Behind Enemy Lines: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

GEORGIA TECH THIRD-YEAR HEAD COACH — 

Geoff Collins, an Atlanta space native and certainly one of school soccer’s most profitable and progressive coaches, is in his fourth season as Georgia Tech soccer’s head coach. He was named the twentieth soccer head coach in Georgia Tech historical past on Dec. 7, 2018. Born in Decatur, Ga. and raised in Conyers, Ga., Collins took the reins at Georgia Tech after serving as the pinnacle coach at Temple College in 2017 and 2018.Regardless of the challenges related to overhauling Georgia Tech’s soccer tradition, together with putting in a pro-style unfold offensive assault after 11 years of possibility soccer at Tech, in addition to the unprecedented and surprising obstacles offered by the Covid-19 pandemic, Collins’ three-year tenure because the Yellow Jackets’ head coach has been marked by a bevy of accomplishments.

Yellow Jackets on Offense

The continued offensive transformation at Tech acquired a lift this offseason with the rent of 4 new assistant coaches on the offensive aspect of the ball, highlighted by offensive coordinator Chip Lengthy. A 16-year Division I teaching veteran, together with 14 on the major-conference degree, Lengthy has helped lead groups to 13 bowl video games over the previous 16 seasons. He has 5 years of expertise as offensive coordinator, together with ultra-successful stints at Memphis (2016) and Notre Dame (2017-19). Amongst all presently energetic offensive coordinators, Lengthy was the sixth-highest-rated OC within the nation throughout his four-year stint with Memphis and ND, based on analytics produced by SportsSource Analytics/Coaches By The Numbers. Amongst present offensive coordinators, Lengthy is certainly one of solely 4 OCs to obtain a five-star score from Coaches By The Numbers from 2016-19, becoming a member of Oklahoma’s Invoice Bedenbaugh, Ohio State’s Kevin Wilson and Penn State’s Mike Yurcich. Georgia Tech has totaled at the very least 400 yards of offense in 11-of-22 video games relationship again to the start of the 2020 season. Previous to the start of the 2020 season, the Jackets had gone 16 video games with out compiling 400 yards of whole offense (relationship again to Nov. 3, 2018)

Yellow Jackets on Protection

Dubbed the “Minister of Mayhem,” Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins has been recognized for placing collectively a few of school soccer’s high defenses over the previous 9 seasons — first as defensive coordinator at Mississippi State (2011-14) and Florida (2015-16), then as head coach at Temple (2017-18) and Georgia Tech. Over the previous 11 seasons, Collins’ defenses have: • ranked in high 20 nationally in whole protection thrice (twice in high 8) • ranked in high 25 in scoring protection 4 occasions (twice in high 12) and ranked in high 30 in passing protection 5 occasions (twice in high 13) • ranked in high 45 in move effectivity protection seven occasions (4 occasions in high 22) • ranked in high 35 in turnovers gained six occasions (twice in high 6) • ranked in high 15 in interceptions 4 occasions (twice in high 10) • ranked in high 25 in sacks 4 occasions (twice in high 15)