The Georgia Bulldogs college football team represents the University of Georgia in 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 26 head coaches since it began play during the 1892 season. Kirby Smart is the current head coach of the bulldogs.
The team has played more than 1,300 games over 132 seasons of Georgia football.2011 Georgia Football Media Guide, pp. 158–163 Six coaches have led the Bulldogs to postseason bowl games: Wally Butts, Vince Dooley, Ray Goff, Jim Donnan, Mark Richt, and Kirby Smart. Five coaches also won conference championships: Herman Stegeman won one as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association; Butts, Dooley, Richt, and Smart won a combined 15 as a member of the SEC. During their tenures, Butts and Dooley each won one and Smart won two national championship with the Bulldogs.
Dooley is the leader in seasons coached and games won, with 201 victories during his 25 years with the Bulldogs. Smart has the highest winning percentage with a record of , and Charles A. Barnard has the lowest winning percentage at . Five of the team's coaches—Pop Warner, Butts, Dooley, Donnan, and Richt—have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
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Coaches + List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards No. Name Term Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards 1 1892 1 — — — — — — — — — — 2 1893 1 — — — — — — — — — — 3 1894 1 — — — — — — — — — — 4 1895–1896 2 — — — — — 5 1897–1898 2 — — — — — 6 1899 1 — — — — — 7 1900 1 — — — — — 8 1901–1902 2 — — — — — 9 1903, 1905 1, 1 — — — — — 10 1904 1 — — — — — 11 1906–1907 2 — — — — — 12 1908 1 — — — — — 13 1909 1 — — — — — 14 1909 1 — — — — — 15 1910–1916, 1919 7, 1 — — 16 1920–1922 3 — — 17 1923–1927 5 — — 18 1928–1937 10 — — 19 1938 1 — — 20 1939–1960 22 — – 1942 21 1961–1963 3 — — 22 1964–1988 25 — – 1980 23 1989–1995 7 — 24 1996–2000 5 — — — 25 2001–2015 15 — — — 26 2016–present 10 — — — 2 – 2021, 2022
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