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Ernest Duncan "Pokey" Allen Jr. (January 23, 1943 – December 30, 1996) was an American football player and coach in the United States and Canada. He played college football for the Utah Utes before going on to play professionally for the BC Lions and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League (CFL) in the 1960s.
Allen began a coaching career after retiring as a player in 1968. His early assistant and position coaching jobs included several NCAA football teams and the Los Angeles Express of the United States Football League. He was the head coach at Portland State University from 1986 to 1992 and at Boise State University from 1993 to 1996, compiling a career college football record of 87–41–2 (.677). Allen led Portland State to consecutive appearances in the Division II championship game in 1987 and 1988 and guided Boise State to the Division I-AA title game in 1994.
In 1994, Allen was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare form of muscle cancer. He continued coaching until shortly before his death in 1996.
Ernest Duncan "Pokey" Allen Jr. (January 23, 1943 – December 30, 1996) was an American football player and coach in the United States and Canada. He played...
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turned to Portland State head coach PokeyAllen to lead the Boise State football team after Hall resigned. In Allen's second season, the Broncos returned...
in 1994, the Broncos had an interim head coach in 1996 as head coach PokeyAllen battled cancer. Boise State's first year in Division I-A had been difficult;...
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1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach PokeyAllen, the Broncos played their home games on campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise...
1996. p. 1B. "Allen's health deteriorating". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. December 30, 1996. p. 3B. "PokeyAllen, 53, football coach"...
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finishes in NCAA Division II in 1989 and 1990 under legendary coach PokeyAllen. The 2006 season included a victory over the University of New Mexico...
campus at Bronco Stadium in Boise, Idaho. Led by third-year head coach PokeyAllen, Boise State finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in conference, ranked...
the World Football League in 1974. Defensive coordinator was the late PokeyAllen who would later take Portland State University to two national championship...
scoring a touchdown on a 53-yard run. Utah quarterback (and safety) PokeyAllen was named the game's outstanding player. This was the last edition of...
knocked off a gridiron giant one decade to the day after the burial of PokeyAllen, the beloved Boise coach who brought the program up to Division I-A status...
Ron Stratten (1972–1974) Mouse Davis (1975–1980) Don Read (1981–1985) PokeyAllen (1986–1992) Tim Walsh (1993–2006) Jerry Glanville (2007–2009) Nigel Burton...
head coach for the first ten games of the season while Allen was on a leave of absence. Allen returned for the final two games. Cal State Northridge's...
and instruction enrollment reaches 15,000; the state's largest 1993 – PokeyAllen from Portland State becomes head football coach, following the resignation...
that time, two coaches have led the Vikings to postseason appearances: PokeyAllen and Tim Walsh. Three coaches also won conference championships: Jerry...
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