Thislist of University of Georgia people includes alumni, affiliates and current students of theUniversity of Georgia . Honorary degree recipients are not included.
The Georgia Arch, the historic icon and symbol of theUniversity of Georgia , is recognized by UGA alumni, faculty, and students around the world. Chief executives and presidents of the University of Georgia [ edit ] Abraham Baldwin ,Patriot andFounding Father , a founder and first president of theUniversity of Georgia , representative to theU.S. Constitutional Convention , creating the United States of America, signer of theU.S. Constitution , andPresident pro tempore of the United States Senate Lyman Hall , physician, signer of theDeclaration of Independence , member of theContinental Congress ,Governor , and one of the founders of theUniversity of Georgia Abraham Baldwin , president (1785–1801; 16 years)Josiah Meigs , president (1801–1810; 9 years)John Brown , president (1811–1816; 6 years)Robert Finley , president (1817; 1 year)Moses Waddel , president (1819–1829; 10 years)Alonzo Church , president (1829–1859; 30 years)Andrew A. Lipscomb , chancellor (1860–1874; 15 years)Henry Holcombe Tucker , chancellor (1874–1878; 4 years)Patrick Hues Mell , chancellor (1878–1888; 10 years)William Ellison Boggs , chancellor (1889–1898; 9 years)Walter Barnard Hill , chancellor (1899–1905; 6 years)David Crenshaw Barrow Jr. , chancellor (1906–1925; 20 years)Charles Mercer Snelling , chancellor (1925–1932; 7 years)Steadman Vincent Sanford , president (1932–1935; 3 years)Harmon White Caldwell , president (1935–1948; 13 years)Jonathan Clark Rogers , president (1949–1950; 2 years)Omer Clyde Aderhold , president (1950–1967; 17 years)Frederick Corbet Davison , president (1967–1986; 19 years)Henry King Stanford , interim president (1986–1987; 1 year)Charles Boynton Knapp , president (1987–1997; 10 years)Michael F. Adams , president (1997–2013; 16 years)Jere Morehead , president (2013–present) Arts, media and entertainment[ edit ] Natasha Trethewey ,United States Poet Laureate 2012, 2014,Pulitzer Prize winner 2007,Heinz Award in Arts and Humanities 2017Ryan Seacrest ,Emmy Award -winning television host, radio personality, actor and producerKyle Chandler ,Primetime Emmy Award -winning actorWayne Knight , actor known for parts inSeinfeld ,Jurassic Park and othersStuart Woods ,Edgar Award winning-American novelistKim Basinger , winner of theBAFTA Award ,Golden Globe Award ,Screen Actors Guild Award , andAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress Alton Brown , chef, author, television personality, actor, cinematographer, host ofGood Eats and other food related shows, here host at the 2011Texas Book Festival , Austin, TexasDanger Mouse (Brian Joseph Burton) ,Grammy Award -winning musician, songwriter and record producerR.E.M. , a winner ofGrammy ,Billboard Music ,MTV Video Music , and other Awards afterMichael Stipe ,Peter Buck ,Mike Mills , andBill Berry connected during their time at the University of GeorgiaBrandon Stanton ,The New York Times Best Selling author and one ofTime ' s "30 Under 30 People Changing The World" visits PresidentBarack Obama at theWhite House Dottie Alexander , keyboardist forof Montreal Bill Anderson , musician, songwriter and television personality whose albums have reached No. 1 on thecharts seven times; 29 of his singles have reached the top ten; has memberships in several halls of fame including theSongwriters Hall of Fame Teniola Apata , Nigerian singerThe B-52's , new wave rock bandKim Basinger , actress; won theBAFTA Award ,Golden Globe Award ,Screen Actors Guild Award , and theAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress John Bell , lead singer for bandWidespread Panic Bill Berry , musician; member ofalternative rock bandR.E.M. Michael Lawson Bishop , multiple award-winning writer of more than 30 books creating what has been called a "body of work that stands among the most admired and influential in modern literature" in his genre[ 1] Alton Brown , television personality, author, actor, cinematographer, chef and host ofGood Eats and other food related showsPeter Buck , musician; member of alternative rock bandR.E.M. Tituss Burgess , Broadway, film and TV actor and singer; has appeared in numerousBroadway musicals; best known for starring asTitus Andromedon on theNetflix comedy seriesUnbreakable Kimmy Schmidt , and for30 Rock , for which he received four consecutivePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nominationsChip Caray , television broadcaster forFox Sports , former broadcaster for theChicago Cubs and other professional teamsCasey J (Casey Janice Hobb) ,gospel singer best known for song "Fill Me Up", which reached number 1 on theBillboard Gospel chart, whose debut album,The Truth , reached number 1 on theBillboard Top Gospel Albums chart and 131 on the USBillboard 200 ; described byThe Chicago Defender as "gospel's newest darling"Kyle Chandler , aPrimetime Emmy Award winning film and television actor best known for his role as Deputy Jackson Lamb in the filmSuper 8 , and in the television showsEarly Edition as Gary Hobson,Grey's Anatomy as Dylan Young, and as Coach Eric Taylor inFriday Night Lights Mike Chapman , co-creator ofHomestar Runner Danger Mouse (Brian Joseph Burton) , multipleGrammy Award winning musician, songwriter, record producer, and collaborator inDangerDoom andGnarls Barkley among othersJack Davis , artist,cartoonist and illustrator, known for his advertising art, magazine covers, film posters, record album art and numerous comic book stories who was one of the founding cartoonists forMad Magazine ; inducted into theWill Eisner Hall of Fame , received theNational Cartoonists Society 's Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award, Advertising Award, andReuben Award and other awards, as well as an exhibition of his work at theSociety of Illustrators in New York City and induction into the Society of Illustrators Hall of FameTom Deitz , novelist, professor, and artistLeonard DeLonga , sculptor, painter, and professorJulian Dorio , drummer forThe Whigs Annie F. Downs , author, podcaster, and public speakerTiffany Dupont , actress, most known for roles inOne Night with the King andGreek Bobbie Eakes , soap opera actress and singerCostaki Economopoulos , comedianRob Evan , actor and singerJerry Fuchs , indie rock drummer forTuring Machine ,The Juan MacLean ,!!! andMaserati ; performed drums live with the groupsMSTRKRFT ,Massive Attack andLCD Soundsystem Doreen Gentzler , televisionnews anchor Jennifer Holloway , operatic mezzo-soprano and sopranoDisco Inferno (Glenn Gilbertti) , professional