Tino Sunseri

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Tino Sunseri
Personal information
Born (1988-12-21) December 21, 1988 (age 36)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school Central Catholic (Pittsburgh)
College Pittsburgh
NFL draft 2013: undrafted
Position Quarterback, No. 8
Career history
Playing
Coaching
  • Florida State (2016–2017)
    Quality control assistant
  • Tennessee (2018)
    Quality control assistant
  • Alabama (2019–2020)
    Graduate assistant
  • James Madison (2021–2023)
    Quarterbacks coach
  • Indiana (2024)
    Co-offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
  • UCLA (2025)
    Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
Awards and highlights
As player
As coach
Career CFL statistics
TDINT 6–4
Passing yards 1,368
Completion percentage62.3
Passer rating 89.6
Stats at CFL.ca (archived)

Tino Sunseri (born December 21, 1988) is an American football coach and former quarterback who was most recently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the UCLA Bruins. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers before being signed by the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 2013. [1]

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Sunseri was dismissed at UCLA in September 2025.

College career

Tino Sunseri was the starting quarterback at the University of Pittsburgh for three years. A local Central Catholic grad, Tino led Pitt to a 20–19 record including three bowl appearances. He went undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft at the end of his senior year.

Professional career

Sunseri shares the all-time professional football (NFL and CFL) individual record for the most two-point conversions scored in a single game, with three (for six points in total), with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz, who had three conversions in the November 19, 2017, contest against the Dallas Cowboys. This is one short of the all-time team record of four scored by the St. Louis Rams during their game with the Atlanta Falcons on October 15, 2000. All conversions by Sunseri were done consecutively (via pass), in a 31–24 loss to the Calgary Stampeders on October 3, 2014. The three two-point conversions in a single game by one team is an all-time CFL record.

On June 15, 2015, Sunseri was among the Roughriders first cuts, and was released to free agency. On July 1, 2015, it was announced that he was re-signed to the Saskatchewan Roughriders due to a season-ending injury to the Roughriders' starting quarterback Darian Durant. General Manager Brendan Taman stated Tino's knowledge of Jacques Chapdelaine's offensive system was the key to his signing. [2] On September 1, 2015, Sunseri was once again cut by the Roughriders. His cut was among the firing of the Roughriders head coach and general manager, after an 0–9 start to the 2015 season. [3]

Coaching career

Sunseri was a quarterbacks coach for the James Madison Dukes from 2021 to 2023. [4] He became the Indiana Hoosiers' co-offensive coordinator in 2024, when they averaged 41.3 points per game and reached the College Football Playoff. [4] [5] After the season, Sunseri joined the UCLA Bruins as their offensive coordinator under head coach DeShaun Foster. [5] However, Foster was fired following an 0–3 start in 2025. After the Bruins fell to 0–4, Sunseri and UCLA mutually agreed to part ways. [6] The Bruins struggled offensively under Sunseri, ranking No. 132 out of 134 major college teams in scoring average at 14.2 points per game. They ranked No. 117 nationally with 321.2 total yards per game. [5]

Personal life

His father, Sal Sunseri, is a defensive coach for the University of Colorado Buffaloes and his younger brother, Vinnie Sunseri, who played defensive back at Alabama, was a 5th-round draft pick by the New Orleans Saints in the 2014 NFL draft and also played for the San Francisco 49ers. [7]

References

  1. Saskatchewan Roughriders sign new quarterback Tino Sunseri
  2. Riders bring back quarterback Tino Sunseri
  3. "Roughriders release Tino Sunseri, again". regina.ctvnews.ca. September 1, 2015. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Tino Sunseri". UCLA Athletics. Archived from the original on March 23, 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 Bolch, Ben (September 30, 2025). "UCLA offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri is leaving team in mutual parting of ways". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  6. Rittenberg, Adam (September 30, 2025). "First-year offensive coordinator Tino Sunseri out at UCLA". ESPN. Retrieved October 1, 2025.
  7. Champlin, Drew (January 3, 2013). "Before supporting brother Vinnie, Pitt quarterback Tino Sunseri has unfinished business in Birmingham". AL.com. Retrieved June 11, 2024.