Gary Blackney

Gary Blackney (born December 12, 1944) is an American former college football coach.^[1] 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.^[2]

Gary Blackney

Biographical details
Born	(1944-12-10) December 10, 1944 (age 80) Plainview, New York, U.S.
Playing career
1965–1966	Connecticut
Position(s)	Running back, defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1968–1969	UConn (GA)
1970–1972	Brown (DB)
1973–1974	Rhode Island (OB)
1975–1976	Wisconsin (DB)
1977	Wisconsin (DC/DB)
1978–1979	UCLA (DB)
1981–1983	Syracuse (DB)
1984	Ohio State (DB)
1985–1987	Ohio State (DC)
1988–1990	Ohio State (ILB)
1991–2000	Bowling Green
2001–2005	Maryland (DC)
2008	UCF (DB)
Head coaching record
Overall	60–50–2
Bowls	2–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 MAC (1991–1992)
Awards
2× MAC Coach of the Year (1991–1992)

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 or championship game berth