UGA Basketball Head Coaches
Walter T. Forbes was the first head coach of the Georgia Bulldogs men’s basketball team. Below is the full list of UGA basketball head coaches with their records, including current head coach Mike White.
1905-Present
Head Coach | Seasons | Years | Games | Won | Lost | Pct. |
Walter T. Forbes | 2 | 1905-07 | 4 | 2 | 2 | .500 |
C.O. Heidler | 4 | 1907-10, 11-12 | 22 | 16 | 6 | .727 |
W. A. Cunningham | 2 | 1910-11, 16-17 | 16 | 10 | 6 | .625 |
Howell Peacock | 4 | 1912-16 | 37 | 30 | 7 | .811 |
Alfred W. Scott | 1 | 1917-18 | 7 | 6 | 1 | .857 |
Kennon Mott | 1 | 1918-19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 |
Herman J. Stegeman | 12 | 1919-31 | 248 | 170 | 78 | .686 |
Vernon Smith | 1 | 1931-32 | 26 | 19 | 7 | .731 |
Rex Enright1 | 6 | 1932-38 | 116 | 62 | 54 | .534 |
Elmer Lampe2 | 9 | 1938-47 | 201 | 106 | 95 | .527 |
Ralph Jordan3 | 3 | 1947-50 | 82 | 50 | 32 | .610 |
Jim Whatley | 1 | 1950-51 | 24 | 13 | 11 | .542 |
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 | 514 | 298 | 216 | .580 |
Orlando “Tubby” Smith | 2 | 1995-97 | 64 | 45 | 19 | .703 |
Ron Jirsa | 2 | 1997-99 | 65 | 35 | 30 | .538 |
Jim Harrick4 | 4 | 1999-03 | 90 | 37 | 53 | .411 |
Dennis Felton5 | 6 | 2003-09 | 175 | 84 | 91 | .480 |
Pete Herrmann6 | 1 | 2009 | 12 | 3 | 9 | .250 |
Mark Fox | 9 | 2009-18 | 296 | 163 | 133 | .551 |
Tom Crean | 4 | 2018-22 | 122 | 47 | 75 | .385 |
Mike White | 1 | 2022-P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overall | 115 | – – | 2826 | 1459 | 1367 | .516 |
1 Vernon Smith and Rex Enright were coaches in 1937-38. 2 Elmer Lampe and Ralph Jordan were coaches in 1946-47. 3 Ralph Jordan and Jim Whatley were coaches in 1949-50. 4 A total of 30 wins (11 in 2002, 19 in 2003) were vacated due to NCAA sanctions. 5 Dennis Felton was fired on January 29, 2009. 6 Pete Herrmann was named Interim Head Coach on January 29, 2009. |
