Ray Goff

College coach infobox


Name = Ray Goff
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Ray Goff was a college football player and coach of the Georgia Bulldogs.

Playing career

Goff attended the University of Georgia, where he played quarterback from 1974-76, leading the team to 19 wins over his final two seasons under coach Vince Dooley. As a player, he was named Southeastern Conference player of the year in 1976, when the team he captained won the SEC title. He was a three year letterman at Georgia.

Coaching career

He served as an assistant coach for the South Carolina Gamecocks before returning to Georgia as an assistant in 1981. While an assistant at Georgia from 1981 to 1988, he held the positions of Recruiting Coordinator, tight ends coach and running backs coachand earned a reputation as an excellent recruiter. When Dooley, the winningest coach in Georgia history, retired after the 1988 season, Goff — then a 33-year-old running backs coach — was the surprise choice to succeed him.

Head coaching career

Goff's tenure got off to a slow start, with just 10 wins in his first two seasons, before reeling off 9 wins in 1991 and 10 in 1992; the latter campaign finished with Georgia ranked eighth by the Coaches Poll. Over the next three years, Goff's teams never again posted as many as seven wins, and he was fired in 1995. His teams only made brief appearances in the Coaches Poll in 1993, 1994 and 1995, reaching #13 in the 1993 preseason polls.

His career was noteworthy for his lack of success against the Steve Spurrier-coached Florida Gators. Spurrier once referred to Goff as "Ray Goof." [cite news | last =Merron| first =Jeff | title =Florida/Georgia vs. Clemson/South Carolina | work =ESPN Page 2 | language =English | publisher =ESPN.com | date =2003-11-14 | url =http://espn.go.com/page2/s/rivalries/flageorgia_clemsonsc.html | accessdate =2007-01-05]

Head coaching record

CFB Coaching Record Team
team = Georgia
conf = Southeastern Conference
startyear = 1989
endyear = 1995CFB Coaching Record Entry
year=1989
team=Georgia
overall=6-6
conference=4-3
confstanding =4
bowlgame=Peach Bowl
bowlopp=Syracuse
bowlscore=L 19-18
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year=1990
team=Georgia
overall=4-7
conference=2-5
confstanding=7
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year=1991
team=Georgia
overall=9-3
conference=4-3
confstanding=4
bowlgame=Independence Bowl
bowlopp=Arkansas
bowlscore=W 24-15
ranking=19
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year=1992
team=Georgia
overall= 10-2
conference= 6-2
confstanding= 1 - East "(t)"
bowlgame= Florida Citrus Bowl
bowlopp= Ohio State
bowlscore=W 21-14
ranking=8
championship = division
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year=1993
team=Georgia
overall= 5-6
conference= 2-6
confstanding= 4 - East
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year=1994
team=Georgia
overall=6-4-1
conference=3-4-1
confstanding= 4 - East
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year=1995
team=Georgia
overall= 6-6
conference= 3-5
confstanding= 3 - East
bowlgame= Peach Bowl
bowlopp=Virginia
bowlscore=L 27-34
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Quotes

Quotation|We never had a more effective option runner than Ray Goff. He appeared slow because of his size, but he was really pretty fast. He was a swivel-hipped runner with great leg strength.|Vince Dooley|Georgia Bulldogs football head coach during Ray Goff's collegiate career.cite book |last=Sharpe |first=Wilton |title= Bulldog Madness: Great Eras in Georgia Football |year=2005 |publisher=Cumberland House |location=Nashville, Tennessee |isbn=1-58182-447-5 |pages= p.52|chapter= Chapter 3]

Related pages

*Georgia Bulldogs football
*Georgia Bulldogs football under Ray Goff

Footnotes

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*cite web | url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46724&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800&ATCLID=523288 | title=Former Head Coaches| accessdate=2007-01-04| year =2006 | format=HTML | work=Georgia Bulldogs 2006 Media Guide | publisher=georgiadogs.com | language=English
*cite web | url=http://www.georgiadogs.com/attachments1/1427.pdf?SPSID=46736&SPID=3571&DB_OEM_ID=8800 | title=Poll History| work=Georgia Bulldogs 2006 Media Guide|accessdate=2007-01-04| year =2006 | format=HTML | publisher=georgiadogs.com | language=English