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- Win rate
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Vince Dooley
1964-1988 • Georgia
One defining program at Georgia.
Vince Dooley coached 25 seasons, won 71.5%, and posted an average SRS of 15.9. Best season: 1981 Georgia. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 201-77-10
- Career win rate
- 71.5%
- Average SRS
- 15.9
- Peak SRS
- 26.2
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 25
- Career span
- 25 years
- Best finish
- #1
- Consistency
- 69.8
Primary school anchor
Georgia
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 94.0.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Vince Dooley
EliteStrongAverageLean
1964Actual season year • SRS range 4.0 to 26.21988
Active comparison point
Vince Dooley • 1981
1981 Georgia
Best season10-2 • SRS 26.2 • SP Overall 27.1
Win %
83.3%
YoY SRS
+5.8
SP Off / Def
38.0 / 11.2
Finish
#6
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
6-21
- Games
- 27
- Win rate
- 22.2%
Top 5
2-9
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 18.2%
View ranked game results60
| 1988 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #9 | L10-20 |
| 1988 Regular Week 5 | Georgia | South Carolina | #14 | L10-23 |
| 1988 Regular Week 2 | Georgia | Tennessee | #18 | W28-17 |
| 1987 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #10 | L11-27 |
| 1987 Regular Week 7 | Georgia | LSU | #6 | L23-26 |
| 1987 Regular Week 4 | Georgia | Clemson | #9 | L20-21 |
| 1986 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #15 | W20-16 |
| 1986 Regular Week 7 | Georgia | LSU | #12 | L14-23 |
| 1986 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Boston College | #19 | L24-27 |
| 1985 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #14 | L10-24 |
| 1985 Regular Week 11 | Georgia | Florida | #1 | W24-3 |
| 1984 Regular Week 13 | Georgia | Auburn | #13 | L12-21 |
| 1984 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Florida | #5 | L0-27 |
| 1984 Regular Week 5 | Georgia | Clemson | #13 | W26-23 |
| 1984 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Florida State | #17 | T17-17 |
| 1983 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #3 | L7-13 |
| 1983 Regular Week 11 | Georgia | Florida | #14 | W10-9 |
| 1983 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Texas | #5 | W10-9 |
| 1982 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Florida | #20 | W44-0 |
| 1982 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Penn State | #1 | L23-27 |
| 1981 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Pittsburgh | #4 | L20-24 |
| 1980 Regular Week 11 | Georgia | Florida | #20 | W26-21 |
| 1980 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | South Carolina | #15 | W13-10 |
| 1980 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Notre Dame | #9 | W17-10 |
| 1979 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #14 | L13-33 |
| 1978 Regular Week 7 | Georgia | LSU | #16 | W24-17 |
| 1978 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Stanford | #17 | L22-25 |
| 1977 Regular Week 8 | Georgia | Kentucky | #7 | L0-33 |
| 1977 Regular Week 5 | Georgia | Alabama | #7 | L10-18 |
| 1976 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Florida | #15 | W41-27 |
| 1976 Regular Week 6 | Georgia | Ole Miss | #16 | L17-21 |
| 1976 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Pittsburgh | #1 | L3-27 |
| 1975 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Florida | #11 | W10-7 |
| 1975 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Arkansas | #7 | L10-31 |
| 1974 Regular Week 11 | Georgia | Auburn | #7 | L13-17 |
| 1974 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Florida | #6 | W17-16 |
| 1974 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Miami (OH) | #10 | L10-21 |
| 1973 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Tennessee | #16 | W35-31 |
| 1973 Regular Week 6 | Georgia | Alabama | #3 | L14-28 |
| 1973 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Maryland | #20 | W17-16 |
| 1972 Regular Week 11 | Georgia | Auburn | #11 | L10-27 |
| 1972 Regular Week 9 | Georgia | Tennessee | #13 | L0-14 |
| 1972 Regular Week 5 | Georgia | Alabama | #4 | L7-25 |
| 1971 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Auburn | #6 | L20-35 |
| 1970 Regular Week 14 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | #13 | L7-17 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Auburn | #11 | W31-17 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Georgia | Ole Miss | #13 | L21-31 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Auburn | #11 | L3-16 |
| 1969 Regular Week 9 | Georgia | Florida | #15 | T13-13 |
| 1969 Regular Week 8 | Georgia | Tennessee | #3 | L3-17 |
| 1969 Regular Week 5 | Georgia | Ole Miss | #19 | L17-25 |
| 1969 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Nebraska | #11 | L6-45 |
| 1968 Regular Week 10 | Georgia | Auburn | #12 | W17-3 |
| 1968 Regular Week 8 | Georgia | Houston | #15 | T10-10 |
| 1968 Regular Week 5 | Georgia | Ole Miss | #13 | W21-7 |
| 1968 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | Arkansas | #6 | L2-16 |