wrestlerParker Gispert , lead singer forThe Whigs Bill Goldberg , professional football player, professional wrestler and actorPatricia Goslee , painter and curator currently residing inWashington, DC Lewis Grizzard , writer and humoristOmari Hardwick , actorColleen Haskell , former reality show contestant and actressDave Haywood , music writer, musician, and founding member of theGrammy Award winning bandLady Antebellum later known asLady A Shuler Hensley , actorScott Hill , artist, professor and sculptor whose artwork has been included in many national and internationally recognized exhibitions and in many corporate and museum collections; selected byThe New York Times to represent contemporary American art; produced, among others, theKessler Campanile for the Olympics, now on the campus of theGeorgia Institute of Technology Anne T. Hill , fashion designerSarah Hobbs , artist whose work has been exhibited in notable public collections such as theArt Institute of Chicago , theBrooklyn Museum of Art ,Los Angeles County Museum of Art Josh Holloway , actor, known for his role asJames "Sawyer" Ford on the television showLost Michael Houser , former lead guitar player and vocalist forWidespread Panic Clark Howell ,Pulitzer Prize -winning newspaperman and journalistRaymond Hughes , conductor and former chorus master of theMetropolitan Opera Solomon Hughes , educator, athlete, and actorIngle , actor,The Tournament [ 2] Ernie Johnson Jr. , television host, anchorCharles Kelley , music writer, lead singer, and founding member of theGrammy Award winning bandLady Antebellum later known asLady A Wayne Knight , actor, best known for playing "Newman " fromSeinfeld and his role asDennis Nedry fromJurassic Park Alex Kresovich , music producer and songwriter, best known for his work withPanic! at the Disco andCee Lo Green Matt Lanter , actor, former reality TV personality and model, gained fame by playingLiam Court inThe CW 'steen drama series90210 and has appeared in some major released films, such asStar Wars: The Clone Wars Oksana Lushchevska , children's books writer, translator, and poet[ 3] Lera Lynn , singer, songwriter, musician, and actressRichard Mandell , writer, golf course architect, and radio show personalityKate Michael ,Miss District of Columbia 2006, recipient of the prestigiousBryce Harlow Award , writer, on-camera host, emcee, and modelMike Mills , musician; member of alternative rock bandR.E.M. Pat Mitchell ,media industry CEO, producer, professor, and author who has taught at theUniversity of Georgia and atHarvard University 'sJohn F. Kennedy School of Government , worked atNBC (where she was the first woman to produce and host a national program),CNN ,PBS ,TED conferences , awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award byWomen's Media Center , the Sandra Day O'Connor Award for Leadership, theBodley Medal fromOxford University , inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame,Council on Foreign Relations , theInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences , and, as producer of documentaries and specials, recipient of 35Emmy Awards and fivePeabody Awards Marion Montgomery , poet, novelist, educator, and criticMegan Moroney , country music artistWinfield Myers , journalist andpublic intellectual Fred Newman , three timeEmmy Award winning actor, voice actor, composer, comedian, and musician known for work onA Prairie Home Companion , among othersDelia Owens , author andzoologist , authoring several internationally bestselling nonfiction books, and with her debut novel toppingThe New York Times Best Sellers List for several weeks and remaining on the list for over a yearMonica Padman , podcaster, actor, and producerPhaedra Parks , television personality known forThe Real Housewives of Atlanta Mikey Post , actorEmilio Pucci , Italian fashion designer[ 4] Pylon ,post-punk band; all four members attended the university:Vanessa Briscoe Hay ,Randall Bewley ,Curtis Crowe , andMichael Lachowski San E , Korean hip hop rapper, debuted underJYP Entertainment in 2010Ryan Seacrest ,Emmy Award winning television and radio personality, television host, and producer;American Idol hostFred Schneider , singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock bandThe B-52s , of which he is a founding member[ 5] Dave Schools , bass player and vocalist forWidespread Panic Richard T. Scott , 21st-century classical painter, Host of artist interview series "Outside the Lines", published writer, and numismatic designer for the United States Mint working in New York City andParis Parvati Shallow , television host and personality, star ofCBS 'sAround the World For Free , and $1 million winner of the television seriesSurvivor: Micronesia — Fans vs. Favorites [ 6] Sonny Shroyer , actor in films such asThe Dukes of Hazzard ,Forrest Gump ,The Rainmaker , andRay IronE Singleton , actor,The Walking Dead A. E. Stallings , poet; won aPoets' Prize , received aGuggenheim Fellowship and aMacArthur Foundation Fellowship (the"Genius Grant" ); named a Fellow ofUnited States Artists Brandon Stanton , best-selling author and creator of the popular "Humans of New York", his first book reaching the number 1 position onThe New York Times Best Seller list , named one ofTime ' s "30 Under 30 People Changing The World", winner of theJames Joyce Award [ 7] Michael Stipe , musician; member of alternative rock bandR.E.M. Luke Tan , country singerMaria Taylor ,ESPN &SEC Network correspondentNatasha Trethewey ,United States Poet Laureate 2012, 2014,Pulitzer Prize winner 2007,Heinz Award in Arts and Humanities 2017James Michael Tyler , actor, most known for his role in the TV showFriends asGunther Gy Waldron , screenwriter and director best known as the writer/director of the movieMoonrunners , and other films, the showOne Day at a Time , and creator of the television series,The Dukes of Hazzard Charles Wadsworth , classical pianist and composer, performed atLincoln Center , theWhite House many times, originated concerts at theFestival dei Due Mondi inSpoleto and at theSpoleto Festival USA , received awards from the French and Italian governments, and received theHandel Medallion , the highest award given by theCity of New York for his contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the cityPierce Wallace ,ESPN Fan Hall of Fame, actor, and television personalityPhilip Lee Williams , novelist, poet, essayist documentary film maker and composerStuart Woods ,Edgar Award -winning writer of 73 novelsTrisha Yearwood , country singerBusiness and industry [ edit ] Tom Cousins , real estate developer and philanthropist whose model of community redevelopment