Football
- Title:
- Director of Football Administration
- Email:
- mcavan@sports.uga.edu
Former University of Georgia quarterback Mike Cavan returned to his alma mater as a Major Gifts Office in August, 2002, after a career in coaching including 16 years as a head coach.
Since his return, he has also served as special assistant to the athletic director and was named special assistant to the head football coach in January, 2016.
Before returning to Georgia, Cavan served as head football coach at Valdosta State (1986-91), East Tennessee (1992-96), and SMU (1997-2001). Prior to his head coaching tenures, Cavan served as an assistant coach for the Bulldogs under Vince Dooley from 1975-85 after two seasons as a graduate assistant. He was highly regarded as a recruiter and is credited with signing record-setting tailback Herschel Walker who went on to earn three straight first team All-America honors at Georgia and the 1982 Heisman Trophy.
He is a former star quarterback for the Bulldogs from 1968-70. As a sophomore in 1968 he led Georgia to an 8-0-2 record, the Southeastern Conference championship, and berth in the Sugar Bowl. He was named to the All-SEC Sophomore team by the Associated Press outpolling such stars as Archie Manning at Ole Miss and Scott Hunter at Alabama.
A native of Thomaston, Ga., Cavan was an all-around athlete at Robert E. Lee High School where he played for his father, legendary coach Jim Cavan who was himself a former Georgia halfback in 1936-37.
He is married to the former Becky Pittard of Duluth, Ga. They have two children, son Michael, Jr., and daughter Mima (Mrs. Derek Walley), and two grandchildren, Charlie (2008) and Annabelle (2013).
