Dell McGee
Dell McGee went 9–22 as a head coach, 2015–2026, at Georgia Southern and Georgia State. Wikipedia’s season articles record one season differently (2026, 4–1); by them his record is 9–21. Share
- Record
- 9–22 career
- Seasons
- 4
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Sep 7, 1973
- Best season
- 2015 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Georgia Southern interim, bowl game | 1–0 | GoDaddy Bowl W | |||
| 2016–23: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2024 | Georgia State | 3–9 | 7th | |||
| 2025 | Georgia State | 1–11 | 7th | |||
| 2026 | Georgia State | 4–2 (Wikipedia: 4–1) | ||||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 4 | 1–3 | 25% |
| Conference games | 18 | 2–16 | 11% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 9 | 3–6 | 33% |
| At home | 15 | 6–9 | 40% |
| On the road | 15 | 2–13 | 13% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 1–0 | 100% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 8 | 5–3 | 63% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 23 | 4–19 | 17% |
His own 31 games on file, 2015–2026, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Rahne 2024–2026 | 1–2 | Old Dominion | 3 |
Dell McGee’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Old Dominionseries | 3 | 1–2 |
| James Madisonseries | 3 | 0–3 |
| Vanderbiltseries | 2 | 1–1 |
| Marshallseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Georgia Southernseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Coastal Carolinaseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| App Stateseries | 2 | 0–2 |
| Murray Stateseries | 1 | 1–0 |
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Georgia’s 2021 staff (run game coordinator – running backs) · the staff · source
- Won a national title on Georgia’s 2022 staff (run game coordinator – running backs) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
Also a player: Dell McGee’s playing career.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Harris County HS (GA) high school | Defensive backs coach | |
| 2003–04 | Greenville HS (GA) high school | Defensive coordinator | |
| 2005–12 | Carver-Columbus HS (GA) high school | Head coach | |
| 2013 | Auburn | Analyst | |
| 2014 | Georgia Southern | Running backs coach | |
| 2015 | Georgia Southern | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2015 | Georgia Southern | Interim head coach | |
| 2016–18 | Georgia | Assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| 2019–23 | Georgia | Running game coordinator and running backs coach | |
| 2024–present | Georgia State | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Gus MalzahnAuburn
- Willie FritzGeorgia Southern
- Kirby SmartGeorgia
Assistants who became head coaches
- Chad LunsfordGeorgia Southern, Florida Atlantic
- Hue JacksonOakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Grambling
- Jim ChaneyTennessee
- Will HealyCharlotte, Austin Peay, East Tennessee State
- Travis PearsonAlabama State
Worked under (3)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Malzahn | Auburn | 2013 | Analyst | |
| Willie Fritz | Georgia Southern | 2014–15 | 2014: running backs coach; 2015: assistant head coach and running backs coach | |
| Kirby Smart | Georgia | 2016–23 | 2016–18: assistant head coach and running backs coach; 2019–23: running game coordinator and running backs coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (5)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad Lunsford | Georgia Southern, 2015: tight ends coach | Georgia Southern, Florida Atlantic | |
| Hue Jackson | Georgia State, 2024: assistant general manager; 2025–26: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Oakland Raiders, Cleveland Browns, Grambling | |
| Jim Chaney | Georgia State, 2024: offensive coordinator; 2025: offensive analyst | Tennessee | |
| Will Healy | Georgia State, 2024: assistant head coach and running backs coach | Charlotte, Austin Peay, East Tennessee State | |
| Travis Pearson | Georgia State, 2025: defensive coordinator | Alabama State |
Other assistants under him (8)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Atkins | Georgia Southern, 2015: offensive line coach | |
| Brandon Bailey | Georgia Southern, 2015: student assistant | |
| Doug Ruse | Georgia Southern, 2015: offensive coordinator | |
| Jack Curtis | Georgia Southern, 2015: defensive coordinator | |
| Dameyune Craig | Georgia State, 2024–26: wide receivers coach | |
| Kevin Sherrer | Georgia State, 2024: defensive coordinator | |
| Cam Clark | Georgia State, 2026: co-defensive coordinator | |
| John Haneline | Georgia State, 2026: co-defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
How he coached
McGee’s teams went for it on 30% of fourth downs and on 51% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 56% of plays and took 25.8 seconds a play, 2024–2026.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 12 g | 25 of 96 26% | 43% | 58% | 25.7 | +0.02 | |
| 2025 12 g | 34 of 103 33% | 59% | 59% | 25.1 | +0.05 | |
| 2026 6 g | 11 of 37 30% | 50% | 45% | 27.4 | +0.14 | |
| All 30 g | 70 of 236 30% | 51% | 56% | 25.8 | +0.05 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.