Wally Butts

Wally Butts
Butts, circa 1942
Biographical details
Born(1905-02-07)February 7, 1905
Milledgeville, Georgia, U.S.
DiedDecember 17, 1973(1973-12-17) (aged 68)
Athens, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1925–1927Mercer
Position(s)End
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1929–1931Madison A&M (GA)
1932–1934Georgia Military
1935–1937Louisville MS (KY)
1938Georgia (assistant)
1939–1960Georgia
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1948–1963Georgia
Head coaching record
Overall140–86–9 (college)
Bowls5–2–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1 national (1942)
4 SEC (1942, 1946, 1948, 1959)
Awards
SEC Coach of the Year (1942, 1946, 1959)
Florida–Georgia Hall of Fame
College Football Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1997 (profile)

James Wallace Butts Jr. (February 7, 1905 – December 17, 1973) was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at the University of Georgia from 1939 to 1960, compiling a record of 140–86–9. His Georgia Bulldogs football teams won a national championship in 1942 and four Southeastern Conference titles (1942, 1946, 1948, 1959). Butts was also the athletic director at Georgia from 1939 to 1963. He was inducted posthumously into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 1997.