and if his future will include more coaching. Richt handled the joint press conference with Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity, the man responsible for Richt being unemployed, with the class and dignity we’ve seen in spades over the last decade and a half in Athens.

Richt sounded like a man who was ready to start a new chapter in his life and that includes getting back in coaching, but according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Richt is unlikely to take a job for next season.

However, when Richt was asked if he was open to coaching again he said, via Coachingsearch.com, “No doubt.”

“I’ll say this: If and when I do coach again, I’m looking forward to coaching again, in terms of being more hands-on. I miss coaching quarterbacks. I miss calling plays. I miss that part of it. Whether it’s in the role of head coach, coordinator, quarterbacks coach, whatever it is, if I choose to do that, I’d be really excited about coaching QB’s again and getting in the middle of the offensive strategy. Not that I wasn’t in it, but I wasn’t calling it. I think I’d be more apt to do that again.”

So for the time being, you can forget about Richt heading to his alma mater and being the next head coach of the Miami Hurricanes or heading north and taking the job with the South Carolina Gamecocks where he would play Georgia every year as division foes in the SEC East.

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But it sounds like Richt isn’t ready to let Georgia’s bowl game be the final paragraph in the story of his coaching career, and that’s great to hear because college football needs more coaches and people like Mark Richt.