Gordy Combs
{{Short description|American football coach (born 1950)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|4|3}}
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| coach_years1 = 1973–1991
| coach_team1 = Towson State (assistant)
| coach_years2 = 1992–2008
| coach_team2 = Towson State / Towson
| coach_years3 = 2009–2013
| coach_team3 = Johns Hopkins (OLB)
| overall_record = 91–91
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Gordy Combs (born April 3, 1950) is a former American college football coach. He was the head coach of the Towson Tigers football team from 1992 through 2008. He had spent 19 seasons as an assistant coach to Phil Albert at Towson before taking over when Albert retired.{{cite news |last=McMullen |first=Paul |title=Towson counting on new coach Combs in transition to non-scholarship program |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-baltimore-sun/128773296/ |newspaper=The Baltimore Sun |location=Baltimore, Maryland |date=August 21, 1992 |page=8E |access-date=July 24, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} Combs was replaced in 2009 by Rob Ambrose. He spent the next four years as a defensive assistant at nearby Johns Hopkins University. He helped the team to the postseason all four years he was there. He retired after 2013 season.
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Towson State Tigers
| conf = NCAA Division I-AA independent
| startyear = 1992
| endyear = 1996
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
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| year = 1992
| name = Towson State
| overall = 5–5
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| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Towson State
| overall = 8–2
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| ranking = 24
| ranking2 = no
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| championship =
| year = 1994
| name = Towson State
| overall = 8–2
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| championship =
| year = 1995
| name = Towson State
| overall = 6–5
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| year = 1996
| name = Towson State
| overall = 6–4
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Towson Tigers
| conf = Patriot League
| startyear = 1997
| endyear = 2003
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1997
| name = Towson
| overall = 2–8
| conference = 0–6
| confstanding = 7th
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| championship =
| year = 1998
| name = Towson
| overall = 5–6
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1999
| name = Towson
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = 3rd
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| championship =
| year = 2000
| name = Towson
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 3–3
| confstanding = 4th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2001
| name = Towson
| overall = 3–7
| conference = 2–5
| confstanding = 6th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2002
| name = Towson
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| championship =
| year = 2003
| name = Towson
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 3–4
| confstanding = 5th
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Towson Tigers
| conf = Atlantic 10 Conference
| startyear = 2004
| endyear = 2006
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2004
| name = Towson
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 0–8
| confstanding = 12th
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| championship =
| year = 2005
| name = Towson
| overall = 6–6
| conference = 3–5
| confstanding = T–3rd (South)
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2006
| name = Towson
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–4
| confstanding = 3rd (South)
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Towson Tigers
| conf = Colonial Athletic Association
| startyear = 2007
| endyear = 2008
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2007
| name = Towson
| overall = 3–8
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 6th (South)
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| championship =
| year = 2008
| name = Towson
| overall = 3–9
| conference = 1–7
| confstanding = 6th (South)
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Towson State / Towson
| overall = 91–91
| confrecord = 25–60
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{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 91–91
| bowls = no
| poll = no
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| legend = no
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References
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