Georgia football head coach Kirby Smart has made yet another hire to his coaching roster. This time Smart adds former Louisiana Lafayette special teams coordinator Robby Discher as a special teams analyst for the Dawgs, per Chris Vannini of The Athletic.
SOURCE: Georgia is expected to add Louisiana Lafayette special teams coordinator Robby Discher as a special teams analyst, a person with knowledge of the situation tells @TheAthletic.
Discher will work with ST coordinator Scott Cochran.
— Chris Vannini 😷 (@ChrisVannini) February 26, 2021
Discher received national attention when he won the FootballScoop Special Teams Coordinator of the Year while at Oklahoma State in 2014. He spent one year with the Ragin Cajuns before getting the call from Smart. Prior to his time in Louisiana, Discher coached at Toledo for four years and OSU for one as a graduate assistant.
“Glenn Schumann, Dan Lanning, Todd Hartley, Cortez, Dell, Chartlon, have all had special teams duties in their career, so this is not like Scott Cochran is the only special teams guy on our staff,” Smart said about Discher. “We have an immense amount of knowledge and experience on special teams. They’ll draw on that. Scott will be the special teams coordinator.”
“But we’ll use the entire staff to help with that. We’ve got quality control guys who do a great job of coaching in our coaches. And then I’m involved in our special teams, and always have been and always will be, because I think it’s a really important part.”
Discher’s OSU squad was tied for the national lead with six punts or kicks blocked in 2014. He was the first ever graduate assistant to win the FootballScoop Special Teams Coordinator of the Year.
The Kansas City, Missouri native now takes his career a step higher, joining the ranks of the SEC. He will assist Scott Cochran with special teams duties in 2021.
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