The Latest Breaking News from Brent Key

When Georgia Tech athletic director J Batt gave the floor to his new basketball coach, Damon Stoudamire pulled up his chair and prepared to give his introductory address.

ATLANTA — He led Georgia Tech to its highest height in more than 15 years, but was unable to sustain that success. After two seasons in which the Jackets ranked among the least successful teams among the power conferences, coach Josh Pastner was dismissed Friday at the end of his…

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ATLANTA — Brent Key isn’t taking on a rebuilding job at Georgia Tech. Key already repaired the team’s spirit after it was broken in the final days of the Geoff Collins era. Unlike most new head coaches, Key isn’t coming into this cold. He’s seen the players up close. Key…

There weren’t many massive shifts in college football leadership this year, but the changes that were made slot into a few distinguishable tiers.

Whether Georgia Tech can reach the lofty heights that its new coach envisions will be answered only in the seasons to come.

When Brent Key began his first full day as Georgia Tech’s full-time head coach, he had some disadvantages that most of his predecessors did not have. He has never been a full-time head coach, first of all.

This feels like the right hire. It mightn’t feel that way five years from now, but we’re not living in 2027. We’re living at a time when Georgia Tech is trying to correct the biggest wrong in Institute annals. Brent Key feels like the right place to start.

Brent Key is in line to be Georgia Tech’s next head coach, a person familiar with the situation confirmed to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. ESPN reported earlier in the day that Key had been targeted.

The Yellow Jackets will stick with their interim coach after a 4–4 finish to the 2022 season.

Ideally, if Georgia Tech football makes Brent Key the permanent head coach, it will work out for the Yellow Jackets like it did for Clemson with Dabo Swinney. The comparison might seem absurd because Swinney is one of college football’s more successful coaches. But in 2008, Swinney was a position…