Tony Elliott (American football coach)

Tony Elliott
Coach Tony Elliott of the Virginia Cavaliers football team
Elliott in 2024
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamVirginia
ConferenceACC
Record11–21
Biographical details
Born (1979-11-26) November 26, 1979 (age 44)
Watsonville, California, U.S.
Playing career
2000–2003Clemson
Position(s)Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2006–2007South Carolina State (WR)
2008–2010Furman (WR)
2011–2014Clemson (RB)
2015–2019Clemson (co-OC/RB)
2020Clemson (OC/RB)
2021Clemson (AHC/OC/TE)
2022–presentVirginia
Head coaching record
Overall11-21
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As an offensive coordinator
Awards
Broyles Award (2017)

Antonio "Tony" Elliott (born November 26, 1979) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at the University of Virginia. He previously served as an assistant coach at Clemson University from 2011 to 2021, most recently as associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and tight ends coach, after serving most of those years as running backs coach and/or co-offensive coordinator.

Elliott played college football at Clemson as a wide receiver from 2000 to 2003. Prior to his tenure at Virginia, he held various assistant coaching positions at South Carolina State, Furman and Clemson. While at Clemson, he won the 2017 Broyles Award, which goes to the college game's top assistant. He was one of the highest paid coordinators in the sport during his time at Clemson, and there he recruited, coached, and called plays for the ACC's all-time leader in yards and touchdowns, Travis Etienne, and co-coordinated the offenses of Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence.[1] Elliott-coached offenses (in part) won two NCAA titles for Clemson, including a upset [2][3] 44–16 victory over Alabama in January 2019.

  1. ^ Brad Senkiw and Zach Lentz. "Clemson's Tony Elliott Back in Play at UVA, Still Lead Man for Duke Job". Sports Illustrated, November 8, 2021. Accessed November 8, 2021.
  2. ^ Ralph D. Russo. "Orange Crush: Clemson topples No. 1 ’Bama for national title". Associated Press, January 8, 2019. Accessed December 12, 2021.
  3. ^ Michael Casagrande. "The lingering memory from Clemson 44, Alabama 16". AL.com, March 11, 2019. Accessed December 12, 2021.