when was the last time georgia tech won a national championship
1990
title: Clemson–Georgia Tech football rivalry text: September 2009 and repeated the feat when they faced off again in the 2009 ACC Championship Game three months later. The rivals have seen large and similar amounts of high-level success, as Georgia Tech claims four national championships (1917, 1928, 1954, 1990) and Clemson two (1981 and 2016). Moreover, Georgia Tech has played in 44 bowl games (25–19) and Clemson, 42 (22–20), while Clemson and Georgia Tech have 729 and 728 all-time wins, respectively, as of the conclusion of the 2017 season. These two ACC members also coincidentally have more of a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics focus than their title: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football text: 2018, effective following the team's bowl game. Geoff Collins was named Johnson's replacement on December 7th, 2018. Geoff Collins was announced on December 7th, 2018 as the new head coach, to replace the retiring Paul Johnson, starting the 2019 season. Collins was previously the head coach at Temple, defensive coordinator at Mississippi State, and Florida, and previously worked with Georgia Tech as a graduate assistant and recruiting coordinator. Georgia Tech has been named national champion seven times by NCAA-designated major selectors. Georgia Tech claims the 1917, 1928, 1952, and 1990 championships. Claimed national champsionships Georgia Tech has won sixteen conference title: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets text: Brian Gregory in 2016. Up until March 2011, Paul Hewitt was the head coach Georgia Tech. Helping revitalize a stagnant program in 2004, he led Georgia Tech to a Cinderella season as the school earned its second berth in a NCAA national title game in any sport. That team won the Pre-Season NIT, ended Duke's 41 game home winning streak, and finished its season losing by 9 points in the national title game to Connecticut. Hewitt was fired on March 12, 2011 after having three losing seasons over the previous four years. Some notable and more recent Georgia Tech basketball title: 2017 Georgia Bulldogs football team text: had suffered their only defeat in the regular season. This was their first conference title since 2005. After the win against Auburn, 2017 became only the fifth season of all time to see Georgia beat all of its traditional rivals (Auburn, Florida, Georgia Tech, Tennessee) in the same season (previously 1980, 1982, 2011, 2012). Georgia received its first ever College Football Playoff appearance against Oklahoma in the school's first Rose Bowl Game since the 1942 season. Georgia won by a score of 54–48 in double overtime. The Bulldogs reached the National Championship game for the first time since 1982, but title: 2018 Georgia Bulldogs football team text: Championship since 2005, defeating Auburn 28–7. Georgia was selected to play in the College Football Playoff for the first time in school history as the #3 seed to face the #2 seed Oklahoma in the Rose Bowl. In an instant classic, Georgia roared back from a 14 point halftime deficit to defeat Oklahoma 54–48 in 2 overtimes earning their first National Championship game appearance. In the National Championship, Georgia was defeated by Alabama 26–23 in overtime. Georgia finished the season 13–2. The SEC media poll was released on July 20, 2018, with the Bulldogs predicted to win the SEC East