Georgia basketball announces contract extension for Mike White
By Jacob Moss
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The Georgia Bulldogs football program may be gearing up for their massive Week 5 showdown against the Alabama Crimson Tide, but that isn’t stopping the Dawgs’ men’s basketball team from making some major moves.
The team just announced a long-term extension for head coach Mike White that will keep him in Athens through the 2031 season.
White, who was hired in 2022 to replace Tom Crean, has quickly turned around a Georgia basketball program that had been among the worst in the SEC for nearly a decade.
His prowess as a recruiter and ability to add key additions via the transfer portal have turned the Dawgs from SEC bottom feeders to one of the fastest rising programs in the nation. The 2024-25 season was the best in recent memory for Georgia, as White led them to a 20-13 record and their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since way back in 2015.
It’s clear that White has the Dawgs on an upward trajectory, and the power brokers inside the UGA Athletics Department have enough faith in what he is building to keep him around for the foreseeable future.
Georgia basketball will open the 2025-26 season with Bellarmine on Nov. 3.
