The Zeitgeist List · coaching
Georgia: a coaching history
See Georgia’s full 91-year Zeitgeist History →← all coaches
Program GOAT
Kirby Smart
2 Dynasty · 5 Blue-Blood seasons
Built by
Vince Dooley
National Program I → Blue Blood (+28.9)
The fall
Johnny Griffith
Power Program III → National Program I (−9.3)
Right now
Kirby Smart
already the greatest coach in Georgia history by the numbers
Kirby Smart is already the greatest coach in Georgia history by the numbers.
Stature & coaches, 1936–2026
The program’s standing over time, with every coach’s tenure beneath it — read down to see who was there for each rise and fall.
Every coach
2016–now
Kirby Smarttransformer
+20.5
105–19
2001–2015
Mark Richtbuilder
+12.2
145–51
1996–2000
Jim Donnancaretaker
Power Program II
40–19
1989–1995
Ray Goffinheritor
Power Program I
46–34
1964–1988
Vince Dooleytransformer
+28.9
201–77
1961–1963
Johnny Griffithcaretaker
−9.3
10–16
1939–1960
Wallace Buttstransformer
+23.9
140–86