Georgia basketball has come a long way since Mark Fox became head coach in 2009. Prior to that, the Bulldogs only had 21 post season appearances and just three under previous head coach Dennis Felton.
Before Felton, Georgia was a program on the rise, albeit a slow rise. Georgia made eight post season appearances in the 1980’s and 1990’s each. But the wins vacated from the 2002-03 season, the probation that followed and Felton’s inability to get Georgia basketball back to building upon what Durham started set the program back for coach Fox.
When Fox became coach, Georgia had several goals that they wanted to achieve.