Larry Blakeney
Larry Blakeney went 177–114–1 as a head coach, 1991–2014, at Troy State and Troy. Share
10 seasons our game records don’t credit to him come from the coach’s Wikipedia article: 1991–2000 at Troy State (on file under another coach). They’re marked in the table.
- Record
- 177–114–1 career
- Seasons
- 24
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Hall of Fame
- 2025 inducted
- Best season
- 2009 9–4
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Troy State * | 5–6 | ||||
| 1992 | Troy State * | 10–1 | ||||
| 1993 | Troy State * | 12–1–1 | NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal L | 1 | ||
| 1994 | Troy State * | 8–4 | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | 10 | ||
| 1995 | Troy State * | 11–1 | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | 3 | ||
| 1996 | Troy State * | 12–2 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal L | 5 | |
| 1997 | Troy State * | 5–6 | T–6th | |||
| 1998 | Troy State * | 8–4 | T–2nd | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | 13 | |
| 1999 | Troy State * | 11–2 | T–1st | NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal L | 6 | |
| 2000 | Troy State * | 9–3 | 1st | NCAA Division I-AA First Round L | 9 | |
| 2001 | Troy | 7–4 | ||||
| 2002 | Troy | 4–8 | ||||
| 2003 | Troy | 6–6 | ||||
| 2004 | Troy | 7–5 | 2nd | Silicon Valley Football Classic L | ||
| 2005 | Troy | 4–7 | 5th | |||
| 2006 | Troy | 8–5 | T–1st | New Orleans Bowl W | ||
| 2007 | Troy | 8–4 | T–1st | |||
| 2008 | Troy | 8–5 | 1st | New Orleans Bowl L | ||
| 2009 | Troy | 9–4 | 1st | GMAC Bowl L | ||
| 2010 | Troy | 8–5 | T–1st | New Orleans Bowl W | ||
| 2011 | Troy | 3–9 | 7th | |||
| 2012 | Troy | 5–7 | 6th | |||
| 2013 | Troy | 6–6 | 2nd | |||
| 2014 | Troy | 3–9 | T–7th |
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table. * A season our game records don’t credit to him; its record is the article’s.
Players he coached
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 20 | 1–19 | 5% |
| Against top-10 teams | 7 | 0–7 | 0% |
| Against rivals | 25 | 15–10 | 60% |
| Conference games | 81 | 51–30 | 63% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 5 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 55 | 25–30 | 45% |
| At home | 70 | 53–17 | 76% |
| On the road | 94 | 30–64 | 32% |
| At neutral sites | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 97 | 71–26 | 73% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 73 | 15–58 | 21% |
His own 170 games on file, 2001–2014, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Schnellenberger 2004–2011 | 7–1 | Florida Atlantic | 8 | |
| Rickey Bustle 2004–2010 | 6–1 | Louisiana | 7 | |
| Rick Stockstill 2006–2012 | 6–1 | Middle Tennessee | 7 | |
| Steve Roberts 2004–2010 | 4–3 | Arkansas State | 7 | |
| Charlie Weatherbie 2003–2009 | 4–2 | UL Monroe | 6 | |
| Mario Cristobal 2007–2012 | 4–2 | Florida International | 6 | |
| Darrell Dickey 2001–2006 | 3–1 | North Texas | 4 | |
| Andy McCollum 2001–2005 | 1–3 | Middle Tennessee | 4 | |
| Frank Solich 2001–2010 | 1–3 | Nebraska, Ohio | 4 | |
| Watson Brown 2002–2006 | 1–3 | UAB | 4 |
Larry Blakeney’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Middle Tennesseeseries | 11 | 7–4 |
| Louisianaseries | 11 | 6–5 |
| UL Monroeseries | 11 | 5–6 |
| North Texasseries | 10 | 8–2 |
| Florida Atlanticseries | 10 | 8–2 |
| UABseries | 10 | 5–5 |
| Arkansas Stateseries | 10 | 4–6 |
| Florida Internationalseries | 9 | 7–2 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970–71 | Southern Academy (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1972–74 | Walker HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1975–76 | Vestavia Hills HS (AL) high school | Head coach | |
| 1977–90 | Auburn | Assistant coach | |
| 1991–2014 | Troy | Head coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Doug BarfieldAuburn
- Pat DyeAuburn
Assistants who became head coaches
- Vic KoenningWyoming, Illinois
- Tyson SummersGeorgia Southern, Colorado State
- Neal BrownTroy, West Virginia, North Texas
- Chad ScottWest Virginia
- Kenny EdenfieldSouthwest Mississippi
- Chip LindseyTroy
Worked under (2)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Barfield | Auburn | 1977–80 | Assistant coach | |
| Pat Dye | Auburn | 1981–90 | Assistant coach |
Coached under him, later head coaches (6)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vic Koenning | Troy, 2003–04: defensive coordinator | Wyoming, Illinois | |
| Tyson Summers | Troy, 2004: graduate assistant | Georgia Southern, Colorado State | |
| Neal Brown | Troy, 2006–07: inside receivers coach; 2008–09: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Troy, West Virginia, North Texas | |
| Chad Scott | Troy, 2007–09: running backs coach | West Virginia | |
| Kenny Edenfield | Troy, 2008–09: inside receivers coach; 2010–14: offensive coordinator and inside receivers coach | Southwest Mississippi | |
| Chip Lindsey | Troy, 2010: quarterbacks coach | Troy |
Other assistants under him (10)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne Bolt | Troy, 1991–96: offensive line coach; 1997–2002: defensive coordinator and assistant head coach; 2013–14: defensive coordinator | |
| Brick Haley | Troy, 1994–96: defensive line coach | |
| Greg Adkins | Troy, 2001–02: offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator | |
| John Shannon | Troy, 2001–02: offensive coordinator | |
| Mark Fleetwood | Troy, 2003–05: offensive coordinator | |
| Ricky Logo | Troy, 2005: defensive coordinator | |
| Robby Brown | Troy, 2005–06: graduate assistant | |
| Jeremy Rowell | Troy, 2006–12: defensive coordinator | |
| Tony Franklin | Troy, 2006–07: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Chris Shelling | Troy, 2007: graduate assistant |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Troy | head coachbonuses up to $77,500 | $518,788 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Blakeney’s teams went for it on 20% of fourth downs and on 31% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 54% of plays and took 21.5 seconds a play, 2004–2014.
| Season | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 4 g | 5 of 36 14% | 27% | 39% | 26.7 | −0.20 | |
| 2005 2 g | 2 of 18 11% | 0% | 57% | 22.3 | −0.11 | |
| 2006 4 g | 5 of 35 14% | 29% | 61% | 25.1 | −0.17 | |
| 2007 11 g | 17 of 90 19% | 37% | 54% | 22.1 | −0.06 | |
| 2008 12 g | 24 of 100 24% | 44% | 53% | 22.7 | −0.03 | |
| 2009 13 g | 17 of 97 18% | 30% | 56% | 20.4 | +0.01 | |
| 2010 11 g | 10 of 83 12% | 19% | 55% | 20.9 | +0.01 | |
| 2011 11 g | 22 of 99 22% | 26% | 64% | 16.7 | −0.10 | |
| 2012 12 g | 15 of 89 17% | 27% | 54% | 19.2 | +0.05 | |
| 2013 12 g | 22 of 95 23% | 38% | 54% | 21.0 | +0.15 | |
| 2014 12 g | 26 of 102 25% | 38% | 46% | 25.3 | −0.03 | |
| All 104 g | 165 of 844 20% | 31% | 54% | 21.5 | −0.02 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.