Head Coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Brent Key, a Georgia Tech alumnus and football letterwinner, was officially named the 21st head coach in Tech football history on Nov. 29, 2022.

Key’s 14 wins in his first two full seasons at the helm of the Yellow Jackets are tied for the third-most in Georgia Tech history, behind only College Football Hall of Famers Paul Johnson and William Alexander. He has led his alma mater to consecutive winning seasons and back-to-back bowl berths for the first time since 2013-14, and to consecutive fourth-place finishes in the Atlantic Coast Conference, after being picked to finish 12th in the 14-team conference in 2023 and 10th in the 17-team league in 2024. The back-to-back fourth-place showings have been spurred by Tech’s gaudy 6-1 versus nationally ranked ACC opponents since Key took the reins of the program five games into the 2022 campaign. Ten Yellow Jackets were named all-ACC in 2024, Tech’s most all-conference selections since 2014.

Prior to being named interim head coach on Sept. 26, 2022, Key served as Georgia Tech’s assistant head coach/offensive line coach/run game coordinator for three-plus seasons. In four total seasons at his alma mater prior to taking over as head coach on permanent basis, Tech’s run game produced an all-American, three all-Atlantic Coast Conference honorees and finished in the top half of the ACC in rushing offense twice. He also mentored a pair of all-ACC offensive linemen.

Key returned to Georgia Tech in 2019 after three seasons as offensive line coach at Alabama (2016-18), where he helped lead the Crimson Tide to two Southeastern Conference championships, three College Football Playoff championship games and the 2017 national title. His coaching resume also includes a successful 11-year stint at UCF, where he helped lead the Knights to four conference championships and eight bowl appearances, one season as an assistant coach at Western Carolina and a season-plus as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech. In addition to his reputation as a top-notch coach, he is also widely regarded as one of the nation’s top recruiters.

Key was a four-year starter at guard for the Yellow Jackets from 1997-2000. He was a team captain and all-ACC performer as a senior and graduated from Tech in 2001 with a management degree. He and his wife, Danielle, have a daughter, Harper.