Current position | |
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Title | Running backs coach, running game coordinator |
Team | Michigan |
Conference | Big Ten |
Biographical details | |
Born | Akron, Ohio, U.S. | November 27, 1968
Playing career | |
1987–1990 | Colorado State |
Position(s) | Running back |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1993 | Fort Collins HS (CO) (assistant) |
1994 | Lake Wales HS (FL) (assistant) |
1995 | Mount Union (RB) |
1996 | Kent State (RB) |
1997–2000 | Iowa State (RB) |
2001 | Washington (RB) |
2002–2006 | Iowa State (AHC/RB) |
2007–2008 | Louisville (RB) |
2009 | Notre Dame (RB) |
2010–2011 | Notre Dame (WR) |
2012–2013 | Notre Dame (RB/slot/recruiting) |
2014 | Notre Dame (RB/recruiting) |
2015–2021 | Ohio State (AHC/RB) |
2022–2023 | Ohio State (AHC/RGC/RB) |
2024–present | Michigan (RB/RGC) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
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Tony Alford (born November 27, 1968) is an American football coach, currently the running backs coach & run game coordinator at the University of Michigan. Alford has served as an assistant college football coach throughout the Midwest for 30 years, most recently coaching at Ohio State before leaving to coach the Michigan Wolverines.
Alford graduated from Doherty High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado after moving to the area his Senior year from Kent, Ohio. He went on to play for Colorado State from 1987 to 1990. He was a 1,000-yard rusher and a Doak Walker Award nominee at Colorado State. He gained 1,035 yards in 1989 as a junior under first-year Rams coach Earle Bruce. Alford was named first-team all-Western Athletic Conference that season and honorable mention All-America by USA Today . [1]
Following his graduation, Alford was on the preseason squad for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL) and for the Birmingham Fire of the World League of American Football (WLAF).
Alford has a long history of coaching success at under several top coaches. He has worked under Dan McCarney, Steve Kragthorpe, Rick Neuheisel, Charlie Weis, Brian Kelly, Urban Meyer, Ryan Day and Sherrone Moore.
He has coached several successful players including J. K. Dobbins, Ezekiel Elliott, Mike Weber, Michael Floyd and Victor Anderson.
Alford was a 247Sports.com finalist for national recruiter of the year in 2011. [2]
Alford is married to his wife Trina and has three sons, Rylan, Kyler and Braydon.
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