RICHT BACK IN ATHENS (LIVING, NOT COACHING)

ATHENS — No, Mark Richt isn’t Kirby Smart’s newest offensive analyst.

A few folks made that leap Tuesday night when they saw Richt’s tweet that he and his wife, Katharyn, had moved back to Athens.

They have and kind of haven’t. The Richts’ primary residence remains in Miramar Beach, Fla., near Destin. But they’ve found themselves traveling back to Athens so often that they decided to set up a residence there.

“We visit quite often to Athens because our family is here,” Richt said in a text exchange Wednesday. “We plan on splitting time between the two spots . ... We love both places.”

Richt’s second-oldest son, Jon, and his wife, Anna, live in Watkinsville along with their children. Richt’s daughter, Anya; his mother, father and stepmother; his two sisters and brother and all the nieces and nephews that go with them live in the Athens area.

Jon Richt and former Georgia player Fred Munzenmaier own athletic training facilities called D1 Training with locations in Watksinville and Norcross. Mark Richt has a vested interest in them.

Of course, Richt lived in Watkinsville, just outside Athens, for 15 years while he was coaching the Bulldogs. He was fired following the 2015 season. He remains the second-winningest coach in UGA history at 145-51.

Interestingly, with Richt living in Athens again, that means the Bulldogs’ last five football coaches all reside in the city — Vince Dooley, Ray Goff, Jim Donnan, Richt and, of course, current coach Kirby Smart.

That does not include Bryan Mcclendon, who was interim head coach in December 2015 and is 1-0 in UGA record books. Mcclendon is an assistant coach at the University of Oregon.

Richt, 61, retired from coaching after the 2018 season. He spent his last three years at the University of Miami, his alma mater.

Former UGA coach Mark Richt will keep his home in Miramar Beach, Fla.