Football
- Title:
- Assistant Head Coach - Running Backs
Dell McGee was named Run Game Coordinator and Running Backs coach in 2019 after serving three years as running backs coach and one (2018) as assistant head coach.
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He is part of a coaching staff that led the 15-0 Bulldogs to the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 65-7 victory over TCU in the title game following a semi-final win over Ohio State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl semi-final, 42-41.
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The Georgia offense ranked among the top five nationally in both scoring offense (41.1 ppg) and total offense (501.1 ypg). The ‘Dogs also finished first nationally in red zone offense (97.6%), first downs (375), and fourth down percentage (86.7%). Senior quarterback Stetson Bennett became the first player to be named the offensive Most Valuable Player in four CFP games including twice in a CFP National Championship Game.
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In his seven seasons at UGA, McGee has coached four 1,000-yard rushers: Nick Chubb in 2016-17; Sony Michel in 2017; D’Andre Swift in 2018-19; and Elijah Holyfield in 2018. Chubb and Michel finished their careers as the Nos. 2 and 3 rushers in UGA history, amassing over 8,400 combined yards and 87 touchdowns. Chubb, Michel, Swift, as well as recent alums James Cook and Zamir White, were all taken in the first four rounds of the NFL Draft. Additionally, Rivals.com named McGee the 2018 National Recruiter of the Year after the Bulldogs signed the consensus No. 1-rated recruiting class.
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Just 10 days before he came to UGA in 2016, McGee led Georgia Southern to victory in its first-ever bowl game (GoDaddy Bowl) as interim head coach.
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McGee served as running backs coach at GSU in 2014-15. Prior to joining the Georgia Southern staff, McGee served one season at Auburn, his alma mater, where he worked as an analyst in 2013 when the Tigers reached the BCS Championship Game.
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From 2005-12, McGee developed Carver-Columbus High School into a perennial powerhouse as the Tigers rattled off seven straight seasons with 10 or more wins.
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McGee was a two-year starter and four-year letterwinner at Auburn from 1992-95, helping preserve the Tigers’ undefeated 1993 season with a critical interception against Alabama.
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McGee lettered in football and track at Kendrick High School in Columbus, Ga. He and his wife Linda have a son, Austin.
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Birthdate: Sept. 7, 1973
Birthplace: Columbus, Ga.
Family: Wife, Linda and son, Austin
High School: Kendrick
College:Â B.A. Psychology, Auburn 2001;
M.Ed. Sports Fitness and Recreation, Troy State 2007;
Ed.S, Educational Leadership, Columbus State, 2008.
Coaching Experience:
2002.............................................................. Harris County HS (DBs)
2003-04.......................................... Greenville (Ga.) HS (Def. Coord.)
2005-12............................. Carver-Columbus (Ga.) HS (head coach)
2013............................................................................Auburn (analyst)
2014-15......................................................... Georgia Southern (RBs)
....................................................... 2015Â (Assistant Head Coach/RBs)
2016-18.......................................................................... Georgia (RBs)
2018........................................ Georgia (Assistant Head Coach / RBs)
2019-Present......................... Georgia (Run Game Coordinator / RBs)
Playing Experience:
1992-95.....................................................................................Auburn
1996-98.................................................................. Arizona Cardinals
1999............................................................. Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)
1999.................................................................................Detroit Lions
2000................................... Carolina Cobras (Arena Football League)
2001.......................................................... Los Angeles Xtreme (XFL)
2001.................................................................... Nashville Kats (XFL)
