Gary Baldacci

Gary Baldacci

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Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Position:	Head Coach
Personal information
Born:	Princeton, WV
Height:	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight:	183 lb (83 kg)
Career information
College:	West Virginia Mountaineers
Undrafted:	2015
Career history
As player:
Green Bay Packers (2015)* New Orleans Saints (2015) San Francisco 49ers (2016-2018) Chicago Bears (2019)* Indianapolis Colts (2019)* San Francisco 49ers (2019-2021) *Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As coach:
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (2023)
Career NFL statistics
TD-INT: 2-5 Passing yards: 739 Percentage: 52.99
Head coaching record
Regular season:	4–4–0 (.500)
Postseason:	0-0 (–)
Career:	4–4–0 (.500)

Gary Baldacci is an American football head coach and former quarterback who most recently played for the San Francisco 49ers. He is currently the head football coach at Louisiana Tech, a position he has held since 2023. He played college football for the West Virginia Mountaineers. Baldacci was an undrafted free agent in the 2015 NFLHC Draft but was picked up by the Green Bay Packers.

Early Years

Baldacci was born in Princeton, WV. He attended Princeton High School.

College Career

Baldacci was the starting quarterback for two years with the West Virginia Mountaineers. Despite having an impressive 42 TDs to 7 INTs, West Virginia went 4-8 in each of those two seasons.

College Statistics

NCAA Collegiate Career statistics
West Virginia Mountaineers
Season	Passing									Rushing
	GP	GS	Comp	Att	Yards	Pct.	TD	Int	QB Rating	Att	Yards	Avg	TD
2013	12	12	265	417	2,678	63.6	19	5	130.1	0	0	0	0
2014	12	12	303	461	3,518	65.7	23	2	145.4	0	0	0	0
NCAA Career Totals	24	24	568	878	6,196	64.69	42	7	138.2	0	0	0	0

Professional Career

Draft

Gary Baldacci was not invited to the NFL combine and went undrafted in the 2015 draft.

Green Bay Packers

The Green Bay Packers picked up Baldacci as an UDFA, however; he was traded prior to the beginning of the 2015 season for OT Terrell Thompson.

New Orleans Saints

The New Orleans Saints traded for Baldacci where he appeared in 1 game throwing for 139 yards and an interception. The Saints would not renew Baldacci's contract at the end of the 2015 season.

San Francisco 49ers

Baldacci would sign with the San Francisco 49ers serving as the #2 quarterback on the depth chart for the 2016 and 2017 season. In 2018 Gary Baldacci would get the chance to start a regular season game against the Baltimore Ravens where he would throw for 269 yards and 2 TDs in a 49ers victory.

Baldacci would enter free agency prior to the beginning of the 2019 season. In a whirlwind 2 day period Baldacci would be signed by the Bears, traded to the Colts for quarterback Harold Simmons, and then cut by the Colts all in one day. The next day Baldacci would sign a 1 year contract to return to the San Francisco 49ers. His final three seasons were spent as the Niners third string QB behind Todd Lester and Orly Vaccaro.

Professional Statistics

Career Statistics (Regular Season) Year Team Games Starts Wins Passing Rushing Rating Comp Att Pct Yds YPA TD Int Att Yds Avg TD 2015 NO 1 1 0 13 29 44.83 139 4.79 0 1 0 0 0 0 69 2016 SF 4 0 0 24 45 53.33 209 4.64 0 2 0 0 0 0 73 2017 SF 3 0 0 9 17 52.94 122 7.18 0 2 0 0 0 0 78 2018 SF 2 2 1 16 26 61.54 269 10.35 2 0 0 0 0 0 79 2019 SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 2020 SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 2021 SF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80 Career 10 3 1 62 117 52.99 739 6.31 2 5 0 0 0 0

Contract History Year Team Contract Year Contract Information Notes Years Total Guaranteed Non-Guaranteed 2015 NO 1st 1 0.5 0 0.5 UDFA 2016 SF 1st 1 1.5 .75 .75 Expansion Draft 2017 SF 1st 2 4.0 1.0 1.0 Re-signed 2018 SF 2nd 1.0 1.0 2019 SF 1st 1 0.5 0 0.5 Re-signed 2020 SF 1st 1 0.5 0 0.5 Re-signed 2021 SF 1st 1 0.5 0 0.5 Re-signed Career 7 7.5 2.75 4.25

Injury History Year Team Injury Information Notes Games Missed Type 2015 NO 0 N/A 2016 SF 0 N/A 2017 SF 0 N/A 2018 SF 0 N/A 2019 SF 0 N/A 2020 SF 0 N/A 2021 SF 0 N/A Career 0

Playoffs

Career Statistics (Playoffs) Year Team Games Passing Rushing Fumbles Rating GP GS Wins Cmp Att Pct Yds Y/A TD INT Rtg Att Yds Avg TD Fum Lost 2019 SF 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 78 2020 SF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 80 Career 4 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Coaching Career

Louisiana Tech

In October of 2023 Louisiana Tech University hired Gary to be their head football coach. Louisiana Tech was 0-4 when Athletic Director Rusty Molyneaux made the hire. The Bulldogs went 4-4 under Baldacci.