is being implemented in cities all over the country through a non-profit program he founded withWarren Buffett calledPurpose Built Communities Billy Payne , former president and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and responsible for bringing the1996 Summer Olympics toAtlanta , Georgia; managing director at New York-based investment bankGleacher & Company ; Vice Chairman ofBank of America and other companies; member of the board of directors ofLincoln National Corporation and other companiesDaniel P. "Dan" Amos , named one of America's Best CEOs byInstitutional Investor magazine five times, chairman and chief executive officer ofAflac , aFortune 500 company onFortune magazine's list of the Best Companies to Work for in America and Most Admired Companies, also listed as anEthisphere Institute World's Most Ethical Company every year since the inception of the awardJeff Arnold ,Internet entrepreneur and media proprietor; given Blumenthal Award byJohns Hopkins University in recognition of his ability to bridge business and technology, founder ofWebMD , health platformSharecare withMehmet Oz ; chairman and CEO ofHowStuffWorks D.W. Brooks , founder and chairman emeritus ofGold Kist M. Michele Burns , board member ofWal-Mart ,Cisco Systems andGoldman Sachs Maxine Clark , corporate officer atHecht's , a division of theMay Company department store chain, president ofPayless Shoe Source , founder ofBuild A Bear Workshop A.D. "Pete" Correll , chairman of Atlanta Equity, chairman emeritus ofGeorgia-Pacific , director ofSunTrust Bank (nowTruist Financial ),Mirant andNorfolk Southern Tom Cousins , founder ofCousins Properties and philanthropist whose model of community redevelopment is being implemented in cities all over the country through a non-profit program he founded withWarren Buffett calledPurpose Built Communities Gina Drosos , multimillionaire president of the global beauty care division ofProcter & Gamble , chief executive officer ofSignet Jewelers Ltd. , the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry[ 8] Frank Hanna III , entrepreneur, philanthropist and merchant banker;Knight of theGrand Cross of theOrder of St. Gregory the Great byPope Benedict XVI and described as "one of the leadingCatholic philanthropists in the USA"[ 9] Mason Hawkins , value investor and founder ofSoutheastern Asset Management, Inc. Ron Holt , founder and CEO ofTwo Maids & A Mop Douglas Ivester , served as the chairman and chief executive officer ofThe Coca-Cola Company , board memberTruist Financial , honored withEdison Achievement Award David Kramer , co-president ofUnited Talent Agency [ 10] Julius Curtis Lewis Jr. , president of J.C. Lewis Enterprises and Lewis Broadcasting Corp., owner of numerous automobile dealerships, media outlets (including both a TV and radio stations), and commercial real estate propertiesHala Moddelmog , president ofChurch's Chicken andSusan G. Komen for the Cure Dan Neely , founder and CEO ofNetworked Insights Inc. , an analytics software company in Chicago and New York CityBilly Payne , former president and CEO of the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games and responsible for bringing the1996 Summer Olympics toAtlanta , Georgia; managing director at New York-based investment bankGleacher & Company ; Vice Chairman ofBank of America and other companies; member of the board of directors ofLincoln National Corporation and other companies[ 11] Thomas J. Stanley ,The New York Times best-selling author ofThe Millionaire Next Door andThe Millionaire Mind Economics and finance [ edit ] Eugene R. Black Sr. waspresident of the World Bank , chairman of theBrookings Institution , special adviser to the president on Southeast Asian Social and Economic Development, honoraryDoctor of Laws fromPrinceton University , and Chair of thePeabody Award Board of Jurors.Kimberly Ballard-Washington , president ofSavannah State University , 2019–2023Cornelia Bargmann , neurobiologist, Wiesel Professor of Genetics and Neurosciences atRockefeller University known for her work on the genetic and neural circuit mechanisms of behaviorCynthia Baum , clinical psychologist and academic administratorDeborah Blum ,Pulitzer Prize -winning journalist; professor and director of the Knight Science Journalism program at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology Ertharin Cousin , named to theTIME 100 most influential people in the world list , Payne Distinguished Professor atStanford University 'sFreeman Spogli Institute for International Studies Richard Cusimano , historian, Distinguished Professor at theUniversity of Louisiana at Lafayette Leonard DeLonga , sculptor, painter, and professor at Mount Holyoke CollegeMary Frances Early , first African-American graduate of UGA; the College of Education was renamed in her honor in 2020Marion Ross Fedrick , president ofAlbany State University , 2018–presentDaisy Hurst Floyd , law professor, dean of theWalter F. George School of Law ofMercer University Tomlinson Fort Jr. , head of chemical engineering,Carnegie-Mellon andVanderbilt University ; formerly provost and vice president ofCalifornia Polytechnic State University Edgar Fuller , current professor in the department of mathematics and statistics atFlorida International University Richard Gershon , currentdean of theUniversity of Mississippi School of Law Fredrick C. Harris , professor of political science and dean of social science atColumbia University , winner of a 2013Hurston/Wright Legacy Award Wilson A. Head , sociologist, professor of social work and sociology atYork University , activist in race relations, peace and the abolition of prisonsKaren Holbrook , president ofOhio State University Solomon Hughes , educatorRobert J. Jones , chancellor of theUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , former president of theState University of New York at Albany Cynthia Kenyon , professor of biochemistry, biophysics,University of California -San Francisco, member ofNational Academy of Sciences Hilde Lindemann , philosophy professor, bioethicist, currently teaching atMichigan State University Bjørn Lomborg , Danish author, professor, and president of the think tank Copenhagen Consensus CenterMichael McClelland , Professor of Microbiology and Genetics at the University of California, Irvine Robert D. McTeer , former chancellor of theTexas A&M University System Marion Montgomery , poet, novelist, educator, and criticDelia Owens , author andzoologist ; authored several internationally bestselling nonfiction books in her field; taught and lectured throughout North AmericaGeorge Foster Pierce , president ofWesleyan