List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets head football coaches explained

The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets college football team represents the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Yellow Jackets compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The school has had 23 official head coaches since first fielding a team in 1892, including four who have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: John Heisman, William Alexander, Bobby Dodd, and Paul Johnson. Brent Key is the current head coach of the program, taking over the role midway through the 2022 season following the dismissal of Geoff Collins.

Georgia Tech has played in over 1,300 football games across 131 seasons. During that time, four head coaches have won a national championship: Heisman (1917), Alexander (1928), Dodd (1952), and Bobby Ross (1990). Six coaches (Heisman, Alexander, Dodd, Ross, George O'Leary, and Johnson) have won conference championships and twelve different coaches have led Georgia Tech in a post-season bowl game.

Alexander holds the Georgia Tech record for the longest coaching tenure (25 seasons), most games coached (244), most losses (95), and most ties (15). Heisman has the highest winning percentage, (.759), among Georgia Tech coaches who coached at least ten games. Dodd holds the Georgia Tech record for most wins (165).

Coaches

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NameTermGCOWOLOTO%CWCLCTC%PWPLPTDC
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61900——————————
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10 1904–1919————————  (1917)—
11 1920–1944—  (1928)
12 1945–1966—  (1952)
131967–1971———————
141972–1973———————
151974–1979———————
161980–1986—
171987–1991—  (1990)






181992–1994——
191994–2001—
—2001——
202002–2007—
—2007—
21 2008–20181
222019–2022—
232022-—

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