New University of Colorado head football coach Mel Tucker Saturday made his first hires for his Buffs staff, plucking two colleagues from Georgia to be his top two assistants.
Tucker on Saturday named Jay Johnson as CU’s offensive coördinator and quarterbacks coach, and Tyson Summers as defensive coördinator and safeties coach. Johnson spent the last two seasons handling Georgia’s quality control for offense, while Summers did the same this past fall for the defense.
Between the two, they have a combined 34 years of coaching experience, 14 as coordinators.
Johnson,49, is a veteran coach and administrator of 24 seasons, including nine as offensive coördinator at three previous Football Bowl Subdivision institutions in addition to coaching quarterbacks, running backs and tight ends as a position coach.