College andEmory University Letitia Dowdell Ross (1866-1952), educator at State Normal College (nowJacksonville State University ,Jacksonville, Alabama ), Martin Female College (Pulaski, Tennessee ), and North Texas Female College (Sherman, Texas ); leader of women's organizationsMichael G. Scales , president ofNyack College andAlliance Theological Seminary in New York CityBeth Shapiro ,MacArthur Fellow andNational Academy of Sciences evolutionary molecular biology professor andHoward Hughes Medical Institute investigatorGarnett Sue Stokes , president of theUniversity of New Mexico , former provost forFlorida State University and theUniversity of Missouri William Tate , graduate work atColumbia University ,Harvard University and theUniversity of Chicago , English professor, deanDina Titus ,United States representative forNevada's 1st congressional district since 2013, previously U.S. representative forNevada's 3rd congressional district 2009–2011, and professor of political science at theUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas [ 12] John Newton Waddel , formerchancellor of theUniversity of Mississippi Jim Whittenburg (born 1946), professor of history at theCollege of William & Mary Melanie D. Wilson ,dean ofWashington and Lee University School of Law Daniel Asua Wubah , president ofMillersville University of Pennsylvania Sally Quillian Yates , faculty atGeorgetown University Law Center , formerUnited States deputy attorney general and actingUnited States attorney general Government and the law [ edit ] Former GovernorZell Miller was founder of theHOPE Scholarship . Former GovernorNathaniel Harris was the founder ofGeorgia Institute of Technology . Former GovernorCarl Sanders , a founder and chairman ofTroutman Sanders international law firm Samuel B. Adams ,justice of theSupreme Court of Georgia [ 13] Abdul Karim al-Iryani , prime minister ofYemen Diane Marie Amann , Woodruff Chair inInternational Law at UGA, appointee toInternational Criminal Court Prosecutor as advisor on children in and affected by armed conflict[ 14] Ellis Arnall , governor of Georgia[ 15] William Yates Atkinson , governor of Georgia[ 16] Roy Barnes , governor of Georgia, Georgia senator,Georgia House of Representatives member, volunteer at Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Inc., and partner of Barnes Law Group; credited for the removal of the Confederaterebel flag from theflag of Georgia [ 17] John Barrow , former member ofUnited States House of Representatives [ 18] Robert Benham , first African-American chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia[ 19] William Tapley Bennett Jr. , US ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Portugal and NATO[ 20] Cecile Bledsoe, member of theArkansas State Senate , formerly represented two different districts in theArkansas House of Representatives [ 21] Darrell Blocker , nicknamed "The Spy Whisperer", CIA agentDudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr. ,senior United States District Court Judge Charles H. Bronson , Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services[ 22] Clifford Cleveland Brooks , member of theLouisiana State Senate 1924–1932, represented the northeast delta parishes[ 23] Garland T. Byrd , lieutenant governor of Georgia[ 24] Albert Sidney Camp , politician, educator and lawyer[ 25] John Archibald Campbell , U.S. Supreme Court justice[ 26] Saxby Chambliss , former U.S. senator[ 27] Joyce Chandler , former educator and member of theGeorgia House of Representatives [ 28] Chee Soon Juan (徐顺全), Singaporeanneuropsychologist , politician and leader of theSingapore Democratic Party [ 29] Howell Cobb , governor of Georgia and US representative,speaker of the House in31st Congress [ 30] Ertharin Cousin , lawyer, twelfthExecutive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme Cathy Cox , former secretary of state of Georgia, dean of Mercer University Law School[ 31] Ander Crenshaw , member of the U.S. House of Representatives[ 32] Benjamin Cromwell Franklin , first judicial officeholder in theRepublic of Texas [ 33] Heidi Davison , former mayor ofAthens, Georgia [ 34] William Crosby Dawson , U.S. senator, judge, politician[ 35] Nancy Denson , mayor ofAthens -Clarke County , Georgia[ 36] Norman S. Fletcher , Georgia State Supreme Court chief justice[ 37] Alva Garey , formerRepublican member of theWisconsin State Senate [ 38] John B. Gordon , general inConfederate Army, U.S. Senator, governor of Georgia[ 39] Phil Gramm , former U.S. senator fromTexas [ 40] Tom Graves , U.S. representative forGeorgia's 9th congressional district [ 41] Marjorie Taylor Greene , U.S. representative forGeorgia's 14th congressional district [ 42] Joe Frank Harris , governor of Georgia, credited for the construction of theGeorgia Dome , creating theTechnical College System of Georgia and bringing the1996 Summer Olympics to Atlanta[ 43] Nathaniel E. Harris , governor of Georgia, founder ofGeorgia Institute of Technology [ 44] Young L.G. Harris , state representative, federal judgeEdith E. House, one of the first femaleGeorgia Law graduates,United States attorney for Southern District of Florida, namesake of a lecture series at Georgia Law[ 45] Mike Hubbard , member of theAlabama House of Representatives [ 46] Hank Huckaby , member, Georgia House of Representatives andchancellor of theUniversity System of Georgia [ 47] Guy G. Hurlbutt , United States attorney for Idaho 1981–1984; former federal judicial nominee to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Ben F. Johnson , member of theGeorgia State Senate ; authored theMARTA Act; dean of theEmory University School of Law and theGeorgia State University College of Law [ 48] Herschel Vespasian Johnson , state governor,U.S. senator , and candidate for Vice president of the United States[ 49] James Johnson , state governor and member, United States House of Representatives[ 50] Brian P. Kemp , state governor, former state Secretary of State[ 51] Jack Kingston , member, United States House of Representatives[ 52] George H. Kreeger , member of Georgia House of Representatives, 1969–1976; state judge, 1979–2012Benjamin Land , justice of the Supreme Court of GeorgiaHenderson Lovelace Lanham , member, United States House of Representatives[ 53] Nancy Mace , U.S. representative from South Carolina[ 54] Juanita Marsh , third female judge in Georgia, 2020Georgia Women of Achievement inductee[ 55] Sam Massell , 53rd mayor ofAtlanta ; first Jewish mayor in the city's history[citation needed ] John Milledge , state governor, U.S. senator and US representative[ 56] Zell Miller , U.S. senator, governor of Georgia, and