Georgia basketball’s four worst head coach appointments in history
After a string of some of the worst head coach appointments in programme history throughout the previous 30 years, Michael White is attempting to revive the Georgia basketball programme.
Under Kirby Smart’s massive shadow, Michael White is working to restore the Athens basketball programme following the dismal reign of Tom Crean. It goes without saying that Georgia will always remain a football school, as are almost all other SEC schools, but many of them are also strong basketball teams.
The Bulldogs don’t frequently get to take part in college basketball’s frenzy, but March has here. Under Mark Fox, Georgia has not qualified for the NCAA Tournament since 2015, and it hasn’t won the SEC Tournament since 2008.
In the penultimate game of the regular season, Ole Miss will travel to Athens, where White has led the Bulldogs to a 15-14 (5-11) victory. The Bulldogs will need to work some magic in Nashville to punch their ticket to March Madness, as the likelihood of an at-large bid is long gone.
Undoubtedly, the programme will take some time to develop, but that makes sense given that these three coaches have collectively hindered Georgia basketball during the last thirty years.
Dennis Felton
Dennis Felton guided the team to victory in the SEC Tournament the last time Georgia won, but that doesn’t imply his six-year stint was a success. Before the 2008 SEC Tournament, Felton was under intense scrutiny. However, he performed a remarkable feat, leading his team to a 17-17 record and a No. 14 seed in the NCAA Tournament.
Felton’s team was eliminated in the first round of the March Madness tournament, yet such a year would not allow him to be fired. Thus, Georgia brought him back for a 9–11 start to the 2009–10 campaign before ultimately letting him go and temporarily replacing him with Pete Herrmann.
During his six years in Athens, he had just two winning seasons and never finished with more than 20 wins. After Jim Harrick led the team to the tournament in two of his three seasons, Felton’s stint represented a significant step back.
