Ray Goff took over as the head coach of the Georgia football team in 1989. Throughout his seven-year coaching career with the Dawgs, Goff led the team to four bowl games and a 46-34 overall record. In 1992, his best season, Goff coached the Bulldogs to a Citrus Bowl victory over Ohio State and a 10-2 record.
He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia from 1989 to 1995, compiling a record of 46–34–1. Goff attended the University of Georgia, where he played quarterback from 1974–1976, leading the team to 19 wins over his final two seasons under coach Vince Dooley.
Ray Goff (born July 10, 1955) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia from 1989 to 1995, compiling a record of 46–34–1.
He was fired by Georgia following the 1995 season, which included a brutal loss at the hands of the Florida Gators. Before his stint as Georgia’s HC, the Moultrie, Georgia native had served as an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks.
Prior to his time as head football coach, Ray Goff was a legendary quarterback for the University of Georgia Bulldogs. He led the team to a 19-5 record and won an SEC championship during his two-year stint as the starting QB under Vince Dooley.
During his final season in charge, he recruited and coached then-freshman Kirby Smart. Georgia went 6-6 that season and lost in the Peach Bowl to Virginia.
He was named SEC Player of the Year in 1976 after leading the ‘Dawgs to the National Championship Game, though they lost to Pittsburgh. Ray Goff took over as the head coach of the Georgia football team in 1989.
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Posted July 15, 2020. ATHENS — Ray Goff loves Georgia in a way few others can. From his hometown of Moultrie, to the Athens area countryside where he now resides in neighboring Oconee County, the former Bulldogs’ star quarterback and head coach makes his affinity clear.
He backed it up his first year on Dooley’s staff as the recruiting coordinator. Goff signed 10 of the 30 players in the Bulldogs’ class that year. This, at a time that required him to fly via private plane to get all the signatures in person on National Signing Day. WATCH: Kirby Smart & Ray Goff share laughs, recruiting story.
No doubt, but Georgia fans can tell him how much impact he made in their life each time they look to the sideline and see the visored head coach Goff once recruited and signed out of Bainbridge, Ga.
Goff’s first four years as a player culminated with 1976 SEC Player of the Year honors, an SEC Championship and a Sugar Bowl showdown with Tony Dorsett’s national championship Pitt team.