| 1967 Regular Week 9 | Georgia | Houston | #10 | L14-15 |
| 1966 Regular Week 12 | Georgia | Georgia Tech | #8 | W23-14 |
| 1966 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia | SMU | #10 | W24-9 |
| 1964 Regular Week 2 | Georgia | Alabama | #4 | L3-31 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Georgia
1964-1988 • 25 seasons
Avg SRS 15.9 • Win % 71.5%
- Longest tenure
- Georgia • 25 seasons
- Best tenure
- Georgia • 15.9 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Georgia • 71.5%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Vince Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeVince Dooley sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Vince Dooley
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 17.2
- Percentile
- 96th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Georgia
1964-1988 • 201-77-10
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 15.9Win % 71.5%
Avg wins
Higher is better
8.0 during vs 5.2 baseline
+2.8
Avg SRS
Higher is better
15.9 during vs 8.4 baseline
+7.6
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
17.2 during vs — baseline
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Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
48.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+28.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Georgia 1981
10-2 • SRS 26.2
Biggest Improvement
Georgia 1980
12-0 • 13.5 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Georgia 1974
6-6 • SP Off 38.5
Best Defensive Season
Georgia 1976
10-2 • SP Def 10.3
Setbacks
Worst Season
Georgia 1977
5-6 • SRS 4.0
Biggest Drop
Georgia 1977
5-6 • -18.7 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Georgia | 1988 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #12 | #15 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 32.6 | 20.6 | -3.8 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 1987 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | #20 | #13 | 15.6 | 18.9 | 34.4 | 17.4 | +2.8 | +8.3% |
| Georgia | 1986 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 66.7% | #16 | — | 12.8 | 17.0 | 35.3 | 19.8 | -1.8 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 1985 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% | — | — | 14.6 | 18.6 | 32.0 | 14.4 | +2.1 | +4.2% |
| Georgia | 1984 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 12.5 | 14.7 | 31.5 | 17.8 | -4.1 | -25.0% |
| Georgia | 1983 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 87.5% | #15 | #4 | 16.6 | 21.9 | 32.0 | 10.9 | -3.9 | -4.2% |
| Georgia | 1982 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #7 | #4 | 20.5 | 22.2 | 35.4 | 14.1 | -5.7 | +8.3% |
| Georgia | 1981 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #10 | #6 | 26.2 | 27.1 | 38.0 | 11.2 | +5.8 | -16.7% |
| Georgia | 1980 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 100.0% | #16 | #1 | 20.4 | 19.2 | 32.3 | 14.3 | +13.5 | +45.5% |
| Georgia | 1979 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 54.5% | #11 | — | 6.9 | 6.6 | 24.4 | 18.7 | -6.7 | -24.6% |
| Georgia | 1978 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 79.2% | — | #16 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 30.4 | 17.4 | +9.6 | +33.7% |
| Georgia | 1977 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45.5% | #19 | — | 4.0 | -1.1 | 17.9 | 19.0 | -18.7 | -37.9% |
| Georgia | 1976 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.3% | #16 | #10 | 22.7 | 27.2 | 36.6 | 10.3 | +9.5 | +8.3% |
| Georgia | 1975 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #19 | 13.2 | 18.6 | 33.3 | 16.3 | +1.1 | +25.0% |
| Georgia | 1974 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 12.1 | 16.3 | 38.5 | 24.0 | -2.5 | -12.5% |
| Georgia | 1973 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 62.5% | — | — | 14.6 | 17.3 | 27.4 | 11.0 | -0.4 | -1.1% |
| Georgia | 1972 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #17 | — | 15.0 | 16.3 | 25.5 | 10.3 | -11.1 | -28.0% |
| Georgia | 1971 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 91.7% | #18 | #7 | 26.1 | 23.7 | 35.0 | 11.7 | +10.4 | +41.7% |
| Georgia | 1970 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 50.0% | — | — | 15.7 | 15.3 | 30.5 | 16.7 | -1.0 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 1969 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 50.0% | #8 | — | 16.7 | — | — | — | -8.1 | -31.8% |
| Georgia | 1968 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 81.8% | — | #8 | 24.8 | — | — | — | +5.4 | +18.2% |
| Georgia | 1967 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 63.6% | #6 | — | 19.4 | — | — | — | +1.4 | -27.3% |
| Georgia | 1966 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 90.9% | — | #4 | 18.0 | — | — | — | +3.4 | +30.9% |
| Georgia | 1965 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 60.0% | — | — | 14.6 | — | — | — | +5.1 | -8.2% |
| Georgia | 1964 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 68.2% | — | — | 9.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
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