Gary Blackney
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1944)}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Gary Blackney
| image =
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|12|10}}
| birth_place = Plainview, New York, U.S.
| death_date =
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| alma_mater =
| player_years1 = 1965–1966
| player_team1 = Connecticut
| player_positions = Running back, defensive back
| coach_years1 = 1968–1969
| coach_years2 = 1970–1972
| coach_team2 = Brown (DB)
| coach_years3 = 1973–1974
| coach_team3 = Rhode Island (OB)
| coach_years4 = 1975–1976
| coach_team4 = Wisconsin (DB)
| coach_years5 = 1977
| coach_team5 = Wisconsin (DC/DB)
| coach_years6 = 1978–1979
| coach_team6 = UCLA (DB)
| coach_years7 = 1981–1983
| coach_team7 = Syracuse (DB)
| coach_years8 = 1984
| coach_team8 = Ohio State (DB)
| coach_years9 = 1985–1987
| coach_team9 = Ohio State (DC)
| coach_years10 = 1988–1990
| coach_team10 = Ohio State (ILB)
| coach_years11 = 1991–2000
| coach_team11 = Bowling Green
| coach_years12 = 2001–2005
| coach_team12 = Maryland (DC)
| coach_years13 = 2008
| coach_team13 = UCF (DB)
| overall_record = 60–50–2
| bowl_record = 2–0
| tournament_record =
| championships = 2 MAC (1991–1992)
| awards = 2× MAC Coach of the Year (1991–1992)
| coaching_records =
}}
Gary Blackney (born December 12, 1944) is an American former college football coach.{{cite news|last=Hackenberg|first=Dave|title=10 Questions with Gary Blackney|url=http://toledoblade.com/article/20101128/SPORTS03/101129635/-1/SPORTS|newspaper=Toledo Blade|date=November 28, 2010}} He served as the head football coach at Bowling Green State University from 1991 to 2000. Blackney also worked as an assistant football coach at Ohio State University, Syracuse University, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the University of Rhode Island, the University of Central Florida (UCF), and Brown University. He was the defensive coordinator at University of Maryland, College Park from 2001 to 2005. He retired from coaching after the 2008 season.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120910203754/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-04-07/sports/fbcucf07_1_beckton-ucf-athletics-coaching-staff UCF hires former player Sean Beckton as assistant football coach], The Orlando Sentinel, April 7, 2009.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bowling Green Falcons
| conf = Mid-American Conference
| startyear = 1991
| endyear = 2000
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1991
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 11–1
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = California
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1992
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 10–2
| conference = 8–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Las Vegas
| bowloutcome = W
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 6–3–2
| conference = 5–1–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 9–2
| conference = 7–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 6th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1996
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–4th (East)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 5–3
| confstanding = T–3rd (East)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = 5th (East)
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 2–6
| confstanding = T–5th (East)
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Bowling Green
| overall = 60–50–2
| confrecord = 48–30–2
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 60–50–2
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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