Anthony Tucker (American football)

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Anthony Tucker
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Position: Running backs coach
Personal information
Born: (1976-02-27) February 27, 1976 (age 48)
Fort Carson, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height:6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight:190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Los Alamitos (CA)
College: Fresno State
Undrafted: 1999
Career history
As a player:
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
As a coach:
  • Lakewood HS (CA) (2006–2009)
    Offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach
  • Colorado (2010)
    Offensive technical assistant
  • Idaho State (2011–2012)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Arkansas State (2013)
    Wide receivers coach
  • Arkansas State (2014–2015)
    Running backs coach
  • Maryland (2016–2017)
    Running backs coach
  • UCF (2018)
    Running backs coach
  • UCF (2019)
    Passing game coordinator & running backs coach
  • UCF (2020)
    Co-offensive coordinator & running backs coach
  • Utah State (2021–2022)
    Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • Indiana (2023)
    Co-offensive coordinator & wide receivers coach
  • Mississippi State (2024–present)
    Assistant head coach & running backs coach

Anthony Tucker (born February 27, 1976) is an American football coach and former wide receiver who is currently the Assistant head coach and running backs coach at Mississippi State.

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Playing career

Tucker played college football at Fresno State from 1994 to 1998 before signing with the New York Giants as an undrafted free agent in 1999. He was released by the Giants and signed with their practice squad multiple times over a period of two seasons before being loaned out to the Amsterdam Admirals of NFL Europe in 2001. [1] Tucker was briefly a member of the St. Louis Rams in 2002 before he suffered a career-ending injury.

Coaching career

Tucker began his coaching career at Lakewood High School in California at the request of one of his friends, who took over as the head coach of the football team. [2] From there, Tucker went on to coach at Colorado as an offensive technical assistant before moving on to Idaho State to coach wide receivers. [3] He also coached at Arkansas State before going on to joining the coaching staff at Maryland as running backs coach. [4] [5] [6]

UCF

Tucker was named the running backs coach at UCF in December 2017, on Josh Heupel's inaugural coaching staff. [7] After being promoted to passing game coordinator in 2019, Tucker was named co-offensive coordinator in 2020, splitting coordinator duties with Alex Golesh. [8]

Utah State

Tucker was named the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Utah State in 2021. [9] The move reunited him with Blake Anderson, who he worked under at Arkansas State.

Indiana

On February 18, 2023, Tucker was named co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Indiana. [10]

Mississippi State

On December 2, 2023, Tucker was named assistant head coach at Mississippi State. [11] .

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References

  1. ↑ "GIANTS SIGN RECEIVER". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Q&A with Utah State Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach Anthony Tucker". Cache Valley Daily. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Tucker Named Wide Receivers Coach". Idaho State University Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Anthony Tucker leaves as Red Wolves runnings back coach". KAIT8. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Durkin Announces Additions to Coaching Staff". University of Maryland Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Maryland RBs coach Anthony Tucker 'brings a lot more to the table'". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Heupel Adds To Staff". University of Central Florida Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Tucker, Golesh, Halzle Take On New UCF Football Assignments". University of Central Florida Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  9. ↑ "Anthony Tucker Named Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks Coach at Utah State". Utah State University Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  10. ↑ https://247sports.com/college/indiana/Article/Indiana-Hoosiers-football-sources-confirm-with-Peegscom-the-report-that-Utah-State-assistant-Anthony-Tucker-is-joining-the-IU-staff-204946006/
  11. ↑ https://cdispatch.com/sports/anthony-tucker-jon-cooper-join-mississippi-state-coaching-staff/
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