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Search any coach, jump to the record answer, then verify it with year-by-year rows, ranked-game splits, school impact, and comparisons.
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Search coach records, career wins, win percentage, and rankings from the same filtered universe as the discovery visuals below. Start from the recommended sample, then tighten the field around identity, school, time span, or quality.
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Summary and Filtering
Coach search stays primary, then school, archetype, time span, and quality sharpen the rankings. The recommended starting point is 3+ seasons.
Primary Discovery
Start with career shape or flip to identity. Either way, the chart, the coach summary, the outlier list, and the table context all stay synchronized.
Start with the simplest question: who paired real strength with a repeatable week-to-week shape?
Kirby Smart
Volatility: 6.81 • Average SRS: 20.65
84.8% win rate • 27.9 peak SRS
Hover or focus a point to isolate it. Click a coach to carry that selection into the results table.
Average SRS reads overall strength. Volatility is the spread of season-to-season SRS, so lower values mean a steadier profile.
Career shape lens
This is the clearest first-pass view for peak versus stability. It is the best place to start browsing.
Kirby Smart coached 10 seasons, won 84.8%, and posted an average SRS of 20.6. Best season: 2021 Georgia. The profile was balanced with a swing-heavy profile. One primary stint defined the run.
These callouts update with the active discovery mode and filtered coach set.
Highest peak
Kirby Smart
Single-season ceiling leader in the current filtered set.
Steadiest floor
Herman Stegeman
Lowest volatility in the view. Lower is more stable.
Elite but volatile
George Woodruff
Big ceiling, but the weekly shape moved around more than the steady tier.
Keep the ceiling board in view, but as a support module for the active lens, not the main destination.
1. Kirby Smart
2021
2. Vince Dooley
1981
3. Wallace Butts
1942
4. Mark Richt
2014
5. George Woodruff
1897
Supporting Insights
These are shortcuts into the same table below. Performance leads the stack, while stability and longevity stay visible without competing with the main chart.
Performance
The fastest path into peak and results leaders.
Single-season ceiling leaders.
1. Kirby Smart
2021 Georgia (14-1)
2. Vince Dooley
1981 Georgia (10-2)
3. Wallace Butts
1942 Georgia (11-1)
4. Mark Richt
2014 Georgia (10-3)
5. George Woodruff
1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)
Who won the most across a meaningful sample.
1. Kirby Smart
2021 Georgia (14-1)
2. George Woodruff
1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)
3. Mark Richt
2014 Georgia (10-3)
4. Vince Dooley
1981 Georgia (10-2)
5. Branch Bocock
1909 Virginia Tech (6-1)
Coaches who stacked elite endings.
1. Vince Dooley
1981 Georgia (10-2)
2. Kirby Smart
2021 Georgia (14-1)
3. Mark Richt
2014 Georgia (10-3)
4. Wallace Butts
1942 Georgia (11-1)
5. Jim Donnan
1997 Georgia (10-2)
Stability
Who stays in control year after year.
Low SRS volatility among winning coaches with a real sample.
1. Mark Richt
2014 Georgia (10-3)
2. Vince Dooley
1981 Georgia (10-2)
3. Jim Donnan
1997 Georgia (10-2)
4. Kirby Smart
2021 Georgia (14-1)
5. Harry Mehre
1931 Georgia (8-2)
Longevity
Long arcs, big samples, and durable careers.
Big careers and long arcs.
1. George Woodruff
1897 Pennsylvania (15-0)
2. Vince Dooley
1981 Georgia (10-2)
3. Wallace Butts
1942 Georgia (11-1)
4. Branch Bocock
1909 Virginia Tech (6-1)
5. Mark Richt
2014 Georgia (10-3)
Results Table
12 filtered coaches in view. Lower rank numbers are better. Lower volatility means more stable. Lower SP Def numbers are better on the identity chart.
| Compare | |||||||||||||||
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Kirby Smart 117-21 • 2016-2025 | Georgia | 10 | 138 | 117 | 21 | 84.8% | 20.6 | 27.9 2021 peak | 6.8 | 37.3 | 12.5 | #1 | 7 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Vince Dooley 201-77-10 • 1964-1988 | Georgia | 25 | 288 | 201 | 77 | 71.5% | 15.9 | 26.2 1981 peak | 5.4 | 31.7 | 15.6 | #1 | 8 | Defense-First Peak Dominator | |
Mark Richt 171-64 • 2001-2018 | Georgia, Miami | 18 | 235 | 171 | 64 | 72.8% | 15.0 | 23.7 2014 peak | 4.5 | 36.5 | 16.0 | #2 | 7 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Wallace Butts 140-86-9 • 1939-1960 | Georgia | 22 | 235 | 140 | 86 | 61.5% | 9.6 | 26.0 1942 peak | 8.7 | — | — | #2 | 4 | Balanced Peak Dominator | |
Jim Donnan 40-19 • 1996-2000 | Georgia | 5 | 59 | 40 | 19 | 67.8% | 9.3 | 18.5 1997 peak | 5.5 | 33.8 | 23.3 | #10 | 1 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
George Woodruff 172-41-3 • 1892-1927 | Carlisle, Georgia +2 | 17 | 216 | 172 | 41 | 80.3% | 9.6 | 23.2 1897 peak | 9.2 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Ray Goff 46-34-1 • 1989-1995 | Georgia | 7 | 81 | 46 | 34 | 57.4% | 6.7 | 17.0 1992 peak | 6.4 | 32.7 | 24.7 | #8 | 1 | Offense-First Offense-First | |
Herman Stegeman 20-6-3 • 1920-1922 | Georgia | 3 | 29 | 20 | 6 | 74.1% | 7.2 | 10.3 1920 peak | 3.0 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Consistent Winner | |
Harry Mehre 98-60-7 • 1928-1945 | Georgia, Ole Miss | 17 | 165 | 98 | 60 | 61.5% | 6.8 | 19.9 1931 peak | 6.9 | — | — | #17 | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
WA Cunningham 43-18-9 • 1910-1919 | Georgia | 8 | 70 | 43 | 18 | 67.9% | 0.9 | 11.4 1915 peak | 7.5 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — | |
Branch Bocock 58-24-4 • 1908-1926 | Georgia, North Carolina +2 | 10 | 86 | 58 | 24 | 69.8% | -2.2 | 7.8 1909 peak | 7.2 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced Longevity Coach | |
Johnny Griffith 10-16-4 • 1961-1963 | Georgia | 3 | 30 | 10 | 16 | 40.0% | 3.3 | 6.1 1963 peak | 3.1 | — | — | — | 0 | Balanced — |
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