List of Georgia Bulldogs head football coaches
The Georgia Bulldogs college football team represents the University of Georgia in the East Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Bulldogs compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The school has had 25 head coaches since it began play during the 1892 season.[1] Since December 2000, Mark Richt has served as Georgia's head coach.[2]
The team has played more than 1,200 games over 118 seasons of Georgia football.[3] Five coaches have led the Bulldogs to postseason bowl games: Wally Butts, Vince Dooley, Ray Goff, Jim Donnan and Richt.[3] Four coaches also won conference championships: Herman Stegeman won one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Butts, Dooley and Richt won a combined twelve as a member of the SEC.[3] During their tenures, Butts and Dooley each won a national championship with the Bulldogs.[3][4]
Dooley is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 201 victories during his 25 years with the Bulldogs.[1][3] Robert Winston has the highest winning percentage with .833, and Charles A. Barnard has the lowest winning percentage with .167.[3] Four of the team's coaches, Pop Warner, Butts, Dooley and Donnan have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Indiana.[5][6][7][8]
Contents
Key
General | Overall | Conference | Postseason[A 1] | ||||
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# | Order of coaches[A 2] | GC | Games coached | CW | Conference wins | PW | Postseason wins |
DC | Division championships | OW | Overall wins | CL | Conference losses | PL | Postseason losses |
CC | Conference championships | OL | Overall losses | CT | Conference ties | PT | Postseason ties |
NC | National championships | OT | Overall ties[A 3] | C% | Conference winning percentage | ||
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Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame | O% | Overall winning percentage[A 4] |
Coaches
# | Name | Term [A 6] |
GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PW | PL | PT | DC [A 7] |
CC | NC | Awards |
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1 | Charles Herty | 1892 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
2 | Ernest Brown | 1893 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.500 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
3 | Robert Winston | 1894 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.833 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 0 | — |
4 | Pop Warner![]() |
1895–1896 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0.636 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0.556 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
5 | Charles McCarthy | 1897–1898 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.667 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0.714 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
6 | Gordon Saussy | 1899 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.417 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.417 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
7 | E. E. Jones | 1900 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.333 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.250 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
8 | William A. Reynolds | 1901–1902 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0.433 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 0.393 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
9 | Marvin D. Dickinson | 1903, 1905 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0.308 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0.300 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
10 | Charles A. Barnard | 1904 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0.167 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .000 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
11 | George S. Whitney | 1906–1907 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0.467 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0.364 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
12 | Branch Bocock | 1908 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0.688 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0.583 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
13 | James Coulter [A 8] |
1909 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.375 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.286 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
14 | Frank Dobson [A 8] |
1909 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.375 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.286 | — | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | — |
15 | W. A. Cunningham | 1910–1916, 1919 | 70 | 43 | 18 | 9 | 0.679 | 37 | 17 | 9 | 0.659 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
16 | Herman Stegeman | 1920–1922 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 0.741 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0.786 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — |
17 | George Cecil Woodruff | 1923–1927 | 47 | 30 | 16 | 1 | 0.649 | 21 | 10 | 0 | 0.677 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
18 | Harry Mehre | 1928–1937 | 99 | 59 | 34 | 6 | 0.626 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 0.500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
19 | Joel Hunt | 1938 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0.550 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.375 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
20 | Wally Butts![]() |
1939–1960 | 235 | 140 | 86 | 9 | 0.615 | 66 | 60 | 5 | 0.523 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 – 1942 | AP SEC Coach of the Year (1946)[14] SEC Coach of the Year (1942, 1946, 1959)[14] |
21 | Johnny Griffith | 1961–1963 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 0.400 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0.342 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
22 | Vince Dooley![]() |
1964–1988 | 288 | 201 | 77 | 10 | 0.715 | 104 | 42 | 4 | 0.707 | 8 | 10 | 2 | — | 6 | 1 – 1980 | Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Award (1976)[15] AFCA Coach of the Year (1980)[16] FWAA Coach of the Year (1980)[14] Sporting News College Football Coach of the Year (1980)[17] Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award (1980)[18] AP SEC Coach of the Year (1966, 1968, 1976, 1980)[14] UPI SEC Coach of the Year (1966, 1968, 1976)[14] SEC Coach of the Year (1966, 1968, 1976, 1978, 1980)[14] |
23 | Ray Goff | 1989–1995 | 81 | 46 | 34 | 1 | 0.574 | 24 | 28 | 1 | 0.462 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
24 | Jim Donnan![]() |
1996–2000 | 59 | 40 | 19 | — | 0.678 | 25 | 15 | — | 0.625 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | SEC Coach of the Year (1997)[14] |
25 | Mark Richt | 2001–2015 | 188 | 140 | 48 | — | 0.745 | 80 | 34 | — | 0.702 | 9 | 5 | — | 5 | 2 | 0 | AP SEC Coach of the Year (2002)[14] SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005)[14] |
26 | Kirby Smart | 2016–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | – | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
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