The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have hired Georgia Bulldogs wide receivers coach and passing game coordinator Bryan McClendon to be their wide receivers coach. McClendon’s departure for the NFL is part of a growing trend of college coaches heading to the NFL. Most college coaches are looking for the improved work-life balance that the NFL has to offer.
McClendon, who played college football at Georgia from 2002-2005, served as Georgia’s wide receivers coach from 2022-2024. He previously coached receivers at Oregon (2020-2021) and South Carolina (2016-2019).
McClendon began his coaching career at Georgia in 2007. He coached running backs for Georgia from 2009-2015. He was Georgia’s interim head coach in the TaxSlayer Bowl at the end of the 2015 season.
Head coach Kirby Smart and Georgia football are now looking for a new wide receivers coach. The Bulldogs could target a former player, like Hines Ward, or a coach from another college program.
How did Georgia football fans respond after Bryan McClendon’s departure to the NFL?
Georgia WR Anthony Evans reacts
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— ⚡️⚡️Anthony (AE3)Evans III⚡️⚡️ (@AnthonyEvansIII) February 17, 2024
Four-star Georgia WR signee reacts
Ladd McConkey on what it would be like to play for McClendon in the NFL
Ladd McConkey is being honored with the Wuerffel Trophy tonight at the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. Asked him about what the NFL is getting in Bryan McClendon, and what it would be like to play for him at the next level. pic.twitter.com/ISUwQ5ljQo
— Sudu (@sudu_tv) February 17, 2024
Nice to see McClendon get an opportunity at the next level
Hell yeah Bmac congrats definitely deserved.
— UGA United (@UGAUnited) February 17, 2024
Adam Schefter reported the news
Another college defection: Buccaneers hired Georgia’s well-regarded wide receivers coach and pass game…
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Author : UGA Wire
Publish date : 2024-02-18 15:16:32
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