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Gary Barnett
American football coach
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- Born:
- May 23, 1946, Lakeland, Fla., U.S. (age 78)
Gary Barnett (born May 23, 1946, Lakeland, Fla., U.S.) is an American collegiate gridiron football coach whose on-field successes were marred by off-field controversies. Barnett attended the University of Missouri at Columbia, where he played wide receiver on the football team; he earned a bachelor’s degree in 1969. He remained at Missouri, taking a master’s degree in education in 1971 and working as a graduate assistant coach for the football team. After a decade as a successful high-school coach, Barnett became head coach at Fort Lewis College, Durango, Colo., in 1982. He moved in 1984 to the University of Colorado ...(100 of 462 words)