GULF SHORES, Alabama — Troy University head football coach Larry Blakeney is the guest speaker at the Jan. 23 Gulf Coast Athletic Club meeting.

Coach Blakeney is currently in his 21st season as Troy's head football coach and is the most successful coach in the history of Troy. His stint there is the 3rd longest uninterrupted tenure among active head coaches in college football.

His tenure at Troy University has been nothing less than remarkable. During his 20 years, he has led the Trojans to a 161-82-1 record, posting the third-best winning percentage among all programs in the state of Alabama during that span.

As the school’s longest-serving and most successful head coach of all time, Blakeney led the Troy football program to an unequaled run of success that has taken the Trojans from Division II to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and now to the grandest stage of all, the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS).

Coach Blakeney has guided the Trojans to 15 winning seasons, including six seasons of 10 wins or more and he currently stands fourth among all college coaches to have manned a sideline in the state of Alabama with 161 victories.

This past spring, Blakeney was awarded with the ultimate honor - the playing surface at the university’s home stadium was to be named after the legendary head coach. The home field at Troy University will now and forever be known as Larry Blakeney Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

All dinner meetings begin at 6 p.m. and continue at Craft Farms Clubhouse. Guests or prospective new members are welcome for guest fee of $25 which can be applied to dues should you join GCAC.