Brian Schottenheimer is resuming his coaching career back in the NFL.
The former Georgia offensive coordinator is the Indianapolis Colts’ new quarterbacks coach, the club announced on Monday afternoon. Before being hired a year ago in Athens, Schottenheimer spent the previous 14 seasons in the NFL but said at the time going to the college game was “a new journey.”
Schottenheimer was not retained by new coach Kirby Smart. He left the Bulldogs program before the bowl game after a season in which Georgia ranked 84th in the nation in scoring offense (26.5 points per game) and 75th in total offense (381.4 yards per game). Georgia was eighth in the nation in scoring (41.3 points) and 28th in total offense (458.8) a year earlier.
His job with the Colts will reduce the $1.9 million buyout Georgia owes him for the final two years of his contract. It will now owe him the difference if he earns less than he would have made at Georgia.
Schottenheimer becomes the position coach for Andrew Luck. He was offensive coordinator with the St. Louis Rams from 2012-14 and with the New York Jets from 2006-11 and was quarterbacks coach with the San Diego Chargers and Washington Redskins before that.
The connection on the Colts staff, as the NFL Network’s Albert Breer noted, is that Schottenheimer and Colts offensive coordinator Rob Chudzinski worked together in San Diego in 2005. Marty Schottenheimer, Brian’s father, was the head coach that year.
The Colts news release described Schottehneimer’s time at Georgia like this: "He spent the 2015 campaign as the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach for the University of Georgia. Last year, the Bulldogs totaled 4,904 yards of net offense and ranked fifth in the Southeastern Conference with a 60.9 completion percentage. Schottenheimer coached running back Nick Chubb who totaled 747 rushing yards in six games before suffering a season ending injury. Chubb’s total included a streak of five consecutive 100-yard games to start the season.”
