Georgia Southern EaglesHead coach Clay Helton
Clay Helton has led Georgia Southern since 2022, going 29-28 across 5 seasons with 4 bowl trips.
- Record since 2022
- 29-28
- Seasons
- 5
- Bowl trips
- 4
Coaching profile Updated weekly
Strategy & scheme
Leadership & results
Grades on a 0-20 scale, recalculated each week from Clay Helton's most recent 26 games. Offensive and defensive scheme track scoring for and against, game planning the average margin, situational management the one-score record, comeback factor the bounce-back after a loss, underdog edge the road record. The arrows are the week-over-week move. Frost is 17 or higher, violet 14 or higher.
Georgia Southern record by season
| Season | Record | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2-3 | In progress |
| 2025 | 7-6 | Won JLab Birmingham Bowl |
| 2024 | 8-5 | Lost R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl |
| 2023 | 6-7 | Lost Myrtle Beach Bowl |
| 2022 | 6-7 | Lost Camellia Bowl |
Records with Georgia Southern since 2022, bowl and playoff games included, from the CollegeFootballData game log.
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56Clay Helton: Georgia Southern head coach profile
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