Larry Blakeny
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
September 21, 1947 Birmingham, Alabama |
| Playing career | |
| 1966–1969 | Auburn |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1970–1971 | Southern Academy (AL) |
| 1972–1974 | Walker HS (AL) |
| 1975–1976 | Vestavia Hills HS (AL) |
| 1977–1990 | Auburn (assistant) |
| 1991–2014 | Troy |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 178–113–1 (college) 50–24–2 (high school) |
| Bowls | 2–3 |
| Tournaments | 5–7 (NCAA D-I-AA playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 Southland (1996, 1999–2000) 5 Sun Belt (2006–2010) |
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| Awards | |
| 2x Southland Coach of the Year (1999–2000) 2x Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2008–2009) Sun Belt 10th Anniversary Most Outstanding Coach Alabama Sports Hall of Fame |
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Larry Blakeney (born September 21, 1947) is a former American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Troy University from 1991 to 2014, compiling a record of 178–113–1 in 24 seasons. He is one of only two coaches to have taken a college football program from NCAA Division II to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision, the other being UCF's Gene McDowell.
Blakeney was the recipient of the Johnny Vaught Lifetime Achievement Award by the All-American Football Foundation in 2000. He was inducted into the Wiregrass Sports Hall of Fame in 2008 and was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on May 30, 2009. On December 21, 2010, he received the Sun Belt Conference 10th Anniversary Most Outstanding Head Coach award.
In the spring of 2011, Troy University honored Blakeney by naming the football playing surface Larry Blakeney Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. On August 10, 2012, Blakeney was inducted into the Troy University Sports Hall of Fame. He was part of the inaugural class along with DeMarcus Ware, Don Maestri, Chase Riddle, Bill Atkins, Sim Byrd, Denise Monroe, Vergil McKinley, Ralph Adams, Mike Turk, and Charles Oliver.
Blakeney was the first sophomore to start at quarterback for Ralph Jordan at Auburn. A three-year letterman, he started eight games in 1966, scoring five touchdowns in his first four games. Blakeney lost the starting job in 1967, however, and moved to the defensive backfield in 1968. He missed the entire season with a shoulder injury, but resumed play in 1969 as Auburn posted an 8–3 record. He lettered twice in baseball, in 1968 and 1969. Blakeney graduated in 1970 with a bachelor's degree in business administration.
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