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Texas A&M; co-workers point to impact Gary Blair made on school, Aggie community

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
When Buzz Williams heard that Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair was releasing a biography, he called former Blair assistant Bob Starkey to reserve a copy, promising to send payment. Williams, who was coaching at Virginia Tech at the time, knew Blair wouldn’t take his money if he learned who the book was for ... MICHAEL MILLER The Eagle.
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After SFA success, Blair continued inspiring players, winning games at Arkansas

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
As she sits in her office in Columbus, Ohio, serving as the director of business development for the Greater Columbus Sports Commission, she knows her life would have been very different had Gary Blair not invited her to join his Razorback program ... The Southeastern Conference provided a very different coaching life for Blair when he left Stephen F.
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Gary Blair got a taste of national success at Louisiana Tech

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Gary Blair was afforded that break when he was hired as an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech in 1980 ... Blair spent five seasons in Ruston, making four straight Final Four trips and an Elite Eight trip as an assistant coach. “I learned the college game at the highest level,” Blair said ... Blair helped Hogg with recruiting and also handled the scheduling.
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Gary Blair had big-time success in the Piney Woods at SFA

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
As an assistant coach at Louisiana Tech in the early 1980s, Gary Blair saw firsthand how a town of less than 20,000 could become home to one of the nation’s best women’s basketball teams, so he put that knowledge to work when he was hired at Stephen F ... Under Blair, SFA won NCAA tournament games over Clemson, LSU, Ole Miss and Washington ... Gary Blair.
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Cessna: Texas A&M;'s Blair era has been a great ride, even if ending has been ...

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Gary Blair’s final season as a head coach has been among the most trying in his illustrious career. Blair has lost his most conference games in 17 seasons ... Blair is a dreamer, always has been, always will be. Yet Blair has done more than just dream ... Blair has done that for five decades, starting as a P.E ... Blair told A&M yes, and the rest is history.
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Coaching peers respect Texas A&M;'s fun-loving Gary Blair

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
The only thing Gary Blair loves more than coaching is life itself ... By all accounts, Blair is as down to earth as they come and always available to chat ... Blair has spent many days in the offseason on the golf course with his peers where he’s just as competitive and entertaining ... That’s what I think about with Coach Blair ... Gary Blair through the years.
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Gary Blair installed building blocks for success during inaugural year at Texas A&M;

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Gary Blair wasted no time getting to work when he returned to his home state in 2003, though the fruits of his labor didn’t show right away during that first year at Texas A&M ... A&M point guard Toccara Williams was a senior when Blair was named head coach, taking over for Peggie Gillom, who went 58-86 in five seasons with the Aggies.
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Gary Blair's fruitful coaching tree reaches back to his early years

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Gary Blair is retiring, but his coaching tree is growing, and its branches are as unique as the trunk. Former Blair assistants Vic Schaefer and Mike Neighbors are complete opposites. Schaefer spent 15 seasons with Blair, Neighbors two, learning individual styles that reflect Blair in vastly different ways ... Gary Blair through the years ... Gary Blair.
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South Oak Cliff provided unique start to Gary Blair's coaching career

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Gary Blair’s decision to return to his hometown after graduating from Texas Tech led him to a job as a physical education teacher at the newly integrated South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas ... The eager Blair started teaching at SOC in the fall of 1972 and soon became a volunteer coach for the golf team ... “I loved every minute of it,” Blair said.
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‘He’s a lifer’: National, state media members reflect on Gary Blair’s career

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Ambassador is the word used by national media members, including ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel and the Associated PressDoug Feinberg, when describing Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair and the impact he has had on the sport as his retirement inches closer ... Blair is famous for his charismatic, friendly nature ... Gary Blair through the years.
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Losses to Baylor toughened Texas A&M; for run to 2011 national championship

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
Texas A&M’s Gary Blair is the 12th winningest coach in NCAA Division I women’s basketball history because he got better through adversity. “Sometimes it’s the loss that happens to push you forward,” Blair said ...Instead of getting down, we built on the momentum of getting closer to Baylor,” Blair said ... Gary Blair through the years ... Gary Blair.
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Gary Blair blazed his own winding trail during Hall of Fame career

The Bryan Eagle 23 Feb 2022
When Texas A&M’s Gary Blair started coaching high school girls basketball, the game used a 6-on-6 format. Five decades later, Blair is in seven hall of fames, having helped revolutionize the women’s college game in his own unique way ... Blair says a lot of that success has been all about timing ... Blair also coached softball at Louisiana Tech.
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Pa. truck driver pleads guilty in child sex abuse case after national trackers flag pics

Penn Live 22 Feb 2022
A Blair County man faces a likely 6-year prison term after pleading guilty Tuesday to having a friend’s pre-school age daughter perform oral sex on him in a Cumberland County motel room ... That case led to the arrest of Sollenberger’s brother, Michael, in Blair County. In May 2021 police were interviewing Michael Sollenberger about an unrelated matter.
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Loss of public confidence in policing a ‘serious problem’

Belfast Telegraph 22 Feb 2022
Sir Michael served as the chief adviser on delivery during Tony Blair’s second term as prime minister, founded advisory firm Delivery Associates which aims to help governments deliver improved outcomes for their citizens and used to be the chairman of higher education regulator the Office for Students.
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Albert Gallatin Area High School releases honor roll

Herald-Standard 22 Feb 2022
Madison Paige Addis, Tessa Joy Shay Beatty, Desiree Jane Bixler, Trenton Alexander Blair, Michael Lee Bowden, Jamire Quinn Braxton, Kylie Elizabeth Bright, Ava Cheyenne Byrd, Jalysa Cain, Jeremy Michael Campbell, Ethan James Carr, Corey Michael Cartwright, Miracle Lena Casper, ...

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