Chidera Uzo-Diribe

Biography

Chidera Uzo-Diribe was named Outside Linebackers Coach on Feb. 6, 2022, after serving briefly as defensive line coach at TCU. He is part of a coaching staff that led the 15-0 Bulldogs to the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship with a 65-7 victory over TCU in the title game following a semi-final win over Ohio State in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl semi-final, 42-41. The Georgia defense finished the season ranked among the nation’s leaders in rushing defense (1st, 77.1), scoring defense (5th, 14.3 ppg), red zone defense (2nd, 0.676), and total defense (9th, 296.8 ypg). The ‘Dogs defense also boasted two first team All-Americans in DL Jalen Carter and DB Chris Smith, Butkus finalist (Jamon Dumas-Johnson), Lombardi finalist (Carter), Nagurski finalist (Smith), and Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award finalist (Malaki Starks). Uzo-Diribe, a native of Corona, Calif., came to Athens after serving as defensive line coach with SMU in 2021. He followed head coach Sonny Dykes to TCU after the 2021 season before accepting the position at UGA. SMU was 8-4 in 2021 and defensive lineman Elijah Chatman earned All-American Conference second-team honors. Uzo-Diribe also coached defensivel ineman DeVere Levelston who led the conference in sacks. Uzo-Dribe had previously worked two seasons at Kansas (2019 and 2020) where he served as outside linebackers coach. While with the Jayhawks he coached Kyron Johnson who earned All-Big 12 honors. Prior to working with the Jayhawks, Uz