Sport(s) Football 1994 Hutchinson C. C. (DL) Positions Safety 1986–1990 Marshall Name George Barlow Titles Cornerback | 1991 Marshall (GA) Role American football 1992–1993 Marshall (LB) Education Marshall University | |
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Born November 18, 1967 (age 56)
Chicago, Illinois ( 1967-11-18 ) 1995 West Virginia State (DC) Team NC State Wolfpack football | ||
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference | ||
Coached up with cornerbacks coach george barlow
George Barlow (born November 18, 1967) is a college football coach, formerly the interim head coach for the University of New Mexico Lobos. He was elevated from defensive coordinator to interim head coach following the firing of Mike Locksley on September 25, 2011. He coached the Lobos for their final eight games in 2011. He was the defensive backs coach and defensive recruiting coordinator at Vanderbilt during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. He is currently the cornerbacks coach at N.C. State.
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- Coached up with cornerbacks coach george barlow
- Coached up with george barlow
- Playing career
- Coaching career
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Coached up with george barlow
Playing career
Barlow played college football at Marshall University from 1986 to 1990. Playing the safety position, he was part of the 1987 national championship runner-up team. He still shares the team record for the most interceptions in a single game with three against East Tennessee State in 1989.
Coaching career
Following his playing career, Barlow began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Marshall in 1991. In addition to Marshall, he has coached at Hutchinson Community College, West Virginia State, Oklahoma and James Madison, where as defensive coordinator he helped lead the Dukes to the 2004 Division I-AA National Championship and four other playoff appearances, prior to becoming defensive backs coach at New Mexico in 2009. Barlow was named interim head coach at New Mexico following the firing of Mike Locksley on September 25, 2011. During the final eight games of the season, Barlow led the Lobos to one win and seven losses (1–7). On January 13, 2012, Vanderbilt head coach James Franklin announced Barlow had been hired to serve as the Commodores' defensive backs coach. In his two seasons at Vanderbilt, Barlow mentored the team’s defensive backs into one of the SEC’s most productive units, finishing in the Top-25 in both passing defense and passing efficiency defense during his tenure. On January 16, 2014, NC State head coach Dave Doeren announced Barlow had been hired to serve as the Wolfpack's cornerbacks coach.