The Zeitgeist List · coaching

Ray Goff

Followed Vince Dooley. Ray Goff inherited a Power Program I Georgia and won with it.

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1989–1995 · 1 stint
Georgia
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerGEORGIABlue Bloodpermanent top tierPower Programperennial contenderGeorgia, 1989: 6-6, Power Program I1989Georgia, 1990: 4-7, Power Program II1990Georgia, 1991: 9-3, Power Program II1991Georgia, 1992: 10-2, Power Program II1992Georgia, 1993: 5-6, Power Program II1993Georgia, 1994: 6-4, Power Program II1994Georgia, 1995: 6-6, Power Program II1995-6.1One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Power Program in his 1st career season — faster than 57% of the 395 FBS coaches who have ever reached Power Program (rank #1 of 395 by seasons-to-arrival).

Georgia, 7 seasons
−6.1
Power Program I → Power Program II.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

10–14 against his rivals. Winless in 6 tries against Steve Spurrier.

Rivalry record
10–14–1
40.0% · 4 rivals
One-score games
12–15–1
42.9% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
1–2
33.3%
Rivalry ledger
Auburn2–4–129%
Georgia Tech5–271%
Florida0–60%
South Carolina3–260%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Steve Spurrier0–6
6 meetings, 1990–1995
’90 L’91 L’92 L’93 L’94 L’95 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
1–2 33.3%
Power Program
8–20 28.6%
National Program
17–9 65.4%
Regional Program
14–2 87.5%

Coaching career

1989–1995
Georgiainheritor
Power Program I → Power Program I
Ray Goff inherited a Power Program I Georgia and won with it.

5th-best Georgia tenure of 9 by the numbers.

Followed Vince Dooley (1964–1988) · succeeded by Jim Donnan (1996–2000).

18 NFL Draft picks: Tim Worley (1989), Keith Henderson (1989), Richard Tardits (1989), Troy Sadowski (1989), Ben Smith (1990), Rodney Hampton (1990), Mo Lewis (1991), John Kasay (1991) + 10 more

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