Gary Goff

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Gary Goff
Current position
Title Head coach
Team McNeese
Conference Southland
Record4–17
Biographical details
Born (1973-07-19) July 19, 1973 (age 50) [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–present McNeese
Head coaching record
Overall64–70
Tournaments3–2 (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 is the head football coach at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, a role he assumed in December 2021. [2] [3] 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. He led his 2021 Valdosta team the NCAA Division II Football Championship Game, where they lost to Ferris State.

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Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs AFCA#
Tiffin Dragons (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference)(2011–2017)
2011 Tiffin0–110–107th (South)
2012 Tiffin3–82–8T–5th (South)
2013 Tiffin2–91–8T–6th (South)
2014 Tiffin5–64–6T–7th
2015 Tiffin5–64–6T–10th
2016 Tiffin8–37–34th
2017 Tiffin6–55–4T–4th
Tiffin Dragons (Great Midwest Athletic Conference)(2018)
2018 Tiffin9–26–2T–2nd
Tiffin:38–5029–47
Valdosta State (Gulf South Conference)(2019–2021)
2019 Valdosta State 10–18–01stL NCAA Division II Second Round 5
2020–21 No team—COVID-19
2021 Valdosta State 12–26–1T–1stL NCAA Division II Championship 2
Valdosta State:22–314–1
McNeese Cowboys (Southland Conference)(2022–present)
2022 McNeese 4–72–46th
2023 McNeese 0–101–67th
2024 McNeese 0–00–0
McNeese:4–173–10
Total:64–70
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gary Goff - Head Coach". McNeese Cowboys . Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  2. Shane Thomas (January 29, 2019). "Goff introduced as VSU's new football coach". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. "Gary Goff Named Valdosta State Head Football Coach". WALB. January 25, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2021.