[citation needed] He also served as the head tennis coach while at St. Mark's, compiling an unprecedented record of 203–2 over 9 seasons.

[citation needed] Blakeley's 1967–68 team (CCSW's first year of varsity basketball), which included standout athlete Joe Hamilton, won the NJCAA Region 5 Tournament, earning the NJCAA Division I team an invitation to the National JUCO Championship in Hutchinson, Kansas.

Blakeley talked Hamilton out of joining the Kentucky Wildcats and "put his name in lights" [at CCSW].

On, April 6, 1970, the Dallas Chaparrals of the American Basketball Association hired Blakeley as Business Manager.

[citation needed] On March 18, 1975, the sports media announced that Athletic Director Hayden Fry had named Blakeley as the new Head Coach for Men's Basketball at North Texas.

Frustrated over the politics involved in getting invited to the NCAA Tournament, Blakeley conceded the only concrete argument the NCAA held against North Texas was that six of its games from the 1975–76 season were with teams outside of Division I; so, for the 1976–77 season, Blakeley beefed-up the schedule by dropping all non-Division I teams.

[9] As an independent under Blakeley, North Texas had no conference tournament that entitled a winner an automatic berth to the NCAA Championships.

Wilson also inferred that SMU and TCU felt that they would gain little by beating North Texas, but might suffer in recruiting if they lost.

[10] In November 1976, Sports Illustrated declared, "The Eagles can fly; there is not a player on the team who can't dunk."

[citation needed] In 1991, the NCAA published an article that nationally ranked the top 38 most improved year-over-year team records since 1974 (the first year the history was compiled).

The third most improved team, at 16 games, was North Texas during Blakeley's first season (1975–76), finishing with a 22–4 record, verses 6–20 from the previous year.

Blakeley first identified himself as a Player Agent when, in 1970, he helped Joe Hamilton negotiate a contract with the Dallas Chaparrals.

[16] He represented NBA first round draft picks and stars that included Karl Malone, Joe Dumars, Will Perdue, Spud Webb, Mookie Blaylock, Oliver Miller, Akeem Olajuwon, Michael Young, Randy White, Greg Anderson, Lorenzo Charles, Kenneth Lyons, Andrea Patterson and Tom Sewell (the first player he signed).