UCF KNIGHTS
GEORGE GODSEY
RUNNING BACKS • SIXTH YEAR AT UCF • GEORGIA TECH, 2001 In his sixth year at UCF, George Godsey is in his first campaign as the Knights’ running backs coach. He spent the previous four campaigns as UCF’s quarterbacks coach, helping the Knights to a pair of bowl games. Godsey came to UCF in the fall of 2004 as the offensive graduate assistant coach to work under his former head coach at Georgia Tech – George O’Leary. In 2007, the Knights won 10 contests, claimed the Conference USA Championship for the first �me and par�cipated in the AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Godsey stressed efficiency to his quarterbacks and those efforts showed up in the UCF record books. Kyle Isreal and Steven Moffe�, who both started parts of two seasons under Godsey’s watch, rank in the top four in the UCF record books in the category of intercep�ons-to-a�empts ra�o. Moffe� is �ed for first at .030 (26/860), while Israel is fourth at .032 (17/517). Under Godsey’s guidance in 2006, Israel posted two of the school’s top-10 singlegame passing percentages, including a 19-of-22 (86.4 percent) showing in the season-ending victory over UAB. Israel’s effort versus the Blazers was second all�me, trailing only Daunte Culpepper, who completed 14-of-16 (87.5) in a win over Samford in 1995. Both Moffe� and Israel finished their careers ranked in the top five on the career charts in pass efficiency as well under Godsey’s guidance. Moffe� is fourth on the charts with a 133.68 clip, while Israel is fi�h at 128.70. During Godey’s first campaign as the team’s quarterbacks coach, UCF went 8-5 in 2005. The Knights finished first in C-USA’s East Division and headed to the Pacific to compete in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl. As a quarterback at Georgia Tech from 1998-01, Godsey set the program record for career comple�on percentage (63.3) and ranked second in career pass efficiency ra�ng (143.64). The ra�ng is also the fi�h-best in the Atlan�c Coast Conference annals. As a senior in 2001, Godsey set a Georgia Tech record with 249 comple�ons. He is third all-�me at the school with 41 touchdown passes, fourth with 6,137 yards and 484 comple�ons and fi�h in a�empts (765). The Tampa na�ve concluded his career in the top 20 in ACC history in career passing yards (15th) and total offense (19th). Godsey garnered All-ACC Second Team honors in 2000 and was an all-conference academic selec�on in 2001. Following his collegiate career, Godsey played one season in the Arena Football League with the Tampa Bay Storm. He was part of the 2003 team that won the Arena Bowl �tle. Coaching Experience • UCF, 2004-Present Running Backs (2009), Quarterbacks (2005-08), Graduate Assistant (2004)
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