| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 19, 1973 [1] Picayune, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1993–1996 | Valdosta State |
| Position(s) | Wide receiver |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2000 | Cherokee HS (GA) (WR) |
| 2001 | Woodstock HS (GA) (WR) |
| 2002 | Iowa Wesleyan (OC/QB) |
| 2003–2004 | Southeastern Louisiana (OC/WR) |
| 2005–2008 | New Mexico State (co-OC/WR) |
| 2009 | Princeton (WR) |
| 2010 | West Virginia Wesleyan (OC) |
| 2011–2018 | Tiffin |
| 2019–2021 | Valdosta State |
| 2022–2024 | McNeese |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 70–76 |
| Tournaments | 3–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 2 GSC (2019, 2021) | |
Gary Goff (born July 19, 1973) [1] is an American football coach. He was the head football coach at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana for three seasons until 2024. [2] Goff served as the head football coach at Tiffin University in Tiffin, Ohio from 2011 to 2018 and Valdosta State University in Valdosta, Georgia from 2019 to 2021. [3] [4] He led his 2021 Valdosta team the NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, where they lost to Ferris State.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | AFCA# | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiffin Dragons (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2011–2017) | |||||||||
| 2011 | Tiffin | 0–11 | 0–10 | 7th (South) | |||||
| 2012 | Tiffin | 3–8 | 2–8 | T–5th (South) | |||||
| 2013 | Tiffin | 2–9 | 1–8 | T–6th (South) | |||||
| 2014 | Tiffin | 5–6 | 4–6 | T–7th | |||||
| 2015 | Tiffin | 5–6 | 4–6 | T–10th | |||||
| 2016 | Tiffin | 8–3 | 7–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2017 | Tiffin | 6–5 | 5–4 | T–4th | |||||
| Tiffin Dragons (Great Midwest Athletic Conference)(2018) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Tiffin | 9–2 | 6–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Tiffin: | 38–50 | 29–47 | |||||||
| Valdosta State (Gulf South Conference)(2019–2021) | |||||||||
| 2019 | Valdosta State | 10–1 | 8–0 | 1st | L NCAA Division II Second Round | 5 | |||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| 2021 | Valdosta State | 12–2 | 6–1 | T–1st | L NCAA Division II Championship | 2 | |||
| Valdosta State: | 22–3 | 14–1 | |||||||
| McNeese Cowboys (Southland Conference)(2022–2024) | |||||||||
| 2022 | McNeese | 4–7 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2023 | McNeese | 0–10 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2024 | McNeese | 6–6 | 3–4 | T–5th | |||||
| McNeese: | 10–23 | 6–14 | |||||||
| Total: | 70–76 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||