Patrick Suddes

Atlanta native Patrick Suddes is in his third year as Georgia Tech football’s general manager. In his role, he directs the Yellow Jackets’ recruiting office and roster management.

In his first year with the Jackets, Suddes oversaw the recruiting efforts that led to Georgia Tech’s 2020 incoming class being ranked No. 24 nationally by Rivals. It marked only the second time in school history and the first time in 13 years that Tech landed a top 25 recruiting class.

Suddes has worked exclusively with Power Five conference programs and NFL organizations over the course of his 16-year career, including three seasons directing the recruiting operations at Auburn and stints in the recruiting offices at Alabama, Texas and Arizona State. He oversaw player personnel under Gus Malzahn during his three years at Auburn and spent a total of nine seasons working under Nick Saban at Alabama (6), the Miami Dolphins (2) and LSU (1).

Suddes graduated from Marist H.S. in Atlanta. He and his wife, Rachel, have a son, Lawson, and a daughter, Lucy.

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Patrick Suddes, an Atlanta native who has became Georgia Tech football’s general manager in 2019. Suddes’ responsibilities include directing the Yellow Jackets’ recruiting office and roster management.

In his first two years with at Tech, Suddes has overseen the recruiting efforts that led to conescutive nationally lauded recruiting classes. Georgia Tech’s 2020 class was ranked No. 24 nationally by Rivals, which marked only the second time in school history and the first time in 13 years that Tech landed a top 25 recruiting class. The Yellow Jackets’ 2021 class is also a top-20 class when including the rankings of 11 highly ranked transfers In all, Georgia Tech has added 18 four- or five-star recruits and 13 of the 45 highest-ranked recruits in program history (according to 247Sports) since Suddes was named general manager in January 2019.

Suddes, who has worked exclusively with Power Five conference programs and NFL organizations over the course of his 16-year career, arrived at Georgia Tech after three seasons at Auburn (2016-18), first as the Tigers’ director of player personnel, then as assistant A.D. for football. In his role at Auburn, he oversaw player personnel and worked directly with head coach Gus Malzahn on roster management.

Prior to his three-year stint at Auburn, Suddes spent two seasons as assistant A.D. for recruiting at Arizona State, one season as director of player personnel at Texas (2013) and six seasons as associate director of football operations at Alabama (2007-13). He worked with Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins at Alabama, when Collins was the Crimson Tide’s director of player personnel in 2007.

Before his arrival at Alabama, Suddes also worked under head coach Nick Saban with the Miami Dolphins, first as a defensive assistant (2005), then as an offensive assistant (2006). His career began under Saban as a recruiting intern at LSU in 2004.

Suddes graduated from Marist H.S. in Atlanta, before attending Alabama, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business management in 2005. He and his wife, Rachel, have a son, Lawson, and a daughter, Lucy.