Georgia Tech has played in over 1,300 football games across 131 seasons.[4] 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[A 1]) have won conference championships and twelve different coaches have led Georgia Tech in a post-season bowl game.[6]
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).[7]
List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards[A 6]
^Johnson's conference championship was later vacated by the NCAA.[5]
^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.[8]
^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.
^Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[9]
^When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[10]
^Divisional champions have advanced to the ACC Championship Game since the institution of divisional play beginning in the 2005 season. Since that time, Georgia Tech has competed in the ACC Coastal Division.[11] Divisional play was not used in the 2020 season due to schedule disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] The divisional format was permanently discontinued starting with the 2023 season.[12]
^Frank Spain is erroneously listed as co-head coach for the 1893 season in the Georgia Tech media guide. Spain was the team's center and helped raise money for the team.[13]
^Leonard Wood and Frank Spain are erroneously listed as co-head coaches by the Georgia Tech media guide, though neither of them were still part of the team. Spain had resigned as a teacher at Georgia Tech earlier in the year to pursue acting.[13] Rufus "Dutch" Dorsey was the coach.[14]
^The Georgia Tech information guide erroneously lists no coach for the 1896-1897 seasons and Cow Nalley for the 1898 season, though math professor, J. B. Wood, coached the team. [15][16][17]
^Includes two wins and two losses erroneously left out of the Georgia Tech information guide.
^Harris Collier is erroneously listed as the head coach by the Georgia Tech media guide, but he was coaching at Tulane in 1899. Cow Nalley was coach. [18]
^The Georgia Tech media guide erroneously lists no coach for 1900, but Collier coached the team.[19]
^The Georgia Tech media guide erroneously lists Cyrus W. Strickler as the coach in 1901, but there is no record that he was ever involved with the team. McKee was the coach.[20]
^The Georgia Tech media guide erroneously lists McKee as the coach in 1902, but Andree has a picture and long bio as the Tech coach in the newspaper. [21][22]
^The Georgia Tech media guide erroneously lists McKee as the coach in 1903, but Huie is named as Tech coach in the newspaper. [23]
^ abAccording to the 2023 Georgia Tech Football Information Guide, Georgia Tech was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from the 1916 season to the 1921 season. The guide does not give a breakdown for conference results, but does claim that Georgia Tech was the conference champion five times, three times under Heisman and two times under Alexander.[24]
^Lewis resigned on November 7, 1994, and the final three games of the season were coached by George O'Leary[36]
^O'Leary was named as interim head coach for the final three games of the 1994 season following Lewis' dismissal. O'Leary resigned prior to the 2001 bowl game after being named as head coach at Notre Dame[36]
^McWhorter was named interim head coach for the final game of the 2001 season after O'Leary accepted the head coach position at Notre Dame.[37]
^Gailey was dismissed as head coach on November 26, 2007, and Tenuta was named as interim head coach for the final game of the 2007 season.[38]
^Tenuta was named as the interim head coach for the final game of the 2007 season following Gailey's dismissal.[38]
^Johnson's conference championship was later vacated by the NCAA.[5]
^Collins was dismissed on September 26, 2022, and Key was named as interim head coach for the final eight games of the 2022 season.[3]
^Key was named as interim head coach for the final eight games of the 2022 season following Collins' dismissal.[3]
^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.
^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.
