Football
- Title:
- Fain & Billy Slaughter Defensive Coordinator - Inside Linebackers
Glenn Schumann was promoted to Defensive Coordinator (Inside Linebackers) prior to the 2022 season and has been calling plays for the Georgia defense since that move. He was named Co-Defensive Coordinator (Inside Linebackers) at Georgia in February 2019 after three seasons in charge of the Bulldogs’ inside linebackers.
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Georgia has continued to set the standard in college football for defense. Schumann has played a central role in keeping the level of performance high.  In the five games versus teams who would eventually make the College Football Playoff field in 2024, the Bulldog defense held them to 15.4 ppg and 278.6 ypg - and all but one of those contests was played away from Georgia’s Sanford Stadium.
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His defense began the year holding No. 14 Clemson to just three points and helped the Bulldogs blast top-ranked Texas 30-15 in Austin after the Longhorns arrived averaging 43.2 ppg.  Schumann’s group flexed its muscle during the 2024 season’s fourth quarter, holding opponents to their lowest cumulative quarter total of 60 points.Â
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Schumann had his third Butkus Award winner since 2017 when hybrid LB Jalon Walker garnered the honor in 2024.  Walker and S Malaki Starks earned First Team All-America honors while DL Mykel Williams, Walker and Starks were also All-SEC Second Team selections.  In addition, S KJ Bolden was a Freshman All-American and a semifinalist for the Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award, ILB Chris Cole was named to the Freshman All-SEC Team and Starks was a Thorpe Award finalist.
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In 2023, Georgia’s defensive unit ranked fifth nationally in Scoring Defense (15.6 points/game) and topped the country in 3rd Down Conversion Defense (25.7 percent) during the Bulldogs’ run to their third straight 13-win season.
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Starks earned his initial First Team All-America honor for the unit while Williams, DL Nazir Stackhouse, ILB Smael Mondon, DB Tykee Smith and DB Kamari Lassiter were all Second Team All-SEC selections in 2023. Starks was also a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy in his second season.
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The Bulldogs have led the nation in Scoring Defense and ranked among the national leaders in Total Defense throughout the 2022 campaign. Schumann took over the play calling duties for the defense that led the 15-0 Bulldogs to the 2022 CFP National Championship with a 65-7 victory over TCU in the title game following a CFP Semifinal win over Ohio State in the Peach Bowl 42-41. The Georgia defense finished the season ranked among the nation’s leaders in Rushing Defense (1st, 77.1), Scoring Defense (5th, 14.3 ppg), Red Zone Defense (2nd, 67.6 percent), and Total Defense (9th, 296.8 ypg).
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The ‘Dogs defense also boasted two first team All-Americans in DL Jalen Carter and DB Chris Smith, Butkus finalist (Jamon Dumas-Johnson), Lombardi finalist (Carter), Nagurski finalist (Smith), and Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award finalist (Starks).
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Schumann was part of a 2021 staff that led the Bulldogs to the College Football Playoff National Championship with 33-18 win over Alabama in the title game. Georgia set 21 school single-season team records, including Wins and Games Played, as well as defensive marks for Fewest Points Allowed, Fewest Average Points Allowed and Interception TDs. Georgia also finished first nationally in Red Zone Defense, second nationally in Rushing Defense and Passing Efficiency Defense. The Bulldog defense surrendered only three rushing and 10 passing TDs all year. Georgia set an NFL record with 15 picks in the 2022 NFL draft including five first round defensive players and eight overall.
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During Schumann’s tenure in Athens, in addition to the 2021 season, Georgia won 11 or more games in three straight seasons for the first time in program history (2017-19). The Bulldogs have also won six SEC Eastern Division titles (2017-19, 2021-23), earned seven consecutive New Year’s Six Bowl berths, won the 2021 and 2022 CFP crowns and played for the 2018 CFP title.
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Schumann’s other star pupils at Georgia have included a pair of Butkus Award winners -- Roquan Smith in 2017 and Nakobe Dean in 2021 -- and two other finalists: Monty Rice in 2020 and Jamon Dumas-Johnson in 2022. Smith (2018), Dean, Quay Walker and Channing Tindall (2022), along with Monty Rice (2021) and Tae Crowder (2020), were all taken in the NFL Draft. Smith was the eighth overall draft pick in 2018 while Walker was the 22nd overall selection in the 2022 draft.
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Schumann came to UGA after eight years with the Crimson Tide, first as an undergraduate analyst (2008-Dec. 2011) and then as a graduate assistant (Dec. 2011-Feb. 2014). In February, 2014, he was named Director of Player Development and Associate Director of Player Personnel serving in those positions until December, 2015.
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Born in Valdosta, Ga., Schumann graduated from McKinney Boyd High School in McKinney, Texas, where he lettered in both football and basketball. He earned his bachelor of arts degree from Alabama in December, 2011, and a masters in sports management from UA in December, 2013. He and his wife Lauren have two sons, Bryson, born in September 2019, and Warner, born in October 2024, and a daughter, Whitley, born in May 2021.
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Birthdate: March 29, 1990
Birthplace: Valdosta, Ga.
Family:Â Wife, Lauren; Son, Bryson Eric; Daughter, Whitley Maryann
High School: McKinney Boyd (Tex.) High School
College:Â Alabama '11 (B.A.),
Alabama ’13 (M.S., Sport Management)
Coaching Experience
2008-11.......................... Alabama (undergraduate analyst)
2011-14................................ Alabama (graduate assistant)
2014-15..............Alabama (director of player development/
................................ associate director of player personnel)
2016-18.............................................. Georgia (Inside LBs)
2019-22............Georgia (Co-Defensive Coord./Inside LBs)
2022-Present.........Georgia (Defensive Coord./Inside LBs)
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