All-Time Coaches Georgia Basketball Head Coaches’ All-Time Records Coach Seasons Years Games Won Lost Pct. Walter T. Forbes 2 1906-07 4 2 2 .500 C.O. Heidler 4 1908-10, 12 22 16 6 .727 W. A. Cunningham 2 1911, ‘17 16 10 6 .625 Howell Peacock 4 1913-16 37 30 7 .811 Alfred W. Scott 1 1918 7 6 1 .857 Kennon Mott 1 1919 8 5 3 .625 Herman J. Stegeman 12 1920-31 248 170 78 .685 Rex Enright 6 1932-37 120 69 51 .575 Vernon Smith 1* 1938 2 1 1 .500 Frank Johnson 1* 1938 13 8 5 .615 Elmer Lampe 8* 1938-46 166 82 84 .499 Ralph Jordan 3* 1947-50 83 44 39 .530 Jim Whatley 2* 1950-51 42 24 18 .571 Harbin “Red” Lawson 14 1952-65 353 112 241 .317 Ken Rosemond 8 1966-73 203 92 111 .453 John Guthrie 5 1974-78 132 46 86 .348 Hugh Durham 17 1979-95 523 297# 215# .580 Orlando “Tubby” Smith 2 1996-97 64 45 19 .703 Ron Jirsa 2 1998-99 65 35 30 .538 Jim Harrick 4 2000-03 119 37 & 52 & .416 Dennis Felton 6* 2004-09 175 84 91 .480 Pete Herrmann 1* 2009 12 3 9 .250 Mark Fox 7 2010-16 229 126 103 .550 111 1906-2016 2602 1344* 1258 .517 * Includes partial seasons coached # 1 win and 1 loss in 1985 NCAA Tournament later vacated due to NCAA sanctions. & 30 wins and 1 loss (including 2002 NCAA Tournament appearance) later vacated due to NCAA sanctions.
Hugh Durham (1979-95) is Georgia’s winningest all-time head basketball coach.
All-time Assistant Coaches Coach Tevester Anderson Nate Archibald Roger Banks Don Beasley Eddie Beidenbach Jack Berkshire Joe Bradley * Butch Clifton Gene DeTullio * Hugh Donahue Jeff Dunlap Shawn Finney Rex Frederick Larry Gay John Guthrie # Jim Harrick, Jr. Jonas Hayes Pete Herrmann & James Holland Michael Hunt Ron Jirsa # Kwanza Johnson
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Total Years Years at Georgia 9 1986-95 1 1985-86 3 1978-81 6 1979-85 6 1981-87 3 1973-76 2 1967-69 5 1973-78 4 1962-66 3 1970-73 4 1999-2003 2 1995-97 4 1962-66 11 1978-89 4 1969-73 2 2001-03 4 2014-17 6 2003-09 4 1999-2003 4 1997-2001 2 1995-97 4 2010-13
Coach Calvin Jones Mike Jones Ken McDonald Morris McHone Desmond Oliver Stacey Palmore Philip Pearson Reggie Rankin Yasir Rosemond Mark Slonaker Pat Stephens Mike Sutton Jerry Waters Ray Zetts
Total Years Years at Georgia 3 1975-78 6 2003-09 1 2003-04 1 1978-79 5 2004-09 4 2010-13 7 2010-17 3 1997-2000 3 2015-17 6 1989-95 4 1966-70 2 1995-97 2 1997-99 6 1989-95
* Freshman Coach # Became Head Coach & Named Interim Head Coach
Ron Jirsa (background) served on Tubby Smith’s staff for two seasons before ascending to head coach and guiding Georgia to an unprecedented third straight 20-victory season (1996-98).