Tony DeMeo
American football player and coach (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tony DeMeo (born July 5, 1948) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York from 1975 to 1978, Mercyhurst College—now known as Mercyhurst University—in Erie, Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1987, Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas from 1994 to 2001, and the University of Charleston in Charleston, West Virginia from 2005 to 2010.
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1948-07-05) July 5, 1948 (age 75) Pelham, New York, U.S. |
Playing career | |
1967–1970 | Iona |
Position(s) | Tailback, defensive back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1973–1974 | Pace (assistant) |
1975–1978 | Iona |
1979–1980 | Penn (backfield) |
1981–1987 | Mercyhurst |
1988 | Temple (OC/QB) |
1989 | Delaware (assistant) |
1990 | James Madison (OC) |
1991 | UMass (assistant) |
1992–1993 | Murray State (OC) |
1994–2001 | Washburn |
2002–2004 | Richmond (OC) |
2005–2010 | Charleston (WV) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 137–108–4 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
2× Metropolitan Conference COY (1976–1977) Eastern Intercollegiate Athletic Association COY (1985) MIAA Coach of the Year (1999) D2football.com WVIAC Football Coach of the Year (2005) Iona College Hall of Fame (1997) Mercyhurst Hall of Fame (2016) | |
DeMeo also worked as the offensive coordinator at Temple University (1988), James Madison University (1990), Murray State University (1992), and the University of Richmond (2002–2004). He was an assistant football coach at Pace University (1973–1974), the University of Pennsylvania (1979–1980), the University of Delaware (1989) and the University of Massachusetts Amherst (1991).