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Potential has Groh excited about move to Georgia Tech
Most of the football world was surprised Friday when Al Groh agreed to become the new defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech rather than return to the NFL.
However, a conversation with the former Virginia head coach earlier in the week was filled with clues that Groh was strongly considering a college job. Freshly returned from Pasadena, Calif., where he watched Alabama beat Texas for the national title, Groh was overwhelmed with the excitement surrounding the game and brought that up several times upon discussing his future.
Considered the frontrunner for the defensive coordinator’s position with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, where his long-time pal, Bill Parcells, is executive vice president, Groh was in Miami earlier this week to talk about that opening. However, when it came decision time, Groh was all about the college game.
Pieces in place
“Clearly, Georgia Tech has it going,” Groh told The Daily Progress on Friday morning. “There’s four teams on this side of the ACC that are pretty heavily invested in trying to win this thing, so it’s going to be a challenge to do that, but Georgia Tech has the wherewithal to do that as much as anybody.”
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groh's UVa Record
Year |
Overall Record |
ACC Record |
Post Season |
2001 |
5-7 |
3-5 |
|
2002 |
9-5 |
6-2 |
Continental Tire Bowl Champions (vs. West Virginia, W 48-22 ) |
2003 |
8-5 |
4-4 |
Continental Tire Bowl Champions (vs. Pittsburgh, W 23-16 ) |
2004 |
8-4 |
5-3 |
MPC Computers Bowl (vs. Fresno State, L 37-34 in OT ) |
2005 |
7-5 |
3-5 |
|
2006 |
5-7 |
4-4 |
|
2007 |
9-4 |
6-2 |
Konica Gator Bowl (vs. Texas Tech, L 31-28 |
2008 |
5-7 |
3-5 |
|
2009 |
3-9 |
2-6 |
Groh let go as head coach |
Totals |
59-53 |
36-36 |
Three bowl championships |
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Al Groh will not return for next season
it really took over 3 years to figure this out? come on!
-Sen Blutarsky