Georgia football has officially announced the hiring of Chidera Uzo-Diribe as the program’s new outside linebackers coach. Uzo-Diribe will take the role previously held by Dan Lanning, who is now the head coach at Oregon.

Uzo-Diribe joins Georgia from TCU, after he had followed Sonny Dykes from SMU. Prior to coaching at SMU during the 2021 season, Uzo-Diribe spent two seasons coaching outside linebackers at Kansas under Les Miles. Uzo-Diribe also spent three seasons as a graduate assistant at Colorado, where he also played. Uzo-Diribe is from Long Beach, Calif.

Georgia’s outside linebackers room returns Nolan Smith and 2021 sack-leader Robert Beal. The group also signed three prospects in the 2022 recruiting cycle in 5-star Marvin Jones Jr., 4-star Darris Smith and 4-star CJ Madden. Jones and Smith will arrive this summer, while Madden will miss spring practice with a shoulder injury.

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