Gary barnett biography

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While he never initially wanted to be a football lifer, that is exactly what former Colorado and Northwestern head coach Gary Barnett became. Starting out his career as a wide receiver at the University of Missouri under College Football Hall of Famer Dan Devine.

As an assistant, he was partially the offensive coordinator on the National Championship University of Colorado team that upset Notre Dame in a classic Orange Bowl matchup.

He earned the head coaching job at Northwestern and turned a long-dormant program into one that appeared in the Rose Bowl in and earned national Coach of the Year honors.

He achieved his dream job when he returned to Boulder and took over the Buffaloes where he earned Big 12 Coach of the Year honors twice.

After leaving that post in , Barnett has busied himself with work in broadcasting and the Mary & Gary Burnett Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the support of educational programs for economically disadvantaged an Biography - Gary Barnett - Artist KESA