founder of theHOPE Scholarship [ 57] Eugene Mitchell , lawyer and politician; served as the president of theAtlanta Board of Education ; father ofMargaret Mitchell [ 58] Colton Moore , youngest presumptive member of theGeorgia House of Representatives for District 1, 2019–2021; Georgia Auctioneer Champion 2016[ 59] Brooks Pennington Jr. , member of the Georgia House of Representatives and Georgia State Senate, author, businessman, philanthropist[ 60] George E. Perdue III , United States Secretary of Agriculture,governor , member of Governors' Council of theBipartisan Policy Center , businessman[ 61] Ralph Reed , conservative activist and former candidate for lieutenant governor of Georgia[ 62] Steve Reick ,Illinois state representative [ 63] Fred B. Rooney , US Representative fromPennsylvania [ 64] Richard Russell Jr. , governor of Georgia, U.S. senator, andpresident pro tempore of the United States Senate [ 65] William J. Samford , 31st governor ofAlabama Carl Sanders , governor of Georgia, a founder and chairmanTroutman Sanders international law firm[ 66] John Marshall Slaton , governor of Georgia[ 67] Alexander Stephens , governor of Georgia, U.S. Representative, called for the South to remain loyal to the Union, but later vice president of the Confederate States of America[ 68] Eugene Talmadge , governor of Georgia[ 69] Herman Talmadge , governor of Georgia and U.S. Senator[ 70] Mark Taylor , lieutenant governor of Georgia[ 71] Meldrim Thomson Jr. , three-term governor ofNew Hampshire [ 72] Melvin E. Thompson , governor of Georgia[ 73] Dina Titus , the United States representative forNevada's 1st congressional district since 2013, previously U.S. representative forNevada's 3rd congressional district 2009–2011, and professor of political science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas[ 12] Lynne M. Tracy , diplomat includingUnited States Ambassador to Russia Ernest Vandiver , governor of Georgia[ 74] Samuel Franklin Wilson (1845–1923), Confederate veteran, Tennessee state representative and senator, judge[ 75] Sally Caroline Yates , lawyer, served as a United States attorney, laterUnited States deputy attorney general , later as actingUnited States attorney general Media and journalism [ edit ] Deborah Roberts , host ofABC 'sGood Morning America , andEmmy andPeabody Award winnerEntertainment Tonight hostJulie Moran and singerKelly Clarkson at the2009 American Music Awards Brooke Anderson , news anchor and producer forCNN Deborah Blum ,Pulitzer Prize -winning author, journalist,science writer and professor atMassachusetts Institute of Technology Jim Callis , executive editor atBaseball America Chip Caray , professional baseball announcerMike Edwards , journalist, writer, and senior editor forNational Geographic Joel Furr , columnist,Usenet personality, first person to use the term "spam " to describe unwanted mass electronic messagesHenry W. Grady , journalist and orator;Grady Memorial Hospital ,Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication andHenry W. Grady High School are named in his honorEd Grisamore , author, journalist; recipient of the 2010 Will Rogers Humanitarian Award presented by the National Society of Newspaper ColumnistsLewis Grizzard , author, humorist, columnist forThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution and sports editor for theChicago Sun-Times Mary Katharine Ham , journalist, political commentator and video blogger, guest hostThe View ,CNN andFox News Channel contributorJohn Holliman ,broadcast journalist withCNN , known for his coverage ofspace exploration and reporting during thePersian Gulf War ,NASA dedicatedLaunch Complex 39 Press Site facility at theKennedy Space Center to himClark Howell ,Pulitzer Prize -winning newspaperman and journalistCharlayne Hunter-Gault ,Emmy Award - andPeabody Award -winning journalist and news correspondent; author; international journalist and broadcaster forThe New York Times ,The New Yorker ,WRC-TV ,CNN ,NPR ,PBS , andThe MacNeil/Lehrer Report ; one of the first two African-Americans to be admitted to the university; the Holmes-Hunter academic building is named after her andHamilton Holmes , M.D.; first African-American admitted toEmory University School of Medicine Ernie Johnson Jr. (A.B.J. 1978), sports broadcaster forTNT andTBS [ 76] W. Thomas Johnson , chairman, president, and CEO ofCNN ; former president, publisher, and CEO ofLos Angeles Times , former press agent and personal aid to U.S. PresidentLyndon B. Johnson , memberPeabody Awards Board of Jurors ,Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism Suzanne Lambert , political commentator, internet personality, and comedianConnie LeGrand , television journalist inSouth Carolina ; former host ofSpeed News Pat Mitchell ,media industry CEO, producer, professor, and author; has taught at theUniversity of Georgia and atHarvard University 'sJohn F. Kennedy School of Government , worked atNBC (where she was the first woman to produce and host a national program),CNN ,PBS ,TED conferences , awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award byWomen's Media Center , the Sandra Day O'Connor Award for Leadership, theBodley Medal fromOxford University , inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame,Council on Foreign Relations , theInternational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences , and, as producer of documentaries and specials, recipient of 35Emmy Awards and fivePeabody Awards , current president ofThe Paley Center for Media in New York CityJulie Moran , host ofEntertainment Tonight Deborah Norville ,television journalist , businessperson, andNew York Times best-selling author, hostedInside Edition ,CBS News ,Today ,NBC News Mark B. Perry , television producer, television writer,Primetime Emmy Award winnerTom Poland , author and journalistLeonard Postero , creator ofLeonard's Losers , a syndicated football prognostication radio showRalph Reed , pundit and former director of theChristian Coalition Amy Robach , correspondent forABC News , anchor forGood Morning America , previously national correspondent forNBC News , co-host of the Saturday edition ofNBC 'sToday ,MSNBC anchorDeborah Roberts ,ABC News producer and journalist,Emmy Award , Clarion Award, andPeabody Award winnerMark Schlabach ,ESPN college football and basketball columnist, formerly ofThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution andThe Washington Post Parvati Shallow ,Survivor: Micronesia winnerAlice Stewart , political commentator for CNN,Emmy Award winner, Communications Director for presidential campaigns, aHarvard Fellow at theJohn F. Kennedy School