Gary Blackney

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Gary Blackney
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	December 10, 1944 Plainview, New York
Playing career
1965–1966	Connecticut
Position(s)	Running back, defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1969 1970–1972 1973–1974 1975–1976 1977 1978–1979 1980–1983 1984 1985–1987 1988–1990 1991–2000 2001–2005 2008	UConn (GA) Brown (DB) Rhode Island (OB) Wisconsin (DB) Wisconsin (DC) UCLA (DB) Syracuse (DB) Ohio State (DB) Ohio State (DC) Ohio State (ILB) Bowling Green Maryland (DC) Central Florida (DB)
Head coaching record
Overall	60–50–2
Bowls	2–0
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse
Accomplishments and honors
Championships 2 MAC (1991–1992)
Awards 2x MAC Coach of the Year (1991–1992)

Gary Blackney (born December 12, 1944) is a retired college football coach.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

References

↑ Hackenberg, Dave (28 November 2010). "10 Questions with Gary Blackney". Toledo Blade.
↑ UCF hires former player Sean Beckton as assistant football coach, The Orlando Sentinel, April 7, 2009.

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Bowling Green Falcons head football coaches

John Stitt (1919)
Walter Jean (1920)
Earl Krieger (1921)
Allen Snyder (1922)
Ray B. McCandless (1923)
Warren Steller (1924–1934)
Harry Ockerman (1935–1940)
Robert Whittaker (1941–1954)
Doyt Perry (1955–1964)
Bob Gibson (1965–1967)
Don Nehlen (1968–1976)
Denny Stolz (1977–1985)
Moe Ankney (1986–1990)
Gary Blackney (1991–2000)
Urban Meyer (2001–2002)
Gregg Brandon (2003–2008)
Dave Clawson (2009–2013)
Adam Scheier # (2013)
Dino Babers (2014– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim coach.

Persondata
Name	Blackney, Gary
Alternative names
Short description	American football player and coach
Date of birth	December 10, 1944
Place of birth	Plainview, New York
Date of death
Place of death

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