List of Georgia State Panthers head football coaches

The Georgia State Panthers college football team represents Georgia State University in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). The Panthers compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The school has had 3 head coaches since it began play during the 2010 season. Since December 2016, Shawn Elliott has served as Georgia State's head coach.

Key

Key to symbols in coaches list

General		Overall		Conference		Postseason[A 1]
No.	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

No.	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	O%	CW	CL	C%	PW	PL	DC	CC	NC	Awards
1	Bill Curry	2008–2012	33	10	23	0.303	1	7	0.125	0	0	—	0	0	—
2	Trent Miles	2013–2016[4]	47	9	38	0.191	6	23	0.207	0	1	—	0	0	—
Int	Tim Lappano	2016	2	1	1	0.500	1	1	0.500	0	0	—	0	0	—
3	Shawn Elliott	2017–2023	85	41	44	0.482	27	30	0.474	4	1	—	0	0	—
4	Dell McGee	2024–present	0	0	0	–	0	0	–	0	0	—	0	0	—

References

1. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) (2011). Bowl/All-Star Game Records (PDF). Indianapolis, Indiana: NCAA. pp. 5–10. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 5, 2011. Retrieved August 21, 2011.
2. Whiteside, Kelly (August 25, 2006). "Overtime system still excites coaches". USA Today. McLean, Virginia. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010. Retrieved September 25, 2009.
3. Finder, Chuck (September 6, 1987). "Big plays help Paterno to 200th". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2009.
4. Roberson, Doug. "Georgia State hires Trent Miles as its football coach". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. AJC. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.

Key

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.^[1]
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.^[2]
4. When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.^[3]