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Matthews to
leave Bulldogs
for Baylor job
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Texas native returns home to
become a Bears assistant coach
By JON GALLO
The Red a Black
Georgia assistant football
coach Mickey Matthews is going
home.
University athletic officials
confirmed
Wednesday that earli
er In the day,
Matthews, a native of
Andrews, Texas,
became the new
defensive coordinator
and linebackers
coach at Baylor
University in Waco,
Texas.
Matthews, who
spent this past sea
son coaching the
Bulldog secondary,
arrived in Athens in
1996 when Jim
Donnan replaced former head
football coach Ray Goff.
Under Donnan, Matthews
spent his first two seasons in
Athens as linebackers coach
before making the switch to the
secondary after last season.
Matthews has had a long-stand
ing relationship with Donnan
since Matthews was also an
assistant under Donnan at
Marshall from 1990-95, where he
served as both the defensive
coordinator and linebackers
coach.
Matthews, 45, played at West
Texas State as a halfback and
receiver between 1972-75
before graduating in
1976.
While Matthews has
had numerous assistant
coaching positions,
Including stints at
Kansas State (1977-78),
Houston (1986) and
Texas Christian (1987),
he achieved his greatest
success while at
Marshall just before
arriving in Athens. In his
six seasons at Marshall,
the Thundering Herd led
the Southern Conference
in total defense four times, and
in 1993, Marshall led the nation
in fewest points allowed.
At Baylor, Matthews will serve
under head coach Kevin Steele,
formerly an assistant coach for
the NFL's Carolina Panthers.
Steele was hired last month to
replace Dave Roberts after the
Bears finished 2-9 last season.
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Three Bulldog football players to
leave Georgia at the end of the year
Champ Bailey headed to NFL; Usry, Cobb transfer to other schools
By MARCUS WIGGINS
Foe The Red a Buck
After rejoicing over an impressive come-
from-behlnd victory in last month's Peach
Bowl, the Georgia football team has been
hit hard three times in the past week as
Champ Bailey, Mike Usry and Daniel Cobb
all announced their respective departures
from Athens.
Bailey, one of Georgia's top offensive and
defensive players,
announced his plans to
forego his senior season
last Sunday to make him
self available for the
upcoming NFL draft.
Bailey, who is project
ed to be a top 10 pick,
could land a multi-year
deal deal worth between
$12 and $15 million,
based on last year's draft
signings.
Bailey becomes the
first underclassman to
leave Georgia early since
Andre Hastings and
Garrison Hearst bolted for the NFL in 1993.
“I’m very happy for Champ and his family.
I think, in his case, it was the right decision
to make,” Georgia coach Jim Donnan said
“While we'U miss him, I have no doubt he'll
make a great NFL player.”
Bailey's 113-play MVP performance in the
Peach Bowl tops off an impressive career for
the Folkston native.
While blanketing the SEC’s best
receivers, Bailey made 147 tackles and inter
cepted eight passes in his three seasons in
Athens.
Offensively, Bailey hauled in 59 passes for
978 yards after playing exclusively on
defense his freshman year.
Bailey plans to stay
semester and participate
in the upcoming Indoor
track season. The NFL
draft takes place in April.
Backup quarterbacks
Cobb and Usry plan to
transfer for the 1999 sea
son.
Cobb, a former star at
Kennesaw's Harrison
High, plans to attend
Butler County
Community College in El
Dorado, Kan.
Usry, a Tallahassee,
Fla., native, will enroll at
the University of South Florida in Tampa
next fall after he graduates from the
University with a degree in sports manage
ment in May.
Usry, a redshlrt sophomore, will have two
years of eligibility remaining at South
Florida. He chose South Florida, which
boasts an enrollment of over 36,000 stu
dents. because of the school's strong busi
ness program.
“South Florida seems to be a perfect fit,”
Usry said. They’ll pay for my master’s
degree, and I’ll get to play football too. I
enjoyed my time at Georgia and I'll always
call it my alma mater.”
Donnan said he’s glad Usry is getting his
degree from Georgia
"He’s been a model student-athlete dur
ing the past three years," Donnan said. “I'm
glad he's going to get a chance for some sig
nificant playing time at South Florida."
Cobb missed the 1998 season because of
circulatory problems in his throwing shoul
der.
He expects to be granted a medical red
shlrt year by the NCAA, then play a year at
Butler, which went 12-0 in 1998 and will be
the defending junior college national cham
pion.
He then will have three years of eligibility
left to play Division I football. Cobb said he
hopes his stint in the Midwest opens up
some opportunities to continue his career in
the Big 12 or the Pac-10.
Cobb said he had a great experience at
Georgia.
"If I was the type of person who could be
content with being a backup, Athens would
be ideal," Cobb said. "I’d be around my
friends and enjoy the college experience, but
I’d always be wondering what might have
been."
Cobb also expressed disappointment in
not being able to compete head to head
with Quincy Carter.
“Who knows what
would have happened if
I would have been
healthy throughout the
summer and the fall,"
said Cobb, who has “a
good relationship" with
Carter. “But I wouldn’t
be content waiting for
Quincy to get hurt or
playing a mop-up role.”
While Donnan loses a
promising young quar
terback, the coach still
feels good about Cobb’s
future.
“I’m disappointed
Daniel had the shoulder problems, because I
thought he would be in contention for a
starting job this past season,” Donnan said.
“I think transferring to the junior college
and getting a chance to play this fall will be
a good decision."
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