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{{Short description|American baseball coach (born 1967)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = David Perno
| image = David Perno and Dave van Horn.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Perno with [[Dave Van Horn]] in [[Baum Stadium]]
| current_title = [[Head coach]]
| current_team = [[Clarke Central High School|Clarke Central HS (GA)]]
| current_conference = 
| current_record = 
| contract = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|7|5}}
| birth_place = [[Youngstown, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date = 
| death_place = 
| alma_mater = 
| player_sport1 = Baseball
| player_years2 = 1987
| player_team2 = [[Middle Georgia College]]
| player_years3 = 1988–1991
| player_team3 = [[Georgia Bulldogs baseball|Georgia]]
| coach_sport1 = Baseball
| coach_years2 = 1993–1995
| coach_team2 = [[Marshall Thundering Herd baseball|Marshall]] (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1996
| coach_team3 = Middle Georgia (assistant)
| coach_years4 = 1997–2001
| coach_team4 = Georgia (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 2002–2013
| coach_team5 = Georgia
| coach_sport6 = Football
| coach_years7 = 2015–present
| coach_team7 = [[Clarke Central High School|Clarke Central HS (GA)]]
| overall_record = 390–333–1 (college baseball)
| tournament_record = 
| championships = 2 [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] (2004, 2008)
| awards = 
* [[Baseball America]] Coach of the Year (2004)
* 2× [[Southeastern Conference|SEC]] Coach of the Year (2004, 2008)
| coaching_records = 
}}

'''David Perno''' (born July 5, 1967) is an American [[college baseball]] [[coach (baseball)|coach]] who most recently served as the head baseball coach at the [[University of Georgia]]. In 12 seasons he compiled a record of 384-329-1. He led the program to five [[NCAA Division I Baseball Championship|NCAA tournaments]], including three [[College World Series]]. He was named the 2004 Coach of the Year by [[Baseball America]]. That same year, he won his first SEC championship. His 2006 team went 47–23, but the next year, however, they went 23–33. In 2008, his team did much better, going 45–25–1 (20–9–1 SEC) and won his second SEC championship. That one tie was at [[LSU Tigers|LSU]] due to an SEC travel curfew. He was named the SEC coach of the year and was the national runner-up to the [[Fresno State Bulldogs]] at the College World Series. He is a former player and assistant coach at Georgia. Two players suffered paralyzing injuries — Chance Veazey in a scooter accident and Jonathan Taylor in a game — in a span of less than two years from 2009 to 2011. He was dismissed by UGA Athletic Director Greg McGarity after the 2013 season.

In December 2015, Perno was named head football coach at his alma mater, [[Clarke Central High School]] in [[Athens, Georgia]], where he won a state title as a player in 1985 and played for another in 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawgnation.com/football/ugas-david-perno-returns-to-coaching-in-another-sport|title = UGA's David Perno returns to coaching — in another sport| date=December 10, 2015 }}</ref>

==Head coaching record==

===College baseball===
{{CBB Yearly Record Start
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{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
|name=[[Georgia Bulldogs baseball|Georgia Bulldogs]]
|conference=[[Southeastern Conference]]
|startyear=2002
|endyear=2013
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2002
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 32–29
 | conference   = 15–15
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2003
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 29–26
 | conference   = 10–20
 | confstanding = 5th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 2004
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 45–23
 | conference   = 19–11
 | confstanding = 1st <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2004 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2005
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 30–25
 | conference   = 12–17
 | confstanding = 5th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2006
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 47–23
 | conference   = 18–12
 | confstanding = 2nd <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2006 College World Series|College World Series]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2007
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 23–33
 | conference   = 11–19
 | confstanding = 6th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = conference
 | season       = 2008
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 45–25–1
 | conference   = 20–9–1
 | confstanding = 1st <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2008 College World Series|College World Series Runner-up]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2009
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 38–22
 | conference   = 15–15
 | confstanding = 3rd <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2010
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 16–37
 | conference   = 5–23
 | confstanding = 6th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2011
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 33–32
 | conference   = 16–14
 | confstanding = 4th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = [[2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament|NCAA Regional]]
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2012
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 31–26
 | conference   = 14–15
 | confstanding = 5th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Entry
 | championship = 
 | season       = 2013
 | name         = Georgia
 | overall      = 21–32
 | conference   = 7–20
 | confstanding = 7th <small> (East) </small>
 | postseason   = 
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal
 | name       = Georgia
 | overall    = 390–333–1
 | confrecord = 162–190–1
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record End
|overall=390–333–1
}}

==References==
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{{Georgia Bulldogs baseball coach navbox}}
{{1990 Georgia Bulldogs baseball}}
{{Baseball America College COY}}
{{Southeastern Conference Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}

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