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American football coach (born 1973)

Gary Goff
Biographical details
Born	(1973-07-19) July 19, 1973 (age 51) 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
2022–2024	McNeese

Head coaching record
Overall	70–76
Tournaments	3–2 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 GSC (2019, 2021)

Gary Goff (born July 19, 1973) is an American football coach. He was the head football coach at McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana for three seasons until 2024. 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


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—COVID-19
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) (2022–2024)
2022	McNeese	4–7	2–4	6th
2023	McNeese	0–10	1–6	7th
2024	McNeese	6–6	3–4	T–5th
McNeese:		10–23	6–14
Total:		70–76
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

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Meche, Kirk (November 25, 2024). "BREAKING: McNeese fires Goff - American Press". The American Press. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
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.

v t e Tiffin Dragons head football coaches
Roger Kirkhart (1986–1989) Bob Wolfe (1990–1997) Cam Cruickshank (1998–2002) Nate Cole (2003–2007) Dave Walkowsky (2008–2010) Gary Goff (2011–2018) Cris Reisert (2019–2023) Brett Ekkens (2024– )

v t e Valdosta State Blazers head football coaches
Jim Goodman (1982–1984) Jim Berryman (1985) Mike Cavan (1986–1991) Hal Mumme (1992–1996) Mike Kelly (1997–1999) Mark Nelson # (1999) Chris Hatcher (2000–2006) David Dean (2007–2015) Kerwin Bell (2016–2018) Gary Goff (2019) No team (2020) Gary Goff (2021) Tremaine Jackson (2022– ) # denotes interim head coach

# denotes interim head coach

v t e McNeese Cowboys head football coaches
Wayne Cusic (1940) No team (1941–1944) Wayne Cusic (1945) Albert I. Ratcliff (1946–1954) John Gregory (1955–1956) Les DeVall (1957–1965) Jim Clark (1966–1969) Jack Doland (1970–1978) Ernie Duplechin (1979–1981) Hubert Boales (1982) John McCann (1983–1986) Sonny Jackson (1987–1989) Bobby Keasler (1990–1998) Kirby Bruchhaus (1999) Tommy Tate (2000–2006) Matt Viator (2006–2015) Lance Guidry (2016–2018) Sterlin Gilbert (2019) Frank Wilson (2020–2021) Gary Goff (2022–2024) Matt Viator (2025–present)