Josh Blankenship

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1980)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|11|13}}

| birth_place = Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.

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| player_years1 = 1999–2001

| player_team1 = Tulsa

| player_years2 = 2002

| player_team2 = Eastern Washington

| player_years3 = 2003

| player_team3 = Miami Dolphins

| player_years4 = 2004

| player_team4 = Austin Wranglers

| player_years5 = 2004

| player_team5 = Edmonton Eskimos

| player_years6 = 2005–2006

| player_team6 = Memphis Xplorers

| player_years7 = 2006

| player_team7 = Stockton Lightning

| player_years8 = 2007

| player_team8 = Tulsa Talons

| player_positions = Quarterback

| coach_years1 = 2003–2005

| coach_team1 = Union HS (OK) (QB)

| coach_years2 = 2006

| coach_team2 = Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools (OC)

| coach_years3 = 2007–2010

| coach_team3 = Union HS (OK) (QB)

| coach_years4 = 2011–2013

| coach_team4 = Muskogee HS (OK)

| coach_years5 = 2014

| coach_team5 = Tulsa (QB)

| coach_years6 = 2015–2017

| coach_team6 = Adams State (OC/WR)

| coach_years7 = 2018–2020

| coach_team7 = Adams State

| coach_years8 = 2021–2024

| coach_team8 = Broken Arrow HS (OK)

| overall_record = 8–14 (college)

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| awards = Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year (2002)
Big Sky Newcomer of the Year (2002)
First-team All-Big Sky Conference (2002)

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Josh Blankenship (born November 13, 1980) is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Blankenship served as the head football coach at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado from 2018 until his resignation in January 2021. Blankenship played college football at the University of Tulsa for three years before playing his last year at Eastern Washington University. He is the son of former Tulsa head football coach Bill Blankenship.{{cite news |last=Haisten |first=Bill |title=Josh Blankenship, son of Owasso's Bill Blankenship, to be introduced as Broken Arrow football coach |url=https://tulsaworld.com/sports/high-school/josh-blankenship-son-of-owasso-s-bill-blankenship-to-be-introduced-as-broken-arrow-football/article_6e165c24-4d43-11eb-9152-bb21cc243be4.html |newspaper=Tulsa World |location=Tulsa, Oklahoma |date=January 3, 2021 |access-date=October 1, 2021 }} Blankenship resigned as the Broken Arrow High School Head Football Coach concluding the 2024 season. He finished his four years at the school with an overall record of 20 wins and 26 losses.{{cite web |last1=Holcomb |first1=John |title=Broken Arrow Public Schools Part Ways With Head Football Coach Josh Blankenship After 4 Years |url=https://www.newson6.com/story/674624dc4b7b1ce2df8bb27a/broken-arrow-public-schools-part-ways-with-head-football-coach-josh-blankenship-after-4-years |website=newson6.com |access-date=December 10, 2024}}