Mark Richt is gonna be a granddaddy

Georgia's head coach is in celebration mode. Mark Richt informed his nearly 100,000 Twitter followers today, on his wife's birthday, he was is going to be a grandfather.

Its a great day! It's my beautiful wife and watergirl Kathryn's birthday! And we are going to be Grandparents Thanks to Jon and Anna.

Jon Richt redshirted at Clemson and played quarterback at Mars Hill College in North Carolina. He is now a coach at a Tennessee instructional outfit. He, too, made the news official on social media.

It's crazy how God works!!! pic.twitter.com/EAwGcu9m2z

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