Georgia coach Mark Richt has amped up his pursuit of Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Todd Grantham to be the Bulldogs’ next defensive coordinator. Richt knows he can’t allow this to drag on much longer, especially with national signing day approaching. Alabama’s Kirby Smart became the third different person to turn down Richt on Monday despite being offered a three-year deal worth $750,000 annually. Several people close to the situation say Grantham is very interested, but doesn’t want to do anything that would serve as a distraction for the Cowboys during their playoff run. Richt and Grantham have already talked about the position, according to ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach. Grantham, 43, owns a vacation home at Lake Oconee, near the Georgia campus in Athens. Depending on how long the Cowboys last in the playoffs, it could be that Richt goes ahead and names Grantham the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator and that Grantham doesn’t actually begin his coaching duties at Georgia until after the Cowboys are out of the playoffs. Either way, it’s pretty clear at this point that Grantham is Richt’s main target and has been on Richt’s radar for some time. Like Smart, Grantham is a Nick Saban disciple and worked under Saban at Michigan State. He’s been on the Cowboys’ staff the last two seasons and was the Cleveland Browns’ defensive coordinator prior to that.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Richt zeroing in on Cowboys' Grantham
Georgia coach Mark Richt has amped up his pursuit of Dallas Cowboys defensive line coach Todd Grantham to be the Bulldogs’ next defensive coordinator. Richt knows he can’t allow this to drag on much longer, especially with national signing day approaching. Alabama’s Kirby Smart became the third different person to turn down Richt on Monday despite being offered a three-year deal worth $750,000 annually. Several people close to the situation say Grantham is very interested, but doesn’t want to do anything that would serve as a distraction for the Cowboys during their playoff run. Richt and Grantham have already talked about the position, according to ESPN.com’s Mark Schlabach. Grantham, 43, owns a vacation home at Lake Oconee, near the Georgia campus in Athens. Depending on how long the Cowboys last in the playoffs, it could be that Richt goes ahead and names Grantham the Bulldogs’ defensive coordinator and that Grantham doesn’t actually begin his coaching duties at Georgia until after the Cowboys are out of the playoffs. Either way, it’s pretty clear at this point that Grantham is Richt’s main target and has been on Richt’s radar for some time. Like Smart, Grantham is a Nick Saban disciple and worked under Saban at Michigan State. He’s been on the Cowboys’ staff the last two seasons and was the Cleveland Browns’ defensive coordinator prior to that.
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