Josh Blankenship (born November 13, 1980) is an American football coach and former player. He was the head football coach at Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Blankenship served as the head football coach at Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado from 2018 until his resignation in January 2021. Blankenship played college football at the University of Tulsa for three years before playing his last year at Eastern Washington University. He is the son of former Tulsa head football coach Bill Blankenship.[1] He is now the head football coach for Broken Arrow High School including a 5-7 record in 2022. The following year ended in a 3-9 record. BLAKENSHIP resigned concluding the 2024 season.[citation needed]
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Broken Arrow HS (OK) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | November 13, 1980 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1999–2001 | Tulsa |
| 2002 | Eastern Washington |
| 2003 | Miami Dolphins |
| 2004 | Austin Wranglers |
| 2004 | Edmonton Eskimos |
| 2005–2006 | Memphis Xplorers |
| 2006 | Stockton Lightning |
| 2007 | Tulsa Talons |
| Position(s) | Quarterback |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2003–2005 | Union HS (OK) (QB) |
| 2006 | Northeast Oklahoma Association of Homeschools (OC) |
| 2007–2010 | Union HS (OK) (QB) |
| 2011–2013 | Muskogee HS (OK) |
| 2014 | Tulsa (QB) |
| 2015–2017 | Adams State (OC/WR) |
| 2018–2020 | Adams State |
| 2021–present | Broken Arrow HS (OK) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 8–14 (college) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Big Sky Offensive Player of the Year (2002) Big Sky Newcomer of the Year (2002) First-team All-Big Sky Conference (2002) | |
Head coaching record
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edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adams State Grizzlies (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (2018–2020) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Adams State | 4–7 | 4–6 | T–6th | |||||
| 2019 | Adams State | 4–7 | 4–6 | 7th | |||||
| 2020–21 | No team—COVID-19 | ||||||||
| Adams State: | 8–14 | 8–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 8–14 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Haisten, Bill (January 3, 2021). "Josh Blankenship, son of Owasso's Bill Blankenship, to be introduced as Broken Arrow football coach". Tulsa World. Tulsa, Oklahoma. Retrieved October 1, 2021.