Per a report from Bruce Feldman of The Athletic, Pat Bastien, Georgia’s Assistant Director of Player Development, is leaving for a new job at Marshall.
Bastien will become the next defensive backs coach in Huntington, West Virginia.
Prior to coming to Georgia, Bastien was at Southern University in Louisiana but left after just a few months for Georgia. And before coaching at Southern, Bastien was at Georgia Southern, where he was the linebackers coach in Statesboro. He started his coaching career at UCF, where he was a defensive graduate assistant the previous two seasons.
A native of Immokalee, Florida, Bastien had a stellar career at UAB from 2009-2013. He appeared in 44 games, starting his final two years and was captain as a senior.
In 2012, Bastien racked up 33 tackles in 10 starts and 12 games overall, highlighted by 6.0 tackles for loss and a pair of sacks. Prior to that, he had 24 tackles in 2011, redshirted 2010 and played in eight games with two starts as a freshman in 2009.
Bastien graduated from the University of Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) in May 2013 with a degree in sports leadership. He played tight end and defensive end under head coach Israel Gallegos at Immokalee High School and was selected to the Collier County High School All-Star team.
