Another coaching position on the offensive side of the ball has been filled by Kirby Smart and UGA as they have announced the hiring of Sam Pittman to be the new Offensive Line coach.

Pittman is another veteran collegiate coach with over 30 years of experience. He comes over from Arkansas where he has served as the Razorbacks Offensive Line coach since 2013 as well as an Assistant Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. He has had 8 offensive linemen he has coached drafted to the NFL in the last 2 years. Before Arkansas, Pittman coached the offensive line at Tennessee in 2012 and North Carolina from 2007-2011. He was also the Tarheel’s Assistant Head Coach in 2011.

He has also served as an offensive line coach for Northern Illinois, Kansas, Missouri, Western Michigan, Oklahoma, and Cincinnati. The season coach played college football at and graduated from Pittsburg State. While there he was named a first-team NAIA All-American, and he also earned all-conference recognition twice. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1986 from Pittsburg State, he was inducted into the PSU Athletics Hall of Fame in 1998.

With the hiring of Offensive Coordinator Jim Chaney and Offensive Line coach Sam Pittman, Coach Smart has filled 2 positions on the offensive staff, and it appears that he will retain Georgia’s current Running Backs coach Thomas Brown.

SAM PITTMAN – COACHING CAREER

2013-2015     Arkansas     – Asst. Head Coach/Recruiting Coord./Offensive Line
2012     Tennessee     – Offensive Line
2011     North Carolina     – Assoc. Head Coach/Offensive Line
2007-2010     North Carolina     – Offensive Line
2004-2006     Northern Illinois     – Asst. Head Coach/Offensive Line
2003     Northern Illinois     – Offensive Line
2001     Kansas     – Offensive Line
2000     Missouri     – Offensive Line
1999     Western Michigan     – Offensive Line
1997-1998     Oklahoma     – Offensive Line
1996     Cincinnati     – Offensive Tackles/Tight Ends
1994-1995     Northern Illinois     – Offensive Line
1992-1993     Hutchinson (Kansas) C.C.     – Head Coach
1991     Hutchinson (Kansas) C.C.     – Offensive Line
1989-1990     Trenton (Missouri) HS     – Head Coach
1987-1988     Princeton (Missouri) HS     – Head Coach
1986     Beggs (Oklahoma) HS     – Assistant Coach
1984-1985     Pittsburg State     – Student Coach