Former Gophers offensive coordinator Jay Johnson has been hired as an offensive analyst at Georgia, Johnson confirmed Friday night.
The news was first reported by Dawgs247.com.
A Lakeville native, Johnson returned to Minnesota last year and had a one-season stint as the Gophers offensive coordinator. After averaging 22.5 points per game in 2015, the Gophers increased that total to 29.3 under Johnson, who had previously worked at Louisiana-Lafayette and a host of other schools.
The Gophers finished 9-4 last season, but athletic director Mark Coyle fired Johnson, along with head coach Tracy Claeys and the rest of the coaching staff in January.
At Georgia, Johnson will be working under head coach Kirby Smart and offensive coordinator Jim Chaney.
Joe Christensen
Gophers in fourth place in Big Ten swimming
Jakub Maly placed second in the 400 individual medley for the second year in a row, and the Gophers men's swimming and diving team was in fourth place with 551 points heading into Saturday's final day of the Big Ten meet in Columbus, Ohio.
Conner McHugh and Eric Sande turned in the two fastest 100-yard breaststroke times in Gophers history. McHugh already had broken his own program record in prelims, and followed up with a fourth-place 52.44 in finals. Sande was fifth in 52.52. The Gophers also posted an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 1:17.68 in the 200 freestyle relay.
