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Co-defensive coordinator Glenn Schumann faces massive challenge and opportunity entering 2022 season

Glenn Schumann During the Bulldogs’ game against Missouri on Dooley Field at Sanford Stadium in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. (Photo by Tony Walsh) (Tony Walsh)

Glenn Schumann is Kirby Smart’s longest-tenured assistant coach. Despite being just 32 years old, he’s the only defensive assistant from Smart’s first staff at Georgia. He’s come a long way from unheralded inside linebackers coach all the way back in 2016.

It’s been a steady climb for Schumann after arriving from Alabama where he served as an analyst. He’s coached two Butkus Award winners and had three of his linebackers taken in the first 100 picks of the 2022 NFL Draft.

Now he is starting over entering the 2022 season. Not just at the inside linebacker position, but also in his new role as co-defensive coordinator for the Bulldogs.

Smart has been tight-lipped as far as how Schumann and Will Muschamp will work together this season, other than both receiving title bumps and pay raises.

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