Reggie Barlow

Reggie Barlow
Current position
Sport(s)	Football
Title	Head coach
Biographical details
Born	(1973-01-22) January 22, 1973 Montgomery, Alabama
Alma mater	Alabama State University
Playing career
1992–1995	Alabama State
1996–2000	Jacksonville Jaguars
2001	Oakland Raiders
2002–2003	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Position(s)	Wide receiver, return specialist
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2006	Alabama State (QB)
2007–2014	Alabama State
Head coaching record
Overall	49–42
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Reggie Devon Barlow (born January 22, 1973) was a head coach of the Alabama State Hornets football team. He is a former professional American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He played eight years in the league, five for the Jacksonville Jaguars, and two for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he won a World Championship in Super Bowl XXXVII and one offseason on the Oakland Raiders roster. He was used as a secondary wide receiver and punt returner. In 1997, he led the NFL in punt return yards with 555 yards on 43 returns.He now works at Johnnie Carr middle school as a coach.

College career

A record-breaking receiver and kick returner, Barlow was recruited to Alabama State University by legendary coach Houston Markham. During his senior year at ASU, Barlow caught 58 passes for 1,267 yards. The Montgomery native and Sidney Lanier High School standout finished his collegiate career with 133 catches and 2,536 yards.

Professional career

Barlow was selected in the fourth round of the 1996 NFL draft by the Jacksonville Jaguars. It was the kickoff to a successful professional career.

In 1998, Barlow led the NFL in punt return yardage, with 43 returns for 555 yards and a touchdown and was named a Pro Bowl alternate. He still ranks among the Jaguars’ career leaders for most punt returns (79), most punt return yards (967), and average per return (12.2), as well as among the all-time single-season leaders in punt return yardage (555 in 1998, tied for 37th best all-time as of 2014^[1]). After five years in Jacksonville, Barlow joined the Oakland Raiders. In 2002, Barlow began his two-year tenure with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, where he would earn a championship ring in Super Bowl XXXVII.

Barlow ended his NFL career with 39 receptions for 522 yards and 1 TD. His largest statistical contributions were made on kickoff/punt returns. Barlow returned 80 career kickoffs for 1,855 yards and 1 TD, and 158 punts for 1,639 yards and 2 TDs.

Coaching career

Barlow joined the Alabama State University football staff as quarterbacks coach in 2005. In his first season, Barlow served as mentor and tutor to future NFL second-round draftee Tarvaris Jackson – currently a quarterback with the Seattle Seahawks.

In 2006, Barlow worked with a trio of quarterbacks without a single snap of college football experience between them. Under Barlow’s tutelage, Alex Engram would earn a Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Newcomer of the Week award and finish eighth in the conference in total offense.

After that season, Barlow was named interim head coach. A few weeks later, the interim title was removed.

Barlow took over as head coach in 2007 and has compiled an overall record of 48-42. In 2010, the Hornets went 7-5, claimed their fourth outright SWAC Eastern Divisional title and made their third trip to the league's championship game in eight seasons. In 2011, the Hornets improved to 8-3 winning the Turkey Day Classic over Tuskegee.^[2]

Barlow has coached a few current and former NFL players, including Seattle Seahawks quarterback Tarvaris Jackson, who was a member of the Super Bowl XLVIII Championship team, Cleveland Browns running back Isaiah Crowell, and Washington Redskins offensive tackle Terren Jones, as well as former Oakland Raiders receiver Greg Jenkins and former Baltimore Ravens linebacker Nigel Carr (American football).

In 2014, after the completion of the school's football season, the Alabama State University Board of Trustees voted not to renew the contract of Reggie Barlow. The move was seen as controversial because Barlow had signed a contract-extension and salary increase months prior and had already begun getting paid at the higher rate. Litigation is pending in the contract dispute. The Hornets football team finished 7-5 on the season. This was Barlow's fifth consecutive winning season and his 49 career wins rank him second all-time on the school's career victory list for football coaches.

