Rich McGeorge

Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line
 

McGeorge brings over 20 years of collegiate and professional football coaching experience to the SU program.  He comes to SU after a two year stint at NCCU as Offensive Line Coach.  In his first season with the Eagles, the front line provided protection for the top-rated quarterback in the CIAA and paved the way for an 1,100 yard rusher.  He also produced NCAA Division II All-American Ricardo Phillips.  Prior to NCCU, he served a third stint as a Duke University assistant coach, serving as the running game coordinator and offensive line coach during the 2002-03 seasons. 

McGeorge got his start in coaching at Duke, coaching tight ends during the 1981 and 1982 seasons.  He then spent two years on the staff of the USFL’s Birmingham Stallions before serving as the offensive coordinator of the Tampa Bay Bandits under Head Coach Steve Spurrier in 1985.  He returned to Duke with Spurrier to coach the offensive line for three seasons (1987-89) as the Blue Devils captured the 1989 ACC Championship.   He then spent three seasons as the offensive line coach at Florida (1990-92), helping the Gators to an SEC Championship (1991) and two bowl game appearances (1991 Sugar & 1992 Gator).

McGeorge returned to the professional ranks in 1993 to begin a seven year stint with the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, coaching tight ends and offensive line from 1993-99.  During his tenure in Miami, the Dolphins won one AFC Eastern Division title (1994) and made five trips to the playoffs.  After coaching stops with the Tampa Bay Storm of the Arena Football League and the Green Bay Packers in 2000, he spent 2001 as the assistant head coach and offensive coordinator of the Memphis franchise of the XFL, helping the Maniax lead the league in total offense.  A native of Roanoke, VA, McGeorge was a two-time first team All-America pick at Elon College in 1968 and 1969.  He was a first round draft pick by the Green Bay Packers in 1970 and played nine seasons with them (1970-78), totaling 175 career pass receptions for 2,370 yards and 13 touchdowns.  He was the Packers’ 1973 Offensive Player of the Year, and was inducted into the Elon University (1979) and NAIA (1980) Hall of Fame.  McGeorge earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Health and Physical Education from Elon in 1971.  He is married to the former Bonnie Moore and they are the proud parents of two sons, Randy and Jason.