Georgia Bulldogs
[4][5][6] In 2006, the Bulldogs recorded the highest profit margin of any athletic program in the country (according to the EADA report),[7] pulling in $23.9 million.The first mention of "Bulldogs" in association with Georgia athletics occurred on November 28, 1901, at the Georgia-Auburn football game played in Atlanta.Traditionally, the choice of a Bulldog as the UGA mascot was attributed to the alma mater of its founders and first president, who graduated from Yale University."[10]Shortly thereafter, another news story appeared in the Atlanta Constitution in which the name "Bulldogs" was used several times to describe the Georgia football team, and the nickname has been used ever since then.The Georgia Baseball team has seen most of its success in recent years, including winning the 1990 College World Series, as well as making the trip to Omaha in 1987, 1990, 2001, 2004, 2006, and 2008.Since 2001, however, the program has enjoyed a resurgence, winning three championships in the Southeastern Conference, and participating in the College World Series four times in those seven seasons.Georgia's men's basketball program has enjoyed several impressive seasons, including a run to the 2008 SEC Championship and berth in the NCAA tournament under former head coach Dennis Felton.While Dominique Wilkins is considered the greatest player in school history,[11] the team's most successful season came one year after his graduation.Georgia owns the nations longest active bowl streak at 26, surpassing the previous leader Virginia Tech, who reeled off 27 in a row.The other rivalries are between the Bulldogs and the Atlantic Coast Conference's Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets ("Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate") and the Florida Gators ("World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party").The most recent game in the rivalry was a 42-20 Bulldogs win From 1946 to 1970, Howell Hollis built the Georgia men's golf team into a conference power,[citation needed] claiming 13 SEC titles.Notable alumni include two-time Masters' champion Bubba Watson, as well as the winner of the 2019 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play, Kevin Kisner.The Gymdogs consistently draw upwards of 10,000 fans to their meets,[citation needed] ranking them second only to football in average attendance among Georgia sports.Graduates of the Georgia Swimming and Diving program include three individual recipients of the NCAA Woman of the Year Award: Lisa Coole in 1997, Kristy Kowal in 2000 and Kim Black in 2001.Under the direction of Dan Magill from 1954 to 1988 and his successor (and current head coach) Manuel Diaz, the Georgia Men's Tennis program ranks among the nation's best.The University of Georgia offers several non-varsity sports such as ultimate frisbee,[23] fencing, rugby, Men's Wrestling, lacrosse, women's tennis and ice hockey.[31] ° = co-champions, t = tournament The athletic department suffered through several controversies in the early 2000s, including a major scandal within the men's basketball program.The battle became one painted as academics versus athletics, though this idea was rejected when the university's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences faculty issued a vote of "no confidence" on Adams' leadership in 2004.McGarity's tenure as Georgia's AD was one that saw a great surge in fundraising prowess, but much of that money was put away into what fans would derisively call, "The Rainy Day Fund,"[34] a reserve fund of money that would grow to $100M that McGarity would not spend on improving facilities in a manner fans believed he should, as other Athletics Associations in the SEC, such as the Alabama Crimson Tide, were doing.[35] In replacing Richt, McGarity originally looked to hire Dan Mullen, who he knew from his time at Florida,[36] but was eventually overruled by influential boosters who wanted Kirby Smart.[37] Greg McGarity was replaced in the summer of 2021 by Josh Brooks, who is the athletic director of record for the Bulldogs' 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship win.[38] The Georgia Bulldogs football team boasts two Heisman Trophy winners (Frank Sinkwich, 1942, and Herschel Walker, 1982), and holds the distinction of having three graduates become Super Bowl MVPs (Jake Scott, 1972, Terrell Davis, 1998, and Hines Ward, 2005).Despite being overshadowed by its football program, the Georgia Bulldogs basketball team has produced several notable players that went on to be successful in the NBA.Other notable alumni include Dominique Wilkins, 9-time NBA All-Star whose number 21 was retired by the Atlanta Hawks, as well as Shandon Anderson, Jarvis Hayes, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, Nic Claxton, and Toumani Camara.[39] The Bulldogs baseball team has seen several of its former players move on to successful professional careers, most notably former New York Yankees pitcher Spud Chandler.
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