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2004 Silicon Valley Classic • 2006 New Orleans Bowl Champion 1 2008 New Orleans Bowl • 2010 GMAC Bowl 0 T R O Y U N I V E R2 S I T0 Y F O1 O T0 B A L SL TA F F 2010 TROJAN COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF COACHING 2010 TROJAN 29 2004 Silicon Valley Classic • 2006 New Orleans Bowl Champion 2008 New Orleans Bowl • 2010 GMAC Bowl 1 T R O Y U N I V E R S I T Y F O O T B A L L 0 2010 TROJAN COACHING AND SUPPORT STAFF COACHING 2010 TROJAN LARRY BLAKENEY HEAD COACH AUBURN, 1970 20TH SEASON AS TROY HEAD COACH BLAKENEY FILE For the past two decades there have been very few constants in college athletics. Schools have changed conferences, often more than once. Coaches have pledged AGE: .............................63 (Sept. 21, 1947) loyalty to a school, only to bolt for another job the next day. Student-athletes have gotten bigger, and stronger, and the academic requirements they must meet in order to BIRTHPLACE: ....................Birmingham, Ala. compete have become increasingly more stringent. Among the few constants on the landscape of college football is Trojans head coach HOMETOWN: ............................Gordo, Ala. Larry Blakeney. Entering his 20th season in 2010, Blakeney, quite simply, has been a winner through- HIGH SCHOOL: ..................Gordo HS (‘65) out his career. ALMA MATER: .........................Auburn (‘70) A 2009 inductee into the prestigious Alabama Sports Hall of Fame, Blakeney has ...................... B.S. in Business Administration been at the forefront of the move of the entire Troy University athletics program from the ranks of Division II, through Division I-AA and into Division I-A. He has run a program MASTER’S DEGREE: ........ Montevallo (‘76) that is based on integrity and has been regularly recognized by the American Football ........................M.S. in Environmental Safety Coaches Association for high graduation rates. Throughout his career, Blakeney has been recognized by his peers, by the people he CERTIFICATION: .......Alabama (1971-72) has worked for and with, and by the sporting community at large. He has been named to ....................................Mississippi State (‘72) four separate Halls of Fame, has been named Coach of the Year on numerous occasions and he gives generously of his time to almost any group or organization who asks for it. PLAYING CAREER: ...........Auburn (‘66-69) But his impact on Troy athletics goes beyond wins and losses. Yes, the Trojans have ....................................................Quarterback captured seven conference titles during his tenure. Yes, the Trojans have literally sent MARRIED: ..................former Janice Powell scores of players on to successful careers as professional football players. But the Troy football program has sent thousands of men on to successful lives away CHILDREN: ...............................Kelley Taylor from football. Many of the players who have come to Troy to play for Blakeney never .............................................................Julie Ivy had a positive male role model in their lives. That changes when they become Trojans. ..................................................... Tiffany Rash Even with all of the obligations and responsibilities that come with the job, if you ask any player who has taken the field for the Trojans over the last 19 years, they will tell GRANDCHILDREN: you that he is a players’ coach. He cares about the young men who play for him, and not ..............................Carolina Elizabeth Taylor just during their time at Troy. .........................................Madeline Ann Rash From his time as a quarterback at Auburn University, to his highly successful high ....................................... Danielle Avery Rash school coaching career, from his 14 years as an assistant coach at his alma mater when CAREER HONORS the Tigers enjoyed an unprecedented run of success to his now 19 seasons at Troy Univer- Chilton County Auburn Club “Unsung sity, Blakeney has always been associated with a job well done. Hero” Award ..........................................1990 His tenure at Troy University has been nothing less than remarkable. During his 19 Gordo HS Hall of Fame ......................1996 years, he has led the Trojans to a 153-77-1 record, posting the third-best winning per- Southland Football League centage among all programs in the state of Alabama during that span. Coach of the Year ................... 1999, 2000 As the school’s longest-serving and most successful head coach of all time, Blakeney American Football Coaches Association LARRY BLAKENEY’S COACHING CAREER Regional Coach of the Year .. 1999, 2000 School Position Years Record Johnny Vaught Lifetime Achievement Troy University Head Coach 1991-present 153-77-1 Award from the All-American Football Auburn University Assistant Coach 1977-90 114-46-4 Foundation ..............................................2000 Offensive Line 1977-78 Walker HS Hall of Fame .....................2001 Tight Ends/Receivers 1978-80 Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame .........2008 Receivers 1981-90 Sun Belt Coach of the Year .... 