George Godsey named offensive coordinator at Georgia Tech

Staff Reports

THE FLATS – George Godsey, a former Georgia Tech quarterback and alumnus who has spent the past 15 seasons as an ultra-successful assistant coach in the National Football League, has returned to The Flats as the Yellow Jackets’ offensive coordinator, head coach Brent Key announced on Tuesday.

“When we set out to hire our next offensive coordinator, the No. 1 goal was to identify the best person to help our program continue to grow and consistently compete for championships. George Godsey is that person,” Key said. “He has more than 20 years of coaching experience and spent the last 15 years coaching at the very highest level, including four seasons as a primary play-caller in the NFL. He has worked with some of best coaches in football history, including John Harbaugh, Bill Belichick and George O’Leary, and has helped develop some of the best players in the world. His offensive philosophy aligns closely with ours at Georgia Tech, which has produced some of the nation’s most productive offenses over the last three seasons. I’m excited to welcome him home to The Flats and can’t wait to get to work with him and the rest of our staff.”

Godsey most recently served as the Baltimore Ravens’ tight ends coach since 2022, helping lead the Ravens to three playoff berths, two AFC North Division titles and an AFC Championship Game appearance in four seasons. The Ravens ranked among the NFL’s top offenses each of the last three seasons, including leading the league in total offense in 2024 and ranking in the top five in scoring in 2023 and ’24. Godsey’s tight ends accounted for 4,994 receiving yards and 50 touchdown receptions over his four seasons in Baltimore.

His NFL coaching experience includes two seasons as offensive coordinator of the Houston Texans (2015-16) and one as co-offensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins (2021). He also served as the Texans’ primary play-caller in 2014. Despite having to use eight different starting quarterbacks, the Texans had three-straight winning records and won two AFC South Division championships during Godsey’s three seasons in Houston.

He began his NFL coaching career with the New England Patriots, as an offensive assistant (2011) and tight ends coach (2012-13). In his three seasons in New England, the Patriots won three AFC East championships, made three AFC Championship Game appearances and won the 2011 AFC title to advance to Super Bowl XLVI.

Following his three seasons in New England, Godsey went to Houston, where he was quarterbacks coach in 2014 before becoming the Texans’ OC in 2015 and ’16. After his three seasons in Houston, he spent two seasons with the Detroit Lions (2017 – defensive assistant and special projects, 2018 – quarterbacks coach) and three with the Dolphins (2019-20 – tight ends coach, 2021 – co-OC and TE coach).

In all, Godsey helped lead his teams to 12 winning records, eight playoff appearances and seven division championships in his 15 seasons as an NFL coach. Notable players that he coached include Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski, Arian Foster, DeAndre Hopkins, Andre Johnson, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Matthew Stafford, Tua Tagovailoa, Jaylen Waddle, Patrick Ricard and Mark Andrews.

He owns seven seasons of coaching experience at the collegiate level, all at UCF, where he coached under legendary Georgia Tech head coach George O’Leary and together with Key from 2004-10. Godsey went to UCF as a graduate assistant in ‘04, then coached quarterbacks from 2005-08 and running backs from 2009-10. During his time at UCF, the Knights won two conference championships and three division titles and played in four bowl games. In addition to O’Leary and Key, Godsey was also on UCF’s staff with current Georgia Tech special teams coordinator Tim Salem, who was the Knights’ offensive coordinator from 2004-08 and special teams coordinator from 2009-11.

Godsey began his coaching career with a season as QB coach at The Lovett School in Atlanta in 2003.

“I’m thrilled to return to The Flats and to reunite with my former teammate Coach Brent Key and the outstanding Georgia Tech staff,” Godsey said. “Our philosophies are perfectly aligned when it comes to player evaluation and development, and I’m eager to build on the strong foundation that Brent and the staff have established. Together, we’ll continue to recruit and develop high-character student-athletes who want to compete for championships, make our passionate alumni proud and position themselves for lifelong success, both on and off the field.”

A Tampa, Fla. native, Godsey enrolled at Georgia Tech in 1997 and was a four-year letterwinner (1998-2001), two-year starter at quarterback (2000-01), second-team all-ACC selection as a junior (2000) and team captain as a senior (2001) for the Yellow Jackets. He threw for 6,137 yards and 41 touchdowns as a Jacket and his name is a fixture across Georgia Tech’s record book, including as the program’s all-time leader in single-season (3,085 in 2001) and single-game (486 vs. Virginia in 2001) passing yards. Tech earned bowl berths and top-25 finishes in each of his five seasons on The Flats, and was inducted into the Georgia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 2012.

He played one season (2003) professionally for his hometown Tampa Bay Storm in the Arena Football League, and helped the Storm win its fifth AFL championship in ArenaBowl XVII. 

Godsey holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Tech (2001 and 2002, respectively). His brothers, Greg and Gary, also played college football at Air Force and Notre Dame, respectively.