Former UGA offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer named Colts QB coach

Brian Schottenheimer is heading back to the NFL.

On Monday, the Indianapolis Colts announced Schottenheimer, Georgia's offensive coordinator during the 2015 season, has accepted a job to be their quarterbacks coach. It's a return to the pro ranks, which is where the majority of Schottenheimer's coaching career -- 16 years, to be exact -- has been spent.

Schottenheimer spent nine years as an NFL offensive coordinator -- six with the New York Jets and three with the St. Louis Rams -- before accepting the Georgia offensive coordinator job a year ago in January of 2015. Schottenheimer replaced Mike Bobo, who became the head coach at Colorado State, and saw offensive production drop in his lone year with the Bulldogs.

Schottenheimer's offense ended the year ranked 83rd in the nation at 377.2 yards per game. The year prior under Bobo, Georgia's offense ranked 30th. His offense did suffer after losing running back Nick Chubb to a serious knee injury on the first play of the Georgia's 38-31 loss to Tennessee.

The son of longtime NFL head coach Marty Schottenheimer is walking into a solid situation, considering he will lead Andrew Luck in the Colts' quarterback room. Schottenheimer is replacing Clyde Christensen as the Colts' quarterbacks coach.

Being able to coach Luck -- assuming he stays healthy in 2016 -- could prove valuable for Schottenheimer, who has dealt with his share of inconsistencies at the position over the past decade. With both the Jets and Rams, his situations were less than ideal with Mark Sanchez in New York and Sam Bradford in St. Louis With Georgia, Schottenheimer and former head coach Mark Richt went with Virginia transfer Greyson Lambert, who had his ups and downs in the offense Schottenheimer installed. Lambert finished the season 162-of-256 passing for 1,959 yards, 12 touchdowns and two interceptions in 12 starts.

Schottenheimer did not coach Georgia's TaxSlayer Bowl victory over Penn State, electing to leave the program and get a head start on his next coaching stop.

This story was originally published January 18, 2016 at 7:39 PM with the headline "Former UGA offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer named Colts QB coach."