| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach |
| Team | Illinois State |
| Conference | MVFC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 9, 1966 Lodi, California, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1984–1985 | San Joaquin Delta |
| 1986–1987 | Marshall |
| 1989 | Minnesota Vikings |
| Baseball | |
| 1985–1986 | San Joaquin Delta |
| 1988–1989 | Marshall |
| Position(s) | Quarterback (football) Pitcher (baseball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1990 | Kentucky (GA) |
| 1991 | Marshall (RB) |
| 1992 | Marshall (WR) |
| 1993–1995 | Marshall (QB) |
| 1996 | Marshall (TE) |
| 1997 | Marshall (QB) |
| 1998 | Marshall (OC/QB) |
| 1999 | Minnesota (QB) |
| 2000–2006 | Minnesota (co-OC/QB) |
| 2007–2008 | Iowa State (QB) |
| 2009 | South Dakota (AHC/WR) |
| 2010–2012 | Marshall (AHC/co-OC/QB) |
| 2013–2015 | Louisiana Tech (OC/QB) |
| 2016–2018 | East Carolina (OC/QB) |
| 2019 | Missouri (offensive analyst) |
| 2020 | Appalachian State (OC/QB) |
| 2021 | Illinois (OC/QB) |
| 2022–2023 | Illinois State (OC/QB) |
| 2024–present | Illinois State (OC/WR) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| SoCon Offensive Player of the Year (1987) SoCon Athlete of the Year (1988) | |
Anthony Robert Petersen[1] (born October 9, 1966) is an American college football coach and former quarterback. He is the offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach for Illinois State University. Petersen played college football at Marshall, where he broke school records and won Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year award as a senior in 1987.
Since 1990, Petersen has been an offensive assistant at various college football programs. During his first stint at Marshall from 1991 to 1998, Petersen coached various positions during Marshall's rise from Division I-AA to Division I-A before becoming offensive coordinator in 1998. With Petersen on staff, Marshall won the NCAA Division I-AA national championships in 1992 and 1996 and Mid-American Conference titles in 1997 and 1998. Later in his career, Petersen was offensive coordinator at Minnesota from 2000 to 2006, again at Marshall from 2010 to 2012, and Louisiana Tech from 2013 to 2015, winning six bowl games in those years.