Chidera Uzo-Diribe (born May 30, 1992) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the outside linebackers coach for the Georgia Bulldogs. Uzo-Diribe was previously the defensive line coach for the TCU Horned Frogs.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Outside linebackers coach |
| Team | Georgia |
| Conference | SEC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | May 30, 1992 Long Beach, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2010–2013 | Colorado |
| 2015 | New Orleans Saints* |
| Position(s) | Defensive lineman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2016–2018 | Colorado (GA) |
| 2019 | Kansas (DQC) |
| 2020 | Kansas (OLB) |
| 2021 | SMU (DL) |
| 2022 | TCU (DL) |
| 2022–present | Georgia (OLB) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1 National (2022) | |
Early life and education
editChidera Uzo-Diribe was born on May 30, 1992, in Long Beach, California. He is cousins with Osi Umenyiora, a former NFL player for the New York Giants. After completing high school at Corona High School, Uzo-Diribe attended University of Colorado Boulder and played college football for the Colorado Buffaloes for four years, where he was a consistent starter and finished top ten in many defensive statistics. Uzo-Diribe graduated from Colorado with a bachelor's degree in communication.[1]
Coaching career
editAfter graduating from Colorado and a brief stint with the New Orleans Saints, Uzo-Diribe returned to become a graduate assistant for the football team and specialized in the defensive line and outside linebacker players. After three years as a graduate assistant, Uzo-Diribe became the outside linebackers coach for the Kansas Jayhawks, where he was recognized as one of the top thirty rising coaches in college football.[2] Uzo-Diribe then became the defensive line coach for the SMU in 2021. Following the hiring of Sonny Dykes by the TCU Horned Frogs as head coach, Uzo-Diribe rejoined Dykes in TCU as the defensive line coach again.[3] However, Uzo-Diribe only remained the defensive line coach at TCU for a month, as he was hired as the outside linebackers coach by the Georgia Bulldogs early in the 2022 college football year.[4] Later that year, Uzo-Diribe would win his first college football national championship as a coach, which coincidently was against Dykes and TCU.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Chidera Uzo-Diribe - Football Coach".
- ^ "Chidera Uzo-Diribe - Football Coach".
- ^ Riley, Connor (January 8, 2023). "Georgia football, TCU gush about Chidera Uzo-Diribe: 'He's going to be a real star'". DawgNation. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
- ^ "Chidera Uzo-Diribe - Football Coach".
- ^ Russo, Ralph D. (January 10, 2023). "No. 1 Georgia bullies TCU 65-7 to win 2nd consecutive title". AP News. Retrieved November 14, 2024.