In December 2015, it was announced that Barlow had agreed in principle to become head football coach at Carver-Columbus HS in Columbus, Ga. ^[3] Just a few months later, however, Barlow was mentioned as a candidate for the head football coaching job at Sidney Lanier (Ala.) HS, his alma mater. ^[4]

Controversy

An Alabama State University trustee is being accused of physically assaulting the school's former coach during a Thursday morning deposition in Montgomery. Young said he also filed charges against Barlow for assault. "I have done a number of depositions and I have never encountered anything of this nature with the hostility and rudeness that was portrayed by attorney Donald Jackson and Reggie Barlow," Young stated. Audio

Personal life

Barlow is the father of three children — Erica, Reggie Jr. and Simone.

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Alabama State Hornets (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2007–present)
2007	Alabama State	5–6	4–5	3rd (East)
2008	Alabama State	3–8	2–5	3rd (East)
2009	Alabama State	4–7	1–6	T–4th (East)
2010	Alabama State	7–5	6–3	T–1st (East)
2011	Alabama State	8–3	7–2	T–1st (East)
2012	Alabama State	7–4	7–2	T–1st (East)
2013	Alabama State	8–4	7–2	T–2nd (East)
2014	Alabama State	7–5	5–4	2nd (East)
Alabama State:		49–42	38–28
Total:		49–42
National championship Conference title Conference division title

References

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Alabama State Hornets head football coaches

Unknown (1901)
Theodore Bradford (1902)
No team (1903)
Theodore Bradford (1904)
J. A. Welton (1905)
Unknown (1906–1908)
John Hope (1909–1911)
No team (1912–1913)
John Hope (1914–1916)
Professor Kilpatrick (1917–1918)
No team (1919–1920)
Ralph Harris (1921–1924)
Bertrand C. Jacobs (1925–1927)
Guston F. Lewis (1928–1933)
Rufus A. Lewis (1934–1942)
John Brown (1943)
George H. Lockhart (1944)
John Brown (1945–1948)
James H. Dixon (1949–1951)
Arthur E. Simmons (1952–1961)
C. E. Anderson (1962)
Marino Casem (1963)
Whitney L. Van Cleve (1964–1968)
Henry Holbert (1969–1972)
Willie Parker (1973–1975)
George James, Jr. (1976–1983)
Willie Parker (1984)
Ron Mitchell # (1985)
Willie Parker (1986)
Houston Markham (1987–1997)
Ron Dickerson (1998–1999)
L. C. Cole (2000–2002)
Charles Coe (2003–2006)
Reggie Barlow (2007–2014)
Brian Jenkins (2015–)

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Jacksonville Jaguars 1996 NFL draft selections

Kevin Hardy Tony Brackens Michael Cheever Aaron Beasley Reggie Barlow Jimmy Herndon John Fisher Chris Doering Clarence Jones Gregory Spann

Tampa Bay Buccaneers Super Bowl XXXVII Champions

7 Martín Gramática 9 Tom Tupa 10 Shaun King 11 Rob Johnson 14 Brad Johnson 19 Keyshawn Johnson 20 Ronde Barber 23 Jermaine Phillips 25 Brian Kelly 26 Dwight Smith 27 Aaron Stecker 30 Darian Barnes 31 Tim Wansley 32 Michael Pittman 34 Dexter Jackson (MVP) 35 Corey Ivy 36 Travis Stephens 38 John Howell 40 Mike Alstott 41 Daniel Wilcox 43 Jameel Cook 45 Mike Solwold 47 John Lynch 51 Alshermond Singleton 52 Nate Webster 53 Shelton Quarles 55 Derrick Brooks 56 Ryan Nece 58 Jack Golden 59 Justin Smith 60 Cosey Coleman 62 Jeff Christy 64 Dan Goodspeed 65 Russ Hochstein 66 Ryan Benjamin 67 Kenyatta Walker 68 Morris Unutoa 71 Kerry Jenkins 72 Roman Oben 74 Cornell Green 75 Lomas Brown 77 Todd Washington 80 Todd Yoder 81 Charles Lee 81 Marco Battaglia 83 Joe Jurevicius 84 Reggie Barlow 85 Ken Dilger 86 Karl Williams 87 Keenan McCardell 88 Rickey Dudley 89 Casey Crawford 90 Buck Gurley 91 Chuck Darby 92 Anthony McFarland 93 DeVone Claybrooks 94 Greg Spires 95 Ron Warner 96 Ellis Wyms 97 Simeon Rice 98 Corey Smith 99 Warren Sapp

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