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Kirby Smart banking on fit in hiring of Stacy Searels as Georgia football offensive line coach

Kirby Smart Georgia head coach Kirby Smart during Georgia’s game against Alabama in the 2021 SEC Championship at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (Photo by Tony Walsh) (Tony Walsh/Tony Walsh/UGAAA)

We’ve heard Kirby Smart talk a lot about fit this offseason. Whether it be players or coaches, Smart wants both to mesh with the identity the Georgia head coach continues to create.

For all that new offensive line coach Stacy Searels is, he fits the vision Smart has continued to cultivate this offseason.

“I’m big on ‘fit’. Does someone fit the culture we are trying to create,” Smart told reporters on National Signing Day. “We don’t look at a lot of things that people on the outside world look at. I look at, can the make our staff better, can they make our players better, do they fit our culture. That’s important to me and what we create at Georgia.”

Searels was hired as Georgia’s offensive line coach on Monday, replacing Matt Luke who stepped down from his position last week. This will not be Searels’ first stop in Athens, as he previously coached the position from 2007-10.

Read more at DawgNation.com

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