Todd Monken latest Kirby Smart Georgia assistant hired as head coach

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The Cleveland Browns are making Todd Monken an NFL head coach for the first time.

He’s the latest former Georgia football assistant coach that worked under Kirby Smart to get a head coaching job after leaving the Bulldogs.

Monken previously was a head coach at Southern Miss and spent the past three seasons as offensive coordinator for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.

He came to Georgia in 2020 after coaching with the Buccaneers and Browns. Georgia won back-to-back national titles in 2021 and 2022 with Monken as offensive coordinator.

“Part of the reason I went to Georgia, one of the main reasons, was because of culture,” he said after being hired by the Ravens. “Head coach, winning, really good on defense. Obviously, trying to find a way to do it better on offense. I thought that was a parallel that I thought fit me.”

More than a half dozen former Smart assistants at Georgia became head coaches.

Here’s a look at those:

Mel Tucker, defensive coordinator

Head coach: Colorado and Michigan State

Time at Georgia: 2016-18

Coaching record: 18-21

Tucker was fired in 2023 after allegations of sexual harassment.

Sam Pittman, offensive line coach

Head coach: Arkansas

Time at Georgia 2016-19

Coaching record: 32-34

Pittman was fired in 2025 during his sixth season at Arkansas.

Shane Beamer, tight ends coach/special teams coordinator

Head Coach: South Carolina

Coaching record: 33-30

Time at Georgia: 2016-17

Beamer coached at Oklahoma for three seasons before becoming head coach

He will enter his sixth season with Gamecocks in 2026

Dan Lanning, defensive coordinator

Coaching record: 48-8

Time at Georgia: 2018-21

Lanning spent three seasons as DC. He’s taken Oregon to last two playoffs.

Fran Brown, defensive backs coach

Head Coach: Syracuse

Coaching record: 13-12

Time at Georgia: 2022-2023

After a 10-3 season in 2024, the Orange struggled in 2025

Dell McGee, running backs coach

Head Coach: Georgia State

Coaching record: 4-20

Time at Georgia: 2016-2023

Wins have been hard to come by for coaching entering his third season

Scott Cochran, special teams coordinator

Head Coach: West Alabama

Coaching record: 5-4

Time at Georgia: 2020-2023

Cochran was an on-field assistant in 2020 before taking a leave for what he has said was to seek help for substance abuse. He returned in a support staff role.

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Todd Monken latest Kirby Smart Georgia assistant to become head coach

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