List of Georgia Bulldogs head football coaches

Mark Richt, 25th head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs

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]

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason[A 1]
#	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
	Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame	O%	Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards^{[A 5]}

#	Name	Term [A 6]	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PW	PL	PT	DC [A 7]	CC	NC	Awards
1	Herty, CharlesCharles Herty	1892	2	1	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
2	Brown, ErnestErnest Brown	1893	5	2	2	1	.500	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
3	Winston, RobertRobert Winston	1894	6	5	1	0	.833	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	—
4	Warner, PopPop Warner	1895–1896	11	7	4	0	.636	5	4	0	.556	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
5	McCarthy, CharlesCharles McCarthy	1897–1898	9	6	3	0	.667	5	2	0	.714	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
6	Saussy, GordonGordon Saussy	1899	6	2	3	1	.417	2	3	1	.417	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
7	Jones, E. E.E. E. Jones	1900	6	2	4	0	.333	1	3	0	.250	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
8	Reynolds, William A.William A. Reynolds	1901–1902	15	5	7	3	.433	4	7	3	.393	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
9	Dickinson, Marvin D.Marvin D. Dickinson	1903, 1905	13	4	9	0	.308	3	7	0	.300	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
10	Barnard, Charles A.Charles A. Barnard	1904	6	1	5	0	.167	0	4	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
11	Whitney, George S.George S. Whitney	1906–1907	15	6	7	2	.467	3	6	2	.364	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
12	Bocock, BranchBranch Bocock	1908	8	5	2	1	.688	3	2	1	.583	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
13	Coulter, JamesJames Coulter [A 8]	1909	8	2	4	2	.375	1	4	2	.286	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
14	Dobson, FrankFrank Dobson [A 8]	1909	8	2	4	2	.375	1	4	2	.286	—	—	—	—	0	0	—
15	Cunningham, W. A.W. A. Cunningham	1910–1916, 1919	70	43	18	9	.679	37	17	9	.659	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
16	Stegeman, HermanHerman Stegeman	1920–1922	29	20	6	3	.741	15	3	3	.786	0	0	0	—	1	0	—
17	Woodruff, George CecilGeorge Cecil Woodruff	1923–1927	47	30	16	1	.649	21	10	0	.677	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
18	Mehre, HarryHarry Mehre	1928–1937	99	59	34	6	.626	29	25	5	.500	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
19	Hunt, JoelJoel Hunt	1938	10	5	4	1	.550	1	2	1	.375	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
20	Butts, WallyWally Butts	1939–1960	235	140	86	9	.615	66	60	5	.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	Griffith, JohnnyJohnny Griffith	1961–1963	30	10	16	4	.400	6	12	1	.342	0	0	0	—	0	0	—
22	Dooley, VinceVince Dooley	1964–1988	288	201	77	10	.715	104	42	4	.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	Goff, RayRay Goff	1989–1995	81	46	34	1	.574	24	28	1	.462	2	2	0	0	0	0	—
24	Donnan, JimJim Donnan	1996–2000	59	40	19	—	.678	25	15	—	.625	4	0	—	0	0	0	SEC Coach of the Year (1997)[14]
25	Richt, MarkMark Richt	2001–2015	188	140	48	—	.745	80	34	—	.702	9	5	—	5	2	0	AP SEC Coach of the Year (2002)[14] SEC Coach of the Year (2002, 2005)[14]
26	Smart, KirbyKirby Smart	2016–present	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0	—	0	0	0	—

Notes

1. Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.^[9]
2. A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
3. Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.^[10]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[11]
5. Statistics correct as of the end of the 2012 college football season.
6. Georgia did not field a team for the 1917 or 1918 seasons due to World War I.^[3]
7. Divisional champions have advanced to the SEC Championship Game since the institution of divisional play beginning in the 1992 season. Since that time, Georgia has competed as a member of the SEC East.^[12]
8. James Coulter and Frank Dobson served as co-head coaches for the 1909 season.^[13]

References

General

• "Georgia coaching records". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
• University of Georgia Sports Communications (2011). 2011 Georgia Football Media Guide. Issuu. Retrieved February 20, 2012.

Specific

1. "Georgia football history: Former head coaches". CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
2. "Bulldogs raid Seminoles for coach". The Register-Guard (Eugene, Oregon). Associated Press. December 27, 2000. p. 2F. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
3. 2011 Georgia Football Media Guide, pp. 158–163
4. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2010). 2010 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 68–77. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
5. "Hall of Fame inductee search: Pop 'Pop' Warner". National Football Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
6. "Hall of Fame inductee search: Wally Butts". National Football Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
7. "Hall of Fame inductee search: Vince Dooley". National Football Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
8. "Hall of Fame inductee search: Jim Donnan". National Football Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
9. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived from the original on August 22, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
10. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today (McLean, Virginia). Archived from the original on November 24, 2009. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
11. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times (New York City). Archived from the original on October 22, 2009. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
12. Harwell, Hoyt (November 30, 1990). "SEC sets division lineups". The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, Alabama). p. 1C. Retrieved February 3, 2012.
13. 2011 Georgia Football Media Guide, p. 172
14. 2011 Georgia Football Media Guide, p. 196
15. "Past winners". Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
16. "Past national COTY winners". American Football Coaches Association. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
17. "Magazine honors Dooley". Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania). Associated Press. January 13, 1981. p. 25. Retrieved February 20, 2012.
18. "Walter Camp Football Foundation Awards". Walter Camp Football Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2012.