Smith: The Steg & the coach

  • Loran Smith/Columnist
    Loran Smith/Columnist
  • Georgia head coach Mike White during Georgia’s game against Tennessee at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)
    Georgia head coach Mike White during Georgia’s game against Tennessee at Stegeman Coliseum in Athens, Ga., on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2024. (Tony Walsh/UGAAA)
The Stegeman Coliseum in winter is now the place to be unless you have a fireplace, firewood, and a TV in your den. Even if all of that is at your fingertips, you are missing something if you don’t find your way into Georgia’s aging basketball arena and become immersed in the environment that the soft-spoken Mike White has wrought. The long season is far from over, and heartbreak could find its…

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