Football
- Title:
- Director of Football Management
- Email:
- jchapman@sports.uga.edu
Jay Chapman, a native of Birmingham, Ala., joined Georgia’s football operations staff in January, 2016. In Chapman's second season with Georgia, the Bulldogs won their first conference title in 12 years. Then in 2021, Georgia captured its first national championship in 41 years during Chapman's sixth year. One year later, the Bulldogs followed that up with their second straight national title as he completed his seventh season.
Chapman spent the previous five seasons at Samford University where he served as the director of football operations. In that role, Chapman was responsible for day-to-day operations of the program and oversaw and coordinated all aspects of team travel. During his third season at Samford in 2013, the Bulldogs won their first Southern Conference title, earning a spot in the NCAA Division I-FCS Playoffs for the first time since 1992.
Before joining the staff at Samford, Chapman worked as the director of player development at UAB from 2008 to 2010. He also served as the Blazers’ associate director of recruiting for his last two years in Birmingham.
In 2007, Chapman was a coordinator for Team Alabama in the All-American Football League.
A graduate of Samford, Auburn and Birmingham-Southern. Chapman earned a bachelor’s degree in General Studies from Samford, a bachelor’s degree in Animal and Dairy Science from Auburn and a master’s in Public and Private Management from Birmingham-Southern.