2008, 2009 Offensive Play-caller 1986-90 Vestavia Hills HS Head Coach 1975-76 14-8 Alabama Sports Hall of Fame ...........2009 Walker HS Head Coach 1972-74 17-11 Southern Academy Head Coach 1970-71 19-5 30 2004 Silicon Valley Classic • 2006 New Orleans Bowl Champion 1 2008 New Orleans Bowl • 2010 GMAC Bowl 0 T R O Y U N I V E R S I T Y F O O T B A L L has led the Troy football program to an unequaled run of success that has taken the LARRY BLAKENEY YEAR-BY-YEAR Trojans from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and now to the Year ....... School ........................Position .............Record grandest stage of all, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). 1970 ..... Southern Academy ..Head Coach......8-3-0 Blakeney has guided the Trojans to 14 winning seasons, including six seasons of 1971 ..... Southern Academy ..Head Coach... 11-2-0 10 wins or more and he currently stands fourth among all college coaches to have 1972 ..... Walker H.S. ..............Head Coach......4-4-2 1973 ..... Walker H.S. ..............Head Coach......6-4-0 manned a sideline in the state of Alabama with 153 victories. 1974 ..... Walker H.S. ..............Head Coach......7-3-0 Since guiding the Trojans into the Sun Belt Conference in 2004, Blakeney has 1975 ..... Vestavia Hills H.S.....Head Coach......5-5-0 enjoyed what can only be termed stunning success at the highest level of the game. 1976 ..... Vestavia Hills H.S.....Head Coach......9-3-0 1977 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........6-5-0 In six seasons his teams have won four conference crowns and appeared in four bowl 1978 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........6-4-1 games. 1979 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........8-3-0 Blakeney enters his 20th season at Troy University seeking a fifth consecutive Sun 1980 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........5-6-0 1981 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........5-6-0 Belt Conference title. Only six programs in the history of what is now the Football 1982 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........9-3-0 Bowl Subdivision have won as many as five straight league crowns – Florida State in 1983 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ..... 11-1-0 the ACC (5, 1996-2000), Alabama in the SEC (5, 1971-75), Ohio State in the Big 10 1984 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........9-4-0 1985 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........8-4-0 (6, 1972-77), USC in the Pac 10 (7, 2002-08) and BYU in the WAC (10, 1976-85). 1986 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ..... 10-2-0 Not surprisingly, the coaches of those championship runs have gone down in 1987 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........9-1-2 history as some of the best in the history of the game – Bobby Bowden at FAU, Paul 1988 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ..... 10-2-0 1989 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ..... 10-2-0 “Bear” Bryant at Alabama, Woody Hayes at OSU, Pete Carroll at USC and Lavelle 1990 ..... Auburn University ....Asst. Coach ........8-3-1 Edwards at BYU. 1991 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......5-6-0 AND SUPPORT STAFF COACHING 2010 TROJAN A fifth straight Sun Belt title in 2010 would give Blakeney his rightful place 1992 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach... 10-1-0 1993 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach... 12-1-1 among the all-time greats of the game. 1994 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......8-4-0 The run of championship success in the Sun Belt started in 2006 when, in just the 1995 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach... 11-1-0 third season in the league, the Trojans captured their first Sun Belt Conference title. 1996 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach... 12-2-0 1997 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......5-6-0 They completed that remarkable season by winning the first bowl game in school his- 1998 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......8-4-0 tory, a decisive 41-17 victory over Rice in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl. 1999 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach... 11-2-0 The championship roll continued in 2007 as the Trojans earned a share of their 2000 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......9-3-0 2001 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......7-4-0 second consecutive title, posting an 8-4 record that included nationally-televised 2002 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......4-8-0 victories over Oklahoma State and Middle Tennessee. 2003 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......6-6-0 The roll did not stop in 2008, as the Trojans won their third straight Sun Belt Con- 2004 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......7-5-0 2005 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......4-7-0 ference crown, earning their second appearance in the R+L Carriers New Orleans 2006 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......8-5-0 2007 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......8-4-0 2008 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......8-5-0 2009 ..... Troy University .........Head Coach......9-4-0 Record at Troy ..........153-77-1 .....665 .......19 years Record at Auburn .....114-46-4 .....707 .......14 years Record in HS..............50-24-2 ........671 ........