Tony Levine

Tony Levine
Biographical details
Born (1972-10-28) October 28, 1972 (age 51)
Saint Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Playing career
1992–1995Minnesota
1996Minnesota Fighting Pike
Position(s)Wide receiver
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996Highland Park HS (MN) (freshman)
1997–1999Texas State (WR/TE)
2000–2001Auburn (GA)
2002Louisiana Tech (ST/TE)
2003Louisville (football ops)
2004–2005Louisville (ST/OLB)
2006–2007Carolina Panthers (asst. S&C/asst. ST)
2008–2011Houston (ST/TE/outside WR)
2011–2014Houston
2016Western Kentucky (ST/TE)
2017Purdue (co-OC/ST/TE)
Head coaching record
Overall21–17
Bowls1–1

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.

  1. ^ "Tony Levine". ArenaFan. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  2. ^ Todd Zolecki (May 10, 1996). "Levine extends football career with Minnesota Fighting Pike". Minnesota Daily. Retrieved August 17, 2012.