ATLANTA — Jason Semore, who worked on Georgia Tech football coach Brent Key’s first staff in 2022, has returned to the Yellow Jackets as their next defensive coordinator.
Semore was linebackers coach at Georgia Tech in 2022 before being named interim special teams coach when Key was named interim coach of the Atlantic Coast Conference program. Key hired Semore to head Georgia Tech’s defense on Wednesday.
Key was the Southern Mississippi defensive coordinator in 2025 after previous stints in the same role at Marshall (2023-24), Valdosta State (2021) and Montana (2016-17).
“He brings a lot of experience and success as a defensive play-caller,” Key said in a Georgia Tech release. Key also said he and Semore’s “philosophies and vision for what our defense should look like — aggressive, causing negative plays and creative turnovers — are in complete alignment. I can’t wait to get to work with him and our defensive staff.”
Semore’s Southern Miss defense led the nation with 23 interceptions and ranked third in total takeaways thi season.