1. Gary Lee Barnett was born on May 23,1946 and is a former American football player and coach.
19 Facts About Gary Barnett
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Gary Barnett attended Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri, and graduated from the University of Missouri in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in social studies.
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Gary Barnett continued on to get his master's degree in 1971 in education.
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Gary Barnett played wide receiver for Missouri from 1966 to 1969.
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Gary Barnett lettered his senior year under coach Dan Devine.
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Gary Barnett started his coaching career at the University of Missouri as a graduate assistant from 1969 to 1971 under coach Al Onofrio.
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Gary Barnett's teams won six conference titles and reached the state semi-finals twice, in 1980 and 1981.
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Gary Barnett first became a head coach at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
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Gary Barnett was the running backs coach for his first season, and he switched to quarterbacks and fullbacks for the next seven seasons.
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Gary Barnett turned a program holding the record for the longest losing streak in Division I-A into a championship caliber organization.
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In 2015, Gary Barnett was selected for membership of the Northwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame.
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On September 26,2015, Gary Barnett was recognized with other recent Hall of Fame inductees during the half-time program at the Northwestern football team's home game against Ball State University.
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Gary Barnett interviewed for the Notre Dame head coaching job following the retirement of Lou Holtz in 1996, however Barnett himself withdrew from consideration.
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Gary Barnett received consideration for the Texas head coaching job following the 1997 season.
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In 1999, Gary Barnett left Northwestern after eight seasons and returned to Colorado as the school's 22nd head coach.
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The comments that Coach Gary Barnett made to a local sports reporter during an informal interview regarding Hnida, were in response to a question in which the reporter asked why Katie Hnida was cut from the team, to which Coach Gary Barnett replied that she was a, "Horrible Kicker".
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On December 9,2005, Gary Barnett was forced to resign and accepted a $3 million buyout.
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Gary Barnett began working as a TV commentator for the BCS show on Fox Sports Net in 2006.
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In September 2016, Gary Barnett joined Denver AM radio station 850 KOA, as color commentator for Colorado Buffaloes Football Games, alongside play-by-play man, Mark Johnson.