Mark Richt

Mark Richt

Richt in 2018
Biographical details
Born	(1960-02-18) February 18, 1960 (age 64) Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
1979–1982	Miami (FL)
Position(s)	Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985–1988	Florida State (GA)
1989	East Carolina (OC)
1990–1993	Florida State (QB)
1994–2000	Florida State (OC/QB)
2001–2015	Georgia
2016–2018	Miami (FL)
Head coaching record
Overall	171–64
Bowls	10–7
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 SEC (2002, 2005) 5 SEC Eastern Division (2002–2003, 2005, 2011–2012) 1 ACC Coastal Division (2017)
Awards
2× SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005) ACC Coach of the Year (2017) Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (2017)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 2023 (profile)

Mark Allan Richt (born February 18, 1960) is a retired American football coach, former player, and television analyst. He was the head football coach at the University of Georgia for 15 years and at the University of Miami, his alma mater, for three. His teams won two Southeastern Conference (SEC) championships, five SEC division titles, and one Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) division title. He was a two-time SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005), the 2017 ACC Coach of the Year, and the winner of the national 2017 Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award. On January 10, 2023, he was inducted into College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2023 class.^[1]

Richt played college football as a quarterback at Miami. As an assistant coach, he spent 14 years at Florida State University, where he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Bobby Bowden, and a year as offensive coordinator at East Carolina University.^[2]