, capped by the Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title and a berth in the 2007 Toyota Gator Bowl on New Year's Day.
Gailey has coached the Yellow Jackets to bowl games in each of his five seasons on the Flats, the only head coach in Georgia Tech's storied history to do so. With Tech's trip to the 2007 Toyota Gator Bowl, Gailey's Yellow Jackets achieved a feat unprecedented in school history with their 10th consecutive bowl berth. Prior to its current streak, Tech's longest bowl string was six in a row from 1951-56 under legendary head coach Bobby Dodd.
Georgia Tech is one of just six schools in the nation to earn a bowl bid each of the last 10 years, an elite group that also includes Florida State, Virginia Tech, Florida, Georgia and Michigan.
The Jackets recorded their 10th consecutive winning season-all with seven or more wins-the school's longest string since Tech had 18 straight winning seasons from 1908-25 under John Heisman and William Alexander. The Rambling Wreck also posted a conference record of .500 or better for the 12th consecutive year, a feat unmatched by any ACC school and achieved by only three other schools in the nation.
Tech's nine victories in 2006, which came against a slate that included nine bowl teams, are its most since 2000, and the Jackets' seven ACC wins equal the best mark in school history. One of the highights of the 2006 season was a 38-27 victory at 10th-ranked Virginia Tech. That win gives the Jackets seven wins against ranked teams in Gailey's five seasons, with six of the victories coming on the road, including wins at Auburn and at Miami in 2005. Georgia Tech has defeated at least one nationally-ranked team each of the last 12 years.
The Tech offense boasted one of the nation's most talented players in junior wide receiver Calvin Johnson, the Biletnikoff Award winner, a first-team all-America for the second time and the ACC Player of the Year.
Punter Durant Brooks was also a finalist for a national award, the Ray Guy Award, and earned second-team all-America honors, as did linebacker Philip Wheeler.
Johnson headlined a contingent of 10 Yellow Jackets who earned all-ACC recognition, including first-team honorees Brooks, Joe Anoai and Jamal Lewis, and second-team selections Tashard Choice, Adamm Oliver and Philip Wheeler. In Johnson and Choice, Tech featured the ACC's leading receiver and top rusher.
The 2006 slate gives Tech 28 first or second-team all-ACC selections over Gailey's five years. The Tech head coach also mentored 21 Academic All-ACC student-athletes in his first four seasons. A total of 34 Yellow Jackets that Gailey coached over his first four years have either been drafted by NFL teams or signed free agent contracts, including nine seniors from the 2005 squad who earned NFL opportunities.
Gailey has coached the Yellow Jackets to bowl games in each of his five seasons on the Flats, the only head coach in Georgia Tech's storied history to do so. With Tech's trip to the 2007 Toyota Gator Bowl, Gailey's Yellow Jackets achieved a feat unprecedented in school history with their 10th consecutive bowl berth. Prior to its current streak, Tech's longest bowl string was six in a row from 1951-56 under legendary head coach Bobby Dodd.
Georgia Tech is one of just six schools in the nation to earn a bowl bid each of the last 10 years, an elite group that also includes Florida State, Virginia Tech, Florida, Georgia and Michigan.
The Jackets recorded their 10th consecutive winning season-all with seven or more wins-the school's longest string since Tech had 18 straight winning seasons from 1908-25 under John Heisman and William Alexander. The Rambling Wreck also posted a conference record of .500 or better for the 12th consecutive year, a feat unmatched by any ACC school and achieved by only three other schools in the nation.
Tech's nine victories in 2006, which came against a slate that included nine bowl teams, are its most since 2000, and the Jackets' seven ACC wins equal the best mark in school history. One of the highights of the 2006 season was a 38-27 victory at 10th-ranked Virginia Tech. That win gives the Jackets seven wins against ranked teams in Gailey's five seasons, with six of the victories coming on the road, including wins at Auburn and at Miami in 2005. Georgia Tech has defeated at least one nationally-ranked team each of the last 12 years.
The Tech offense boasted one of the nation's most talented players in junior wide receiver Calvin Johnson, the Biletnikoff Award winner, a first-team all-America for the second time and the ACC Player of the Year.
Punter Durant Brooks was also a finalist for a national award, the Ray Guy Award, and earned second-team all-America honors, as did linebacker Philip Wheeler.
Johnson headlined a contingent of 10 Yellow Jackets who earned all-ACC recognition, including first-team honorees Brooks, Joe Anoai and Jamal Lewis, and second-team selections Tashard Choice, Adamm Oliver and Philip Wheeler. In Johnson and Choice, Tech featured the ACC's leading receiver and top rusher.
The 2006 slate gives Tech 28 first or second-team all-ACC selections over Gailey's five years. The Tech head coach also mentored 21 Academic All-ACC student-athletes in his first four seasons. A total of 34 Yellow Jackets that Gailey coached over his first four years have either been drafted by NFL teams or signed free agent contracts, including nine seniors from the 2005 squad who earned NFL opportunities.
