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UGA RB Sony Michel learns ‘to accept things’ with coaching changes all around him

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. | If anybody should have a reason to be distracted by all the changes on Georgia’s coaching staff, it’s starting tailback Sony Michel.

Georgia running back Sony Michel (1) celebrates an overtime touchdown with teammates as Georgia takes on Georgia Southern at Sanford Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015 in Athens, Ga. (Richard Hamm/Staff) OnlineAthens / Athens Banner-Herald

His former head coach, Mark Richt, now has that job at Miami, the program Michel was a fan of growing up in South Florida.

Bryan McClendon, the assistant coach who was Michel’s main recruiter for Georgia, is heading to South Carolina to be co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach after Saturday’s TaxSlayer Bowl.