of Government [ 77] Tommy Tomlinson , columnist forThe Charlotte Observer ; finalist for the 2005Pulitzer Prize for Commentary Raquel Willis , writer andtransgender rights activistCrawford Long , the inventor of anesthesiaAlfred Blalock , award-winningchief of surgery , professor, anddirector of the department of surgery ofJohns Hopkins School of Medicine , ushered in the modern era ofcardiac surgery , winner of theAlbert Lasker Clinical Medical Research Award among other awards, with the Alfred Blalock Clinical Sciences Building at Johns Hopkins Hospital being named after himPaul Broun , physician andU.S. congressman Hervey M. Cleckley , psychiatrist pioneer in the field of psychopathy whose bookMask of Sanity , was the most influential clinical description of psychopathy in the twentieth century, co-author ofThe Three Faces of Eve William Harrell Felton , politician, army surgeon, and Methodist ministerHamilton E. Holmes , orthopedist, professor and associate dean ofEmory University School of Medicine Fady Joudah , physician and poetAlec Kessler , orthopedic surgeon and former basketball player for theMiami Heat Crawford Long , surgeon and pharmacist best known for his first use of inhaled diethyl ether as an anestheticBarbara Rothbaum , psychologist, professor atEmory University School of Medicine , and pioneer in the treatment of anxiety-related disorders; played a key role in the development of the treatment ofposttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)J. Roy Rowland , physician and politicianEugene E. Habiger ,United States Air Force four-star general who served asCommander in Chief ,United States Strategic Command , Director of Security and Emergency Operations,U.S. Department of Energy William P. Acker , major general in the Air ForceCharles A. Beckwith , credited with the creation of the counter-terrorism special forces unitDelta Force ; author ofDelta Force: The Army's Elite Counterterrorist Unit Lloyd D. Brown ,United States Army major general , commanded the28th Infantry Division inWorld War II [ 78] Erle Cocke Jr. ,Silver Star recipient, 33rd National Commander of theAmerican Legion (1950–51)John B. Gordon , general inConfederate Army, US senator, governor of GeorgiaRonald H. Griffith , retiredUnited States Army four-star general, served asVice Chief of Staff of the United States Army Eugene E. Habiger ,United States Air Force four-star general, served asCommander in Chief ,United States Strategic Command (USCINCSTRAT), Director of Security and Emergency Operations,U.S. Department of Energy James R. Lockett , awarded twoSilver Stars during theSpanish–American War ; World War IICamp Lockett was named in his honorJack L. Rives , 15th Judge Advocate General of the Air ForceDavid N. Senty , major general in the Air ForceColonel Michael D. Steele , former commander of the101st Airborne , veteran of theBattle of Mogadishu andOperation Iraqi Freedom Luis R. Visot , major general in theUnited States Army Ministry and religion [ edit ] Scientific research [ edit ] Wyatt Anderson , geneticist, professor of genetics at University of Georgia, Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor, member of the National Academy of Sciences, Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science[ 80] Cornelia Bargmann , award-winning neurobiologist, Wiesel Professor of Genetics and Neurosciences at theRockefeller University , investigator atHoward Hughes Medical Institute , president of science at theChan Zuckerberg Initiative Sir David Baulcombe ,FRS , British plant scientist and geneticist; post-doctoral fellow 1978–1980, nowProfessor of Botany at theUniversity of Cambridge Alfred Blalock , medical doctor, pioneered heart surgery and performed groundbreaking research on shockEugene T. Booth ,Rhodes Scholar ,nuclear physicist ; member of the historicColumbia University team which made the first demonstration ofnuclear fission in the United States; worked on theManhattan Project James E. Boyd , physicist, mathematician, and founder ofScientific Atlanta , part ofCisco David F. Clayton , neuroscientist, biochemist, and academic; professor and chair of the Department of Genetics & Biochemistry at Clemson UniversityA. Jamie Cuticchia , bioinformatics pioneer with expertise in the fields ofgenetics ,bioinformatics , andgenomics ; responsible for the collection of the data constituting the human gene map; director of human genome databaseLeonard DeLonga , sculptor, painter, and professor atMount Holyoke College Charles Herty , academic, chemist and businessman; namesake of UGA'sHerty Field Cynthia Kenyon , professor of biochemistry, biophysics,University of California -San Francisco, member of National Academy of SciencesBjørn Lomborg , Danish author, professor, president of the think tankCopenhagen Consensus Center , former director of the Danish government'sEnvironmental Assessment Institute (EAI), internationally known for his best-selling bookThe Skeptical Environmentalist Eugene Odum , biologist known for his pioneering work onecosystem ecology , author of the first ecology textbook,Fundamentals of Ecology Beth Shapiro ,MacArthur Fellow andNational Academy of Sciences evolutionary molecular biologist andHoward Hughes Medical Institute investigatorKerwin Swint , political scientist and author, known for his research and writing in the fields of political campaigns, mass media, and political historyJohn Isner , professional tennis player with 14 career singles titlesKeren Siebner , Israeli gold medal swimmerBill Goldberg , professional wrestler, actor, football player and color commentatorBubba Watson , won at theMasters Tournament in 2012 and 2014, career-high 2nd place in theOfficial World Golf Ranking Shandon Anderson ,NBA [ 81] Boss Bailey ,NFL linebacker for theDenver Broncos [ 82] Champ Bailey , NFL cornerback for the Denver Broncos[ 83] Chip Beck , professional golfer, former player on thePGA Tour [ 84] Gordon Beckham , MLB infielder for theChicago White Sox [ 85] Kendrell Bell , NFL linebacker for theKansas City Chiefs [ 86] Kim Black , Olympic swimmer,NCAA Woman of the Year in 2001[ 87] Mitchell Boggs , MLB pitcher for theSt. Louis Cardinals [ 88] Justin Bolli , player on the PGA Tour[ 89] Kara Braxton ,WNBA forward for theDetroit Shock [ 90] Bill Brown (did not graduate), college baseball coach ofGeorge Mason [ 91] Reggie Brown , NFL wide receiver for theTampa Bay Buccaneers [ 92] Thomas Brown , professionalfootball coach and formerrunning back [ 93] Kevin Butler , NFL kicker for theChicago Bears 1985–1995,Super Bowl XX [ 94] Kentavious Caldwell-Pope , current shooting guard for the Los Angeles Lakers;SEC Player