Former Georgia Tech football assistant coaches Andrew Tucker, Travares Tillman, Kevin Scherer and Marco Coleman are no longer on the staff, a program spokesperson told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday. He admitted this to Tuchon newspaper.
Tucker served as the team's defensive coordinator until Oct. 1, when he was moved to safety coach. In November, both he and Tillman, previously the team's defensive backs coach, were moved to off-field roles and were considered special assistants to the head coach.
Thacker, who was hired as defensive coordinator by former Tech coach Jeff Collins in 2019, remained in the same position when Brent Key took over the program in November 2022. Mr. Tucker's annual salary was $650,000, which was scheduled to increase to $700,000 in 2019. He renewed his contract on February 1st.
Tillman, who served as the Jackets' team captain in 1999, will begin his tenure as Tech coach in December 2021 and has signed a contract that will pay him an annual salary of $350,000.
Coleman will serve as the program's defensive line coach in 2023, while Scherer will start the 2023 season as linebackers coach before taking over defensive coordinator duties in October. Coleman and Scherer signed contracts with Tech in January 2023 with annual salaries of $450,000.
Key hired four defensive assistant coaches this offseason: defensive coordinator Tyler Santucci, defensive line coach Jess Simpson, outside linebackers coach Kyle Pope and defensive backs coach Cory Peoples.
The Jackets, coming off a 7-6 season and a win over Central Florida in the Gasparilla Bowl, are scheduled to begin spring practice on March 11th, ahead of the program's annual spring game on April 13th.
