Biographical details | |
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Born | Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S. | October 28, 1972
Playing career | |
1992–1995 | Minnesota |
1996 | Minnesota Fighting Pike |
Position(s) | Wide receiver |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996 | Highland Park HS (MN) (freshman) |
1997–1999 | Texas State (WR/TE) |
2000–2001 | Auburn (GA) |
2002 | Louisiana Tech (ST/TE) |
2003 | Louisville (football ops) |
2004–2005 | Louisville (ST/OLB) |
2006–2007 | Carolina Panthers (asst. S&C/asst. ST) |
2008–2011 | Houston (ST/TE/outside WR) |
2011–2014 | Houston |
2016 | Western Kentucky (ST/TE) |
2017 | Purdue (co-OC/ST/TE) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 21–17 |
Bowls | 1–1 |
Tony Levine (born October 28, 1972)[1] is a former American football coach who last coached at Purdue as the special teams coordinator, co-offensive coordinator, and tight ends coach. He is a former head coach for the Houston Cougars football team. Levine now owns and operates a Chick-fil-A restaurant in the Houston suburb of Missouri City, Texas.
A walk-on wide receiver for the Minnesota Golden Gophers under Jim Wacker, Levine became a three-year starter and was twice named to the Academic All-Big Ten team. After his graduation from Minnesota, Levine played arena football for the Minnesota Fighting Pike and started his own sports marketing company (Levine Marketing Group) in 1996.[2] Before coming to Houston, the St. Paul native coached at Texas State, Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Louisville and the NFL's Carolina Panthers.