Kirby Smart, Georgia Dealt Unfortunate News on Tuesday

Chidera Uzo-Diribe began his college football coaching career in 2016, joining his alma mater, the Colorado Buffaloes, as a graduate assistant. He later joined head coach Sonny Dykes as SMU’s defensive line coach in 2021, then followed Dykes to TCU. But his stint with the Horned Frogs didn't last long as Uzo-Diribe accepted Georgia’s outside linebackers coaching position a month later.

In his first season with the Bulldogs, Uzo-Diribe helped guide Georgia to the 2022 CFP national championship, winning the title against TCU, his former team. Over the past four years on Smart’s staff, he has helped Georgia field some of the nation’s top defenses, developing standout linebackers such as Jamon Dumas-Johnson and CJ Allen.

But on Tuesday, it was revealed that Uzo-Diribe plans to move on from Georgia after four years and is expected to join the Dallas Cowboys as their outside linebackers coach, leaving Smart searching for another replacement on his staff.

"The #Cowboys are expected to hire Georgia’s Chidera Uzo-Diribe as outside linebackers coach, sources tell @CBSSports," CBS Sports' Matt Zenitz wrote on X. "Uzo-Diribe, who has been considered a top rising star in the college coaching space, had worked under Kirby Smart at Georgia since 2022. Now headed to Dallas."

Uzo-Diribe is now set to join a Cowboys staff led by newly hired defensive coordinator Christian Parker, who previously served as the Philadelphia Eagles’ defensive backs coach.