Georgia’s Football Coach gets $800,000 raise!

[RavenBoy]

ATHENS, Ga. (AP)—A No. 2 finish in 2007 helped earn Georgia coach Mark Richt a big raise.

Georgia’s athletic board on Thursday approved an $800,000 raise for Richt, increasing his annual pay to $2.8 million.

Even after the raise, Richt is only the fifth-highest paid coach in the Southeastern Conference, behind Alabama’s Nick Saban, LSU’s Les Miles, Florida’s Urban Meyer and Auburn’s Tommy Tuberville.

Saban, Miles and Meyer each have won national championships.

[Brooks4Prez]

I've always liked Richt, he seems like a guy who wants to do things the right way . I think he is one of the most underrated coaches in the SEC, and probably in the nation.

[bluegrassballa]

I've always liked Richt, he seems like a guy who wants to do things the right way . I think he is one of the most underrated coaches in the SEC, and probably in the nation.

Oh yeah, he is very underrated. He is a good coach and well deserving of this raise. IMO, Georgia has a shot of being National Champions this year. I know its a little to early to predict, but they have a lot of good players returning.

[RavenBoy]

I know he is a good coach but he hasent even won a SEC champ or a national Champ. and he got a $800,000 raise. Wish I was him.

[BamaBoy]

They have a lot of young players back. They beat Bama in OT last year and this fall we have to go to Athens. The young RB is going to be a great one.