That's it for me - I'm outta Gas and just a Busbozo.
Ga Tech is hot for Paul Johnson, but
Johnson can probably do better. He noted at the Macon TD club that he had been formally contacted about the UA job before the Tide settled on Saban.
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If'n I was in the market for an up & coming D guy - It would be Giff Smith at Tech should Gailey get canned (perhaps a Ole Miss candidate himself?) anyways, Giff is an Erk Russell guy and a whale of a recruiter.
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Smith came to Tech in 2004 after five seasons at Tulane University. While at Tulane, Smith coached the Green Wave's defensive line all five years while serving as recruiting coordinator his last three years. He also held the title of associate head coach.
Giff Smith is in his third season on the Georgia Tech staff as defensive line coach, and for 2006 was promoted to recruiting coordinator.
Smith helps coach a Tech unit that has ranked among the nation's Top 25 in rushing defense, pass efficiency defense, total defense and scoring defense each of his four seasons. In particular, the Yellow Jackets have been among the nation's Top 15 against the run all four years.
A native of the Atlanta surburb of Mableton, he attended Pebblebrook High School and then played and coached at Georgia Southern.
A 1991 graduate of Georgia Southern, Smith was a member of three NCAA I-AA national championship teams at the school in 1986, 1989 and 1990. A three-time all-America defensive end, he helped the Eagles to a perfect 15-0 mark in 1989, and as a senior in 1990, he served as team captain.
Smith began his coaching career in 1991 as a graduate assistant at Arkansas, where remained three years before moving to Georgia for two seasons.
He later spent three seasons at his alma mater, working with the wide receivers in 1996 and then the secondary in 1997-98. During his time on the staff, the Eagles won a pair of Southern Conference titles (1997-98) and advanced to the NCAA I-AA national championship game in 1998.
Smith was inducted into the Georgia Southern University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2000.