Mark Richt Out As Georgia Head Coach

2015 will be Mark Richt’s last season coaching football at the University of Georgia.

The school made the announcement Sunday, a day after Georgia beat in-state rival Georgia Tech 13-7.

The Bulldogs finished the 2015 season with a 9-3 record but went 5-3 in the SEC, in what is widely considered to be a down year for the conference’s Eastern division.

Under Richt, the Bulldogs went 145–51, the best winning percentage by a coach in school history.

Georgia won six SEC East titles and two SEC championships in Richt’s 15 seasons but hadn’t won the conference championship since 2005.

The Bulldogs came within seconds of beating Alabama in the 2012 SEC championship, where they were playing for a spot in the BCS national championship game.

Richt will coach Georgia in its postseason bowl game.

“Coach Richt and I met Sunday morning to discuss the status of our football program,” UGA athletics director Greg McGarity said in a press release.

“And we mutually agreed that he would step down as head coach and would have the opportunity to accept other duties and responsibilities at UGA following the bowl game.”

• Read Georgia’s full statement on Richt here.

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