Tulsa, OK (SportsNetwork.com) – Tulsa fired head football coach Bill Blankenship on Monday, three days after the Golden Hurricane concluded a 2-10 season.<\/p>\n
The Golden Hurricane were dealt their first campaign with double-digit losses since 2002 with Friday’s 49-32 setback to East Carolina. The poor showing came on the heels of a 3-9 season in 2013, a year Tulsa was picked to win the West Division of Conference USA during the preseason.<\/p>\n
“We are grateful for the service and commitment of Coach Blankenship to our university, our student-athletes and our community, but we have decided that the program needs to go in a different direction,” Tulsa athletic director Derrick Gragg said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Blankenship, a former Tulsa quarterback, went 19-8 and led the program to the 2012 Conference USA title over his first two seasons after succeeding Todd Graham as head coach. The Golden Hurricane finished a disappointing 2-6 in league play in their final season in Conference USA, however, and were near the bottom of the standings in their inaugural year in the American Athletic Conference.<\/p>\n
Over four seasons overall at his alma mater, Blankenship compiled a 24-27 record. He was named Conference USA’s Coach of the Year in 2012.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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