Georgia's assistants just got paid

All three of Mark Fox's assistance coaches got a very nice bump in pay.  The tournament berth surely had something to do with that, but the uptick in recruiting success hasn't hurt, either.

Jonas Hayes, in particular, was instrumental in landing Yante Maten and Michael Edwards, two big-time players out of Michigan.  Yasir Rosemond and Hayes look like they'll be a nice one-two punch on the recruiting trail as long as Fox can keep them in Athens.

Pearson is no slouch, either, as he was the lead recruiter on Kentavious Caldwell-Pope a few years ago.

[Ledger-Enquirer]

Rosemond salary revealed

Yasir Rosemond will make $160,000 per year.  That's what Stacey Palmore was making before him.

No huge surprise.  It's certainly a nice salary, and here's hoping it pays quick dividends on the recruiting trail.

h/t dogbytesonline.com

Rosemond hired

Seth Emerson reports that Yasir Rosemond is our new assistant coach:

Yasir Rosemond, an assistant coach at Samford, is expected to be hired at Georgia, per a source. UGA has not officially announced the hire yet.

The move completes a return home for Rosemond, who grew up in Atlanta before going on to play at Oregon and serve as an assistant coach at several programs on the west coast.

Mr. Sanchez has a nice write-up over at Dawg Sports telling you why you should be excited about this hire.  And you should.  Go read it.

Soon, we'll take a look back at what has been an exciting offseason for Georgia,  For now, suffice it to say that my opinion as to the direction of the program has changed significantly in 6 months, and that's a very, very good thing.

h/t Seth Emerson

Coaching vacancy

One news outlet reported yesterday that Yasir Rosemond was going to be Mark Fox's hire to replace Stacey Palmore.  Since then...crickets from everyone.

I don't want to comment much more until it's official (or not), but this is sure an interesting retweet by Yasir:

GA's hottest prospect right now visiting Athens today. RT @MaLiKK_5 Taking my first visit of the spring to UGA tommmorow! 👌🏀#dawgss
— Justin Young (@JustinDYoung) May 8, 2014