Coaching History/Circle of Honor

While C.E. Morris served as the coach for Georgia’s first team in 1886, Hughie Jennings is credited with being the Bulldogs’ first official coach. He played for 17 years in the Major Leagues while also managing the Detroit Tigers from 1907-20. He was the second shortstop and among the first 35 men elected to the Hall of Fame. Former Bulldog Claude Derrick began his career with the Philadelphia Athletics in 1909 and played on two World Championship teams in 1910 and 1911. In 1912 with Baltimore, Derrick was the first roommate of rookie George Herman Ruth, better known as “The Babe.”

Ike Cousins Head Baseball Coach Scott Stricklin enters the 2022 season with 584 career wins.

Hughie Jennings

M.M. Dickinson

W.A. Reynolds J.V. Sikes Hammond Johnson

Frank B. Anderson Joe Bean

H.J. Stegeman Robert Sapp

ALL-TIME UGA COACHING RECORDS

Coach Years

W L T Pct.

C.E. Morris 1886 2 0 0 1.000 Hughie Jennings 1895-99 25 17 0 .595 M.M. Dickinson 1901, 04-05 18 14 0 .563 W.A. Reynolds 1902-03 13 9 1 .482 Tommy Stouch 1906-07 12 9 0 .571 Hammond Johnson 1908 20 2 0 .909 W.J. Lewis 1909 - - Frank B. Anderson 1910-13 50 17 3 .736 Joe Bean 1914-16 33 16 1 .670 J.G. Henderson 1917 - - - Glenn Colby 1918 - - - H.J. Stegeman 1919-20 31 13 2 .681 W.P. White 1921-33 224 100 7 .687 Vernon Smith 1934-37 31 43 1 .420 J.V. Sikes 1938-42, 46-47 101 62 1 .619 J.B. Whitworth 1943 1 10 0 .090 Charley Trippi 1948-49 34 18 0 .654 Jim Whatley 1950, 52-75 336 327 3 .507 Nolen Richardson 1951 12 13 0 .480 Roy Umstattd 1976-80 130 100 1 .565 Steve Webber 1981-1996 500 403 1 .554 Robert Sapp 1997-99 77 87 1 .470 Ron Polk 2000-01 79 48 0 .622 David Perno 2002-13 390 335 1 .538 Scott Stricklin 2014-current 234 186 1 .557 1990: Steve Webber (BA, CB) 2004: David Perno (BA)

BA=Baseball America; CB=Collegiate Baseball

Steve Webber David Perno

SEC COACH OF THE YEAR

1933: W.P. White 2001: Ron Polk

1953: Jim Whatley 1954: Jim Whatley 1987: Steve Webber 2004: David Perno 2008: David Perno

W.P. White Jim Whatley Ron Polk

WEBBER JOINS CIRCLE OF HONOR IN 2018

The Circle of Honor is the UGA Athletic Association’s all sports recognition program which is designed to pay tribute to extraordinary University of Georgia student-athletes and coaches who by their performance and conduct have brought honor to the university and themselves, and who by their actions have contributed to the tradition of the Georgia Bulldogs. The criteria for selection also stipulate that each recipient has earned his or her academic degree.

Steve Webber, who is the winningest baseball coach in Georgia history with 500 victories between 1981 and 1996, was part of the Circle of Honor Class of 2018. He led Georgia to its first two College World Series appearances including winning the 1990 national championship, the first for the Southeastern Conference in the sport.

At the time of his induction, the native Iowan and graduate of Southern Illinois University, was just the fifth among all 79 inductees that are not UGA alumni.

Jim Whatley (left) won 337 games in his Bulldog career while Steve Webber (right) won 500 games as the Georgia skipper. In 2018, Webber was inducted into UGA’s exclusive Circle of Honor.