Georgia Tech Football makes multiple coaching changes

In the midst of a 2-7 start to the 2026 season, the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets made wholesale changes to their coaching staff in an effort to right the ship.

Gone are defensive/coordinator and linebackers coach Jason Semore, offensive line coach Allen Mogridge, outside linebacker/defensive ends coach Kyle Pope and wide receivers coach Jafar Williams.

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“Jason, Allen, Kyle and Jafar are good football coaches and even better men, husbands and fathers,” Key said. “These decisions are not ones that I take lightly, especially in-season. After a lot of consideration over the last several weeks, I’ve decided that it’s necessary to make these changes at this time in order to put our players in the best position to be successful these final three games of the season, and to put our program in position to meet the high expectations that we all have for Georgia Tech football moving forward.”

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The Yellow Jackets sit at the bottom of the ACC this season at 1-5 heading into Saturday afternoon’s game at Clemson and are on a 4 game losing streak.

This comes after finishing 9-4 in 2025 and 6-2 in the conference.

That record got Head Coach Brent Key a contract extension which runs into the 2030 season.

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The staff changes include some coaches moving to new postions. Defensive backs coach Vinnie Suneri will take over calling defensive plays. Former NFL star DeAndre Hawkins will become the primary wide receivers coach, Brandon Torrey takes over offensive line.

Assistant head coach Jess Simpson adds coaching defensive ends and outside linebackers to his previous responsibilities with the defensive tackles and senior defensive analyst Jack Tyler will coach the linebackers.

Georgia Tech’s game against Clemson is in Clemson and kicks off at 12:30pm. The last two games of the 2026 season are against Wake Forest and the University of Georgia.