A pair of reports from Rivals’ Kelly Quinlan and the AJC’s Ken Sugiura have confirmed that defensive line coach Mike Pelton, who was hired alongside Ted Roof back in 2013, will not be retained. Quinlan first broke the news in the Tweet below.
#GaTech DL coach Mike Pelton is out at GT, expect Mark Ivey from App State may replace him based on what I've heard.
— Kelly Quinlan (@Kelly_Quinlan) January 4, 2018
The writing was on the wall for Pelton, whose lack of experience coaching a 3-4 scheme and the general shortcomings of his defensive line unit over the past five years made him a likely candidate to be relieved of his duties.