George Thomas Welsh (August 26, 1933 – January 2, 2019) was an American college football player and coach.
Although that record was later surpassed by Bobby Bowden of Florida State, Welsh remains far and away the most successful coach in UVA history (his 134 wins are more than double those of runner-up Al Groh).
Naval Academy in 1956, he served as an assistant coach under Rip Engle and Joe Paterno at Penn State from 1963 to 1972.
He inherited a Navy Midshipmen football program that had only had one winning season since the end of the Roger Staubach era.
In 1982, Welsh left Navy to become the head coach of the Virginia Cavaliers, who had just finished a 1-10 season.
Prior to his arrival, Virginia had only two winning seasons in the previous 29 years and had never been to a post-season bowl game.
At one point during Welsh's coaching career at UVA, Virginia won 5 of 6 games against the Hokies, with 3 of the wins coming on Tech's home field.