Ga. Tech demotes Thacker, Sherrer now sole DC

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

• Elder WriterOct 1, 2023, 04:12 PM ET Close College football press reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Georgia Tech has called Kevin Sherrer as

its sole protective coordinator and demoted Andrew Thacker after slipping to 103rd nationally in points allowed.Thacker, the group’s primary protective coordinator considering that 2019 under coaches Geoff Collins and Brent Key, will now serve as safeties coach. Sherrer joined the staff in January as co-defensive planner and linebackers coach. He has planner experience at Tennessee and invested the previous two seasons on the New York Giants’staff.Editor’s Picks “Our efficiency on defense this season hasn’t met the standard that we expect at Georgia Tech,” Secret said in a statement. “While the duty for that does not fall on any one individual– in truth, as the head coach, that obligation begins with me – I do feel that a brand-new voice and viewpoint from the organizer function is needed for us to enhance. Coach Sherrer is a veteran coach that has had great success in all aspects of coaching defense and at the greatest levels of football.”

Georgia Tech has permitted 38 points or more three times in the first 5 games, including in Saturday’s loss to Bowling Green, which had actually scored a total of 13 points in its previous 2 games. The Yellow Jackets are enabling 30.8 points per game and rank 112th nationally in backyards enabled (427.8 lawns per game). They blew a 28-13 halftime lead in the opener and lost to Louisville 39-34.

After being up to 2-3, Georgia Tech this week gos to No. 17 Miami.