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American football player and coach
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10 December 1944
The details
Biography
Introduction
Gary Blackney (born December 12, 1944) is a retired college football coach. He previously served as the former head coach of the Bowling Green college football program from 1991-2000. He also served as an assistant coach with the Ohio State, Syracuse, UCLA, Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Central Florida, and Brown football programs, and was the Maryland defensive coordinator from 2001 to 2005. After the 2008 season, he retired from coaching and resigned as defensive backs coach at Central Florida.
Coaching tree
Assistant coaches under Gary Blackney who became NCAA or NFL head coaches:
- Steve Spagnuolo: St. Louis Rams (2009–2011)
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green Falcons (Mid-American Conference) (1991–2000) | |||||||||
| 1991 | Bowling Green | 11–1 | 8–0 | 1st | W California | ||||
| 1992 | Bowling Green | 10–2 | 8–0 | 1st | W Las Vegas | ||||
| 1993 | Bowling Green | 6–3–2 | 5–1–2 | 3rd | |||||
| 1994 | Bowling Green | 9–2 | 7–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 1995 | Bowling Green | 5–6 | 3–5 | 6th | |||||
| 1996 | Bowling Green | 4–7 | 4–4 | 5th | |||||
| 1997 | Bowling Green | 3–8 | 3–5 | T–4th (East) | |||||
| 1998 | Bowling Green | 5–6 | 5–3 | T–3rd (East) | |||||
| 1999 | Bowling Green | 5–6 | 3–5 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2000 | Bowling Green | 2–9 | 2–6 | T–5th (East) | |||||
| Bowling Green: | 60–50–2 | 48–30–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 60–50–2 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||