Mark Richt didn’t have any head coaching experience when Vince Dooley hired the national championship-winning Florida State offensive coordinator for the Georgia job.
Former Georgia Coach Vince Dooley speaks to the press after a press conference announcing Head Coach Mark Richt's firing from the university at Stegeman Coliseum on Monday, Nov. 30, 2015 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff) OnlineAthens / Athens Banner-Herald(Richard Hamm/Staff) OnlineAthens / Athens Banner-Herald
So, Dooley was asked Monday, what about Kirby Smart, the national championship-winning Alabama defensive coordinator replacing Richt?
“You never know,” Dooley said about Smart, a former Georgia defensive back who Monday was named one of five finalists for the Broyles Award for nation’s top assistant.