ATHENS — Scott Stricklin, who led Kent State to five NCAA regionals and the 2012 College World Series, is taking over the Georgia program.
Georgia athletic director Greg McGarity on Monday named Stricklin to replace David Perno, who resigned last month.
The 41-year-old Stricklin was 350-188 during nine seasons at Kent State, his alma mater.
He led the program to five Mid-American Conference titles.
Stricklin had 30 players drafted. His players also excelled in academics, recording perfect 1,000 scores in the NCAA’s Academic Performance Rate (APR) report from 2010-12.
Stricklin is a former assistant at Georgia Tech and Vanderbilt.
Georgia made three College World Series appearances under Perno but had losing records in Southeastern Conference games three of the last four years. It finished last in the SEC at 7-20 this season.
Hayes named assistant coach
ATHENS — Jonas Hayes, who played three years at Georgia with his twin brother Jarvis Hayes, has been promoted to assistant coach with the Bulldogs.
Jonas Hayes worked on coach Mark Fox’s staff last season as basketball operations coordinator. His duties included recruiting.
Hayes, an Atlanta native, joined the Georgia staff in 2012 after five years as an assistant at Belmont Abbey in Belmont, N.C.
He played at Georgia from 2002-04, starting 41 of 88 games and averaging 8.6 points and 4.9 rebounds. His career high of 25 points came in a double-overtime win over Georgia Tech.
Fox says Hayes’ area connections and “magnetic personality” will be assets in recruiting.
Georgia assistant Kwanza Johnson resigned on May 10 to accept a similar job at Texas Christian.