Georgia football finished with the No. 1 overall ranked recruiting class for 2020, so surely it had some coaches finish pretty high in the 247Sports Football Recruiter Rankings.
Each year, 247Sports ranks assistant coaches around the country for their job on the recruiting trail and releases their Recruiter Rankings,
Georgia football usually has a couple of coaches consistently finishing near the top of that list, and this year UGA has three in the top-50 and one in the top-5.
Running backs coach Dell McGee finished No. 5 in the nation. McGee was the primary recruiter on Georgia’s two running backs, Kendall Milton and Daijun Edwards. He was also on the trail for 4-star wide receiver Jermaine Burton, who McGee was able to flip from LSU. Additionally, McGee gets credit for retaining 5-star offensive tackle Broderick Jones, who was wavering on his commitment after the departure of Sam Pittman.
In all, McGee was responsible for bringing in six new Bulldogs.
Also finishing high in the rankings is defensive backs coach Charlton Warren, who closed out the 2020 recruiting cycle ranked No. 18 in the country. Warren, who has one year under his belt coaching Georgia football, was credited with bringing in four signees.
Also making the top-50 is tight ends coach Todd Hartley, who was responsible for four signees and ranks No. 46.
Also high on the list were a decent amount of former Georgia football coaches.
At No. 4 is Rodney Gardner, who was a Georgia football assistant for 15 years in Athens. During his 15 seasons at Georgia, he was part of a staff that led UGA to 117 victories, two SEC Championships, five SEC Eastern Division titles, seven bowl victories and six Top 10 finishes in the final polls, including No. 2 in 2007 and No. 3 in 2002. He added the title of assistant head coach at Georgia in 2005 after serving as defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator there since January, 1998.
