Gary Huff

Gary Earl Huff (born April 27, 1951 in Natchez, Mississippi) graduated from Leto Senior High School in Tampa. Floirda and played college football and baseball at Florida State University where he was an All-American quarterback who led the nation in touchdown passes in 1971 and 1972. Huff played in the first annual Fiesta Bowl in 1971, passed for three touchdowns, and for the first time in college history had three receivers catch over 100 yards in the same game (Barry Smith 8 for 143 yards, Rhett Dawson 8 for 108 yards, and Kent Gaydos 5 for 101 yards).

Huff was drafted in the second round 7th pick (33rd pick overall) by the Chicago Bears. He played with the Chicago Bears for four years (1973-1976), two years with Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1977-1978) where he quarterbacked the first win in franchise history in 1977, and one year with the San Francisco 49ers (1980). He finished his playing career that spanned 13 years in 1985 as a player-coach for the Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League.

Business career

After his career ended in the NFL Huff worked as a certified public accountant with local and national CPA firms in Tampa, Florida, before entering a coaching career that included Indiana University (1983) as offensive coordinator, Memphis Showboats of the United States Football League (1984 - 1985) as pass coordinator, Houston Oilers (1986) as quarterbacks coach, and the University of Kansas (1987) as offensive coordinator. Huff switched careers in December of 1987 and became the CFO for the Los Angeles Raiders for six years (1987 - 1993) and was one of only three people during that time to have played, coached, and worked in administration in professional football. (Jim Finks and George Young were the other two). Huff left football for a position with a cellular telephone company as VP of Operations for eight years (1993 - 2001) and also worked as the CFO for the largest IBMinternational reseller in the world for four years (2002 - 2005). Huff currently is the Senior Associate Athletic Director at Florida State University where he was the first Academic Football All-America in school history.[1]

External links

• bearshistory.com [2]
• Gary Huff at databasefootball.com [3]

Quarterback-San Francisco 49'ers 1980 After football Gary became a CPA and then a college and pro football coach. His first coaching job was at Indiana University as QB coach 1983. Memphis Showboats QB coach and player 1984-1985, Houston Oilers 1986, University of Kansas 1987 He was Chief Financial Officer of the Los Angeles Raiders from 1987- 1993.He is now Senior Executive Athletics Director at Florida State University in Tallahassee.

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