| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | McNeese |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 4–17 |
| 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–present | McNeese |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 64–70 |
| 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 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.
Head coaching record
College
| 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 | ||||||||
| 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–present) | |||||||||
| 2022 | McNeese | 4–7 | 2–4 | 6th | |||||
| 2023 | McNeese | 0–10 | 1–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2024 | McNeese | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
| McNeese: | 4–17 | 3–10 | |||||||
| Total: | 64–70 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
References
- ^ a b "Gary Goff - Head Coach". McNeese Cowboys. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ Shane Thomas (January 29, 2019). "Goff introduced as VSU's new football coach". Valdosta Daily Times. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Gary Goff Named Valdosta State Head Football Coach". WALB. January 25, 2019. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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