Bill Blankenship

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Bill Blankenship

Title Wide receivers coach
College Tulsa
Sport Football
Conference Conference USA
Born December 12, 1956 (1956-12-12) (age 51)
Place of birth Flag of Oklahoma Spiro, OK
Career highlights
Playing career
1976-1979 Tulsa
Position Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986-1989
1990-1991
1992-2005
2007-present
Spiro HS
Edmond Memorial HS
Tulsa Union HS
Tulsa (WR)

Bill Blankenship (born December 12, 1956(1956-12-12)) is an American football coach. He currently serves as wide receivers coach at University of Tulsa under head coach Todd Graham and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn. Priorly, Blankenship coached 14 seasons at Union Public Schools in Tulsa, where he compiled a record of 154-26. His teams qualified for the state playoffs 14 times, reached the quarterfinals 10 times and the semifinals in nine seasons. Blankenship's teams made the state championship game eight consecutive times — 1998-2005. He decided to leave Tulsa Union in 2005 in order to pursue a career in the collegiate ranks, but eventually had to sit out a year, before he was hired by Graham to coach at his alma mater.

Blankenship played quarterback for Tulsa from 1976-79. Among his teamates where Lovie Smith and Dave Rader.

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