COACHING STAFF
Mike Bobo
Offensive Coord./QB's Mike Bobo, one of the most prolific passers in University of Georgia history, was brought back home by head coach Mark Richt in January, 2001, to coach the Bulldog quarterbacks. He was promoted to Offensive Coordinator in 2007. Bobo had served one year as assistant coach at Jacksonville State University after working as an administrative assistant and graduate assistant at UGA in 1998 and '99. During his 12 years at UGA, he has been part of a staff that has led Georgia to 118 victories, two SEC championBirthdate: 4-9-74 ships, five SEC Eastern Division titles, Birthplace: Augusta eight bowl victories, and seven top ten High School: Thomasville finishes in the final national polls includCollege: Georgia '97 ing No 4 in 2012, No. 2 in 2007 and No. 3 in 2002. The 2012 Georgia offense scored a school record 529 points includCoaching Experience: ing scoring more than 40 points in eight 1998, Georgia (Administrative games. The '12 offesne also set school Assistant); 1999, Georgia (Gradu- records with 37.8 points per game, 37 ate Assistant); 2000, Jacksonville TD passes, 6,547 total offensive yards, State (QB’s); 2001-06,Georgia and 72 touchdowns scored. His 2012 offense ranked third in the SEC in scoring offense (37.8) and (Quarterbacks); 2007-13, Georgia total offense (467.6). Bobo coaches record-setting QB Aaron Murray who owns the school single season record for (Offensive Coordinator/QB's) passing yards (3, 893) and is the only QB in SEC history to throw for more than, 3,000 yards threee consecutive years. Bobo has also coached Matthew Stafford, the first pick of the 2009 NFL draft Playing Experience: (Lions), and the winningest quarterback in NCAA Division 1-A history at the time--David GreeneGeorgia (1993-97) -- Finished his -who won 42 games as a starter and set the Bulldog and SEC records for Career Passing Yards playing career ranked second in the (11,528). In 2002, the Bulldogs finished as the SEC's top scoring (32.14 ppg) and pass efficiency (138.91) offense. His 2005 QB, D.J. Shockley, earned All-SEC first team honors and led the SEC Georgia record books in passin passing efficiency (148.3). ing yards (6,334), pass attempts A four-year Bulldog letterman from 1994-97, Bobo finished his Bulldog career leading the (766), pass completions (445), and team in passing in both 1996 and '97. He currently ranks high in the Georgia passing record books TD passes (38)... team captain in in several categories including: season completion percentage (first, 65.0%, 1997), season passing 1996 and 1997.. .MVP of the 1998 efficiency rating (first, 155.80, 1997), career pass completions (third, 445), season passing yards Outback Bowl...Thomasville H.S. (third, 2,751, 1997), career passing yards (third, 6,334), season TD passes (third, 19), career TD passes (second, 38). He completed 26 of 28 passes (including 19 in a row) for 267 yards and one (1990-93) -- USA Today Geortouchdown and was named the game's Most Valuable Player leading the Dogs to a 33-6 victory over gia Player of the Year...Atlanta Wisconsin in the 1998 Outback Journal-Constitution Class AAA Bowl. He was elected team captain (1996-97) and permaOffensive Player of the Year... broke every school and region ca- nent team captain of the 1997 Bulldogs. reer passing mark and the Georgia As a star quarterback at high school career yardage record. Thomasville High School, Bobo was named the 1993 Georgia Player of the Year by both USA Today and the Atlanta JournalConstitution. As a senior, he "Coach Bobo just brings so completed 143x245 passes for much experience to the table, 2,477 yards and 23 TD's. In his having played the position and career, he completed 329x590 coaching it for over ten years passes for 5,167 yards and 42 now. It's easy to trust in him TD's. He also rushed for 15 and his ability to make us better TD's. every day." He is married to the former -- QB Aaron Murray Lainie Meshad. They have five children, a son, Drew, 9; triplets - Olivia, Jake and Ava Grace, 7 and Kate, 5.
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