Why new Georgia football RBs coach Josh Crawford is seen as a ‘great fit’ for Bulldogs

As co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Western Kentucky in 2022, Josh Crawford had a hand in the nation’s No. 2 passing offense with a quarterback in Austin Reed who threw for more yards — 4,756 — than anybody else in the nation

“I have so many good things to say about Coach Crawford,” Reed said after Crawford was hired three weeks ago by Georgia football coach Kirby Smart. “We stay in touch. He just texted me like a month ago. To see him get that Georgia job is just a testament to the coach he is, the recruiter he is and I think he’s a great fit for that spot.”

That spot is Georgia running backs coach, a position he last coached at Greater Atlanta Christian when he was on staff from 2010-12. He also has the title run game coordinator for the Bulldogs.

Smart interviewed Crawford, who coached wide receivers last season at Georgia Tech, for the wide receiver coach opening when Bryan McClendon left to coach receivers for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but hired him to coach running backs and brought James Coley back after a brief stint at South Carolina to coach the receivers.

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Smart said he “felt so strongly about him as football coach. I don’t think you have to be any certain position if you’re a good football coach. That was evident across the state, the places he’s coached in our state. I have a lot of respect for the places he’s coached, how he’s done, and we think he fits our program.”

Those places on the high school level include Jefferson County, Colquitt County, Lee County, Valdosta and Colquitt County again.

Crawford was wide receivers coach at Colquitt County in 2016 when Daijun Edwards was a…

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Author : Athens Banner-Herald

Publish date : 2024-03-19 08:02:22

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