of the Year in 2013[ 95] Quincy Carter , NFLquarterback [ 96] Spud Chandler , pitcher for theNew York Yankees [ 97] Nick Chubb , 4-TimeNFL Pro Bowl electorate, running back for theCleveland Browns [ 98] Paul Claxton , professional golfer[ 99] Bob Clemens , NFL fullback for theGreen Bay Packers [ 100] Erik Compton , professional golfer and two-time heart transplant recipient[ 101] Lisa Coole , swimmer,NCAA Woman of the Year in 1997[ 102] Brandon Coutu ,football placekicker, currently a member of the Las Vegas Locomotives of the United Football League[ 103] Terrell Davis , former NFL running back andSuper Bowl MVP for the Denver Broncos[ 104] Van Davis , former professional football player[ 105] Todd Duffee , football player; currentmixed martial artist for theUltimate Fighting Championship [ 106] Kris Durham , wide receiver for theDetroit Lions [ 107] Pat Dye , athletic director and football head coach atAuburn University (1981–1992)[ 108] Anthony Edwards , No.1 Pick in2020 NBA draft , NBA player forMinnesota Timberwolves [ 109] Teresa Edwards , basketball player in the Olympics, theABL , and theWNBA [ 110] Gene Ellenson , former professional football player[ 111] Harris English , player on the PGA Tour[ 112] Terry Fair (1960–2020), American-Israeli professional basketball playerKen Farmer , football player, kicker/punter; injury ended his career in 1986Nic Fink , competitive swimmer and engineerVern Fleming , NBA player, taken 18th in the 1984 NBA draft[ 113] Missy Franklin ,2012 Summer Olympic gold medalist[ 114] Robert Geathers , NFL defensive lineman for theCincinnati Bengals [ 115] Vicki Goetze , player on theLPGA Tour [ 116] Bill Goldberg , NFL football player, and World Heavyweight Champion wrestler inWCW andWWE [ 117] Charles Grant , NFL defensive lineman for theNew Orleans Saints [ 118] A. J. Green , wide receiver for theCincinnati Bengals [ 119] David Greene , drafted in 2005 by theSeattle Seahawks [ 120] Forrest Griffin ,mixed-martial artist , formerUFC Light Heavyweight Champion ;UFC Hall of Fame member; retired[ 121] Todd Gurley András Haklits , professional bobsleigher and Olympian[ 122] Bill Hartman Jr., footballrunning back in theNational Football League for theWashington Redskins [ 123] Andre Hastings , wide receiver for thePittsburgh Steelers [ 124] Len Hauss , three-time All Pro; five-time Pro Bowler for theRedskins ; president of theNFLPA [ 125] Jarvis Hayes , NBA 1st round pick (10th overall)Washington Wizards [ 126] Verron Haynes , NFL running back for thePittsburgh Steelers [ 127] Garrison Hearst , former NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals ,San Francisco 49ers , Denver Broncos)[ 128] Russell Henley , player on the PGA Tour[ 129] Claude Hipps , NFL defensive back for thePittsburgh Steelers [ 130] Terry Hoage , former defensive back for six NFL teams over 13 seasons[ 131] Reese Hoffa , shot putter ranked No. 1 in the world[ 132] Dennis Hughes , NFL player[ 133] Ryuji Imada , player on thePGA Tour [ 134] John Isner , professional tennis player[ 135] Andy Johnson , former football player for theNew England Patriots [ 136] Buckshot Jones , stock-car driver, two-time winner in theNASCAR Busch Series [ 137] Daryll Jones , NFL defensive back for the Green Bay Packers and the Denver Broncos[ 138] Jumaine Jones , professional basketball player[ 139] Jeff Keppinger , MLB infielder for theHouston Astros [ 140] Alec Kessler , NBA 1st round pick (12th overall),Miami Heat [ 141] Chris Kirk , player on the PGA Tour[ 142] Yoram Kochavy (born 1962), Israeli Olympic swimmerKristy Kowal , 2000 Olympic silver medalist, swimming;NCAA Woman of the Year in 2000[ 143] Billy Kratzert , professional golfer and sportscaster[ 144] Franklin Langham , player on the PGA Tour[ 145] Tommy Lyons , former NFL offensive lineman for the Denver Broncos[ 146] Mike Macdonald ,Seattle Seahawks 'head coach ; youngest head coach in theNFL [ 147] Mohamed Massaquoi , NFL wide receiver for theCleveland Browns [ 148] Randy McMichael , NFL tight end for theSt. Louis Rams [ 149] Bob McWhorter , football and baseball, Georgia's firstAll-America [ 150] Adam Meadows , football player for the Denver Broncos andIndianapolis Colts [ 151] LaVon Mercer (born 1959), American-Israeli basketball playerShannon Mitchell , NFL tight end for theSan Diego Chargers [ 152] Corey Moore , NFL safetyKnowshon Moreno , NFL running back for theDenver Broncos [ 153] Buster Mott , NFL defensive back for the Green Bay Packers[ 154] Aaron Murray , football quarterbackDerek Ogbeide (born 1997), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player forHapoel Jerusalem in theIsraeli Basketball Premier League Reid Patterson , 1956 Olympic Swimmer and former 50 freestyle world record holder, UGA Circle of Honor[ 155] Mikael Pernfors , tennis pro, twiceNCAA champion, runner-up in 1986French Open Grand Slam Championship[ 156] David Pollack , three-time footballAll-American , drafted in 2005 by theCincinnati Bengals [ 157] Jamie Pollock , professional soccer playerLarry Rakestraw ,Chicago Bears quarterback[ 158] John Rauch , NFL creator of theWest Coast offense , former coach of theOakland Raiders [ 159] Patrick Reed , PGA Tour golfer; winner of the2018 Masters TournamentNolen Richardson ,New York Yankees ,Detroit Tigers andCincinnati Reds 3rd baseman; UGA Baseball Head Coach[ 160] Saudia Roundtree ,Naismith College Player of the Year in 1996[ 161] Freddy Sale , MLB pitcher for thePittsburgh Pirates [ 162] Theron Sapp , NFL running back for thePhiladelphia Eagles andPittsburgh Steelers [ 163] Allison Schmitt , 2008, 2012, 2016 Olympic swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalistJake Scott , former NFL safety andSuper Bowl MVP for theMiami Dolphins [ 164] Sonny Seiler , former Georgia swimmer, owner of Georgia mascotUga [citation needed ] Richard Seymour , NFL defensive lineman for theNew England Patriots [ 165] D.J. Shockley , season record holder for most touchdowns responsible for and most touchdown passes in a season; NFL practice squad quarterback for theAtlanta Falcons [ 166] Keren Siebner , Israeli Olympic swimmer[ 167] Rory Singer (born 1976), mixed martial artistFrank Sinkwich ,All-American football player andHeisman Trophy winner in 1942[ 168] Vernon Smith , member of theCollege Football Hall of Fame and UGA Circle of Honor, UGA Baseball Head Coach[ 169] Matthew Stafford , NFL quarterback for theDetroit Lions ; drafted by the Detroit Lions first overall in the2009 NFL draft [ 170] Matt Stinchcomb , NFL offensive linemanOakland Raiders ,Tampa Bay Buccaneers , two-time footballAll-America , 1st round 1999 draft[ 171] Jon Stinchcomb , NFL offensive linemanNew