Report: Georgia Assistant Coach "Primary Target" for SEC Coordinator Job

Arkansas is reportedly targeting a key Georgia defensive coach to fill their vacant-defensive coordinator role.

Christian Goeckel | Dec 8, 2022

Arkansas head football coach Sam Pittman is reportedly targeting Georgia defensive line coach Tray Scott as his next defensive coordinator. The spot opened up when Arkansas defensive coordinator - and former Missouri head coach - Barry Odum took the head coaching position at UNLV.

Source: Tray Scott is the primary target for the open defensive coordinator position. Has spent the past five years as the defensive line coach at Georgia.

A native of Crossett, Ark., Scott also graduated from Arkansas Tech and worked with Sam Pittman at UGA for three seasons.
— JC Hoops (@JacksonCollier) December 9, 2022

The report comes from Jackson Collier of HawgBeat.com, though sources close to the situation have called into question the severity of the threat of Scott's departure just yet.

As Collier mentions, Tray Scott has been the defensive line coach at Georgia since 2017, when Georgia hired him away from North Carolina. Scott briefly accepted the same position at Ole Miss, before taking the Georgia job.

If the reports are true, they shouldn't surprise anyone. Scott and Sam Pittman both worked on Georgia's staff in 2017 & 2018, when Pittman was Georgia's offensive line coach. A defensive coordinator job is the natural progression for Tray Scott.

Scott has been elite since arriving at Georgia; recruiting top talent and developing them into NFL stars. Just this past year, Georgia had three defensive lineman drafted in the first round: Travon Walker (1-Jacksonville), Jordan Davis (13-Philadelphia), and Devonte Wyatt (28-Green Bay).

This isn't the first time Georgia's dealt with coaches taking jobs prior to a College Football Playoff appearance. Just this past year, defensive coordinator Dan Lanning accepted the head coaching position at Oregon. Lanning split his time between Eugene and Athens; recruiting for the Ducks and preparing Georgia's defense for the Playoff.

This post will be updated as news develops.

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