Georgia has fired football coach Mark Richt, a source confirmed to the Athens Banner-Herald.
Georgia head coach Mark Richt walks away after a timeout during the first half of an NCAA college football game between Georgia and Auburn on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015, in Auburn, Ala. (AJ Reynolds/Staff, @ajreynoldsphoto)
Richt took the program to its greatest heights since the heyday of Herschel Walker and Vince Dooley in the 1980s but last won an SEC title 10 years ago and never reached the national championship game.
ESPN.com first reported the news that Richt was fired.