Orleans Saints , football All-American, 2nd round draft choice[ 172] Hudson Swafford , professional golfer[ 173] Sheila Taormina , Olympic gold medalist, the only American to participate in the Olympics in three different sports[ 174] Fran Tarkenton , nine-time Pro-Bowler as quarterback of the NFLMinnesota Vikings andNew York Giants [ 175] Corrinne Tarver , 1989NCAA All-Around Gymnastics champion, coach of theFisk Lady Gymdogs [ 176] Christi Thomas ,WNBA forward for theLos Angeles Sparks [ 177] Odell Thurman , NFL linebacker for theCincinnati Bengals [ 178] Forrest Towns ,Olympic Games gold medalist, world record holder, 1936, first Olympian and gold medalist from Georgia[ 179] Charley Trippi , College and Pro Football Hall of Fame, two-time Pro Bowl halfback for theChicago Cardinals [ 180] Maicel Uibo , Estonian Olympic decathlete, silver medalist in2019 IAAF World Championships inDoha , Qatar[ 181] Shannon Vreeland ,2012 Summer Olympic gold medalist[ 182] Hines Ward , NFL wide receiver andSuper Bowl MVP for thePittsburgh Steelers [ 183] Danny Ware , running back for theNew York Giants in the NFL, on team that wonSuper Bowl XLII [ 184] Anna Watson , cheerleader and fitness model, credited as "The World's Strongest Cheerleader"[citation needed ] Bubba Watson , player on the PGA Tour, winner of the2012 Masters Tournament [ 185] Don Wells , NFL defensive lineman for the Green Bay Packers[ 186] Jodie Whire , NFL player[ 187] Gene White , NFL defensive back for the Green Bay Packers[ 188] Jermaine Wiggins , NFL tight end for theMinnesota Vikings [ 189] Damien Wilkins , NBA guard for theSeattle SuperSonics [ 190] Dominique Wilkins , NBA slam dunk champion for theAtlanta Hawks [ 191] Dennis Williams (born 1965), basketball playerDistinguished faculty and staff [ edit ] TheUniversity of Georgia has boasted many distinguished researchers and scholars on its faculty. Notable past and present faculty and staff include:
Arts and humanities [ edit ] Dean Rusk ,United States Secretary of State and University of Georgia law professorJudith Ortiz Cofer , writer, Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative WritingChris Cuomo , professor of philosophyLamar Dodd , U.S. painter and art professorHugh Kenner , literary scholar and prolific critic, elected toAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences Edward J. Larson , professor of history,Pulitzer Prize winner forSummer for the Gods: The Scopes Trial and America's Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion William S. McFeely , professor of humanities, elected to American Academy of Arts and SciencesCas Mudde , professor, political scientist, focuses on political extremism and populism in Europe and the United States,Prospect magazine's list of "World's Top 50 Thinkers"Gary Lee Noffke , artist and silversmithRomita Ray , art historianDean Rusk , former U.S. Secretary of StateFreddy Wittop ,Tony Award -winningcostume designer Donna Alvermann , educator, currently university-appointed Distinguished Research Professor of Language and Literacy Education at University of Georgia[ 194] Scientific research [ edit ] Norman Allinger , chemist, elected toNational Academy of Sciences , awarded theFranklin Medal Allan Armitage , horticulturist, recipient of the National Educator Award from theAmerican Horticultural Society John Avise , genetics researcher, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, former member of faculty at University of Georgia, now a Distinguished Professor at University of California, IrvineJeffrey Bennetzen , molecular geneticist, elected to National Academy of SciencesBrent Berlin , anthropologist, elected to National Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and SciencesMurray S. Blum , entomologist, recipient of Lamar Dodd Award, authority onchemical ecology andpheromones Wilbur Howard Duncan , botanist, Fellow ofAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science Stephen P. Hubbell , plant biology researcher, elected to American Academy of Arts and SciencesEugene Odum , zoologist and groundbreaking pioneer in study of ecology, author of first textbook on the subjectHenry F. "Fritz" Schaefer , chemist, elected to American Academy of Arts and SciencesMonica Turner , scientist known for her work since 1988 on the fire that devastated Yellowstone National Park, brought about by one of the worst droughts in U.S. historySusan R. Wessler , botanist and geneticist, elected to National Academy of SciencesYing Xu , bioinformatician, elected to the American Association for the Advancement of ScienceTevester Anderson , former associate head coach and chief recruiter for the Georgia Bulldogs 1986–1995, now head coach atJackson State University [ 198] Jack Bauerle , swimming and diving coachWally Butts , football coachW.A. Cunningham , football head coach, basketball head coachJim Donnan , football coachVince Dooley , football coach (1964–88) and athletic director (1979–2004)Hugh Durham , head basketball coach 1979–1995[ 199] Damon Evans , former athletic director and alumnusMark Fox , 2009 men's basketball head coach[ 200] La'Keshia Frett , former collegiate and professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the women's basketball team at UGARay Goff , football coachJim Harrick , 1999–2003 men's basketball head coach[ 201] Pete Herrmann , 2003–2009 men's basketball associate head coach, 2009 interim head coach[ 202] Ron Jirsa , men's basketball coach, 1995–1997, associate head coach, 1997–1999 heach coach[ 203] Ralph Jordan , 1946–1950 men's basketball head coach[ 204] Andy Landers , women's basketball coachDan Magill , tennis coachW.O. Payne , athletic director and alumnusHowell Peacock , 1912–1916 men's basketball head coach[ 205] Mark Richt , football coachMark Slonaker , 1975–1979 men's basketball player, returned as assistant men's basketball coach 1989–1995[ 206] Kirby Smart , current head football coach and former Georgia safety (1996–99)Tubby Smith , 1995–1997 men's basketball head coach, assistant coach for the 2000 U.S. Olympic men's basketball team in Sydney, Australia[ 207] Herman Stegeman , former basketball, football and athletics coach, including 17 years coaching track and field, in 1929 became athletics director; Stegeman Hall (now demolished) and Stegeman Coliseum were dedicated in his honor[ 208] Steve Webber , former baseball coach; ledBulldogs to the1990 College World Series championship, becoming the firstSEC team to win the CWSTerri Williams-Flournoy , former assistant coach, women's basketballSuzanne Yoculan , women's gymnastics coach^ Cox, F. 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