Tony Petersen
Co-Offensive Coordinator at Northern Illinois since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 37
- First season
- 1990
- Teams
- 12
Career
19 stints
1990s
2000s
- 2000–2006MinnesotaCo-Offensive Coordinator
- 2007–2008Iowa StateQuarterbacks
- 2009South DakotaAssistant Head CoachWide Receivers
2010s
- 2010–2012MarshallCo-Offensive Coordinator
- 2013–2015Louisiana TechOffensive Coordinator
- 2016–2018East CarolinaOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2019MissouriOffensive Analyst
2020s
- 2020App StateOffensive Coordinator
- 2021IllinoisOffensive Coordinator
- 2022–2025Illinois StateOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacksWide Receivers
- 2026–presentNorthern IllinoisCo-Offensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
Coaching tree
16 mentors, 0 protégés, 0 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
Mentors
Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
16
- 2026Rob HarleyCoached under · Northern Illinois
- 2022–2025Brock SpackCoached under · Illinois State
- 2021Bret BielemaCoached under · Illinois
- 2020Shawn ClarkCoached under · App State
- 2019Barry OdomCoached under · Missouri
- 2018David BlackwellCoached under · East Carolina
- 2016–2018Scottie MontgomeryCoached under · East Carolina
- 2013–2015Skip HoltzCoached under · Louisiana Tech
- 2010–2012Doc HollidayCoached under · Marshall
- 2007–2008Gene ChizikCoached under · Iowa State
- 1999–2006Glen MasonCoached under · Minnesota
- 1999–2000Mark SnyderCoached under · Minnesota
- 1997–1998Bob PruettCoached under · Marshall
- 1991–1995Jim DonnanCoached under · Marshall
- 1990[[]]Coached under · Kentucky
1 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
12
- 2022Barry Lunney Jr.Succeeded by · Illinois
- 2021Frank PonceSucceeded by · App State
- 2021Rod SmithSucceeded · Illinois
- 2019Donnie KirkpatrickSucceeded by · East Carolina
- 2016Dave NicholSucceeded · East Carolina
- 2016Todd FitchSucceeded by · Louisiana Tech
- 2013Tony FranklinSucceeded · Louisiana Tech
- 2007Todd FitchSucceeded · Iowa State
- 2006Mitch BrowningSucceeded by · Minnesota
- 1999Steve AxmanSucceeded · Minnesota
- 1990Joker PhillipsSucceeded · Kentucky
- 1990Steve BirdSucceeded by · Kentucky
Tenure
37 seasons
- MinnesotaCoordinator · 2000–20067
- MarshallPosition coach · 1991–19977
- Illinois StateCoordinator · 2022–20254
- MarshallCoordinator · 1998–20124
- East CarolinaCoordinator · 2016–20183
- Louisiana TechCoordinator · 2013–20153
- Iowa StatePosition coach · 2007–20082
- Northern IllinoisCoordinator · 2026 · current1
- IllinoisCoordinator · 20211
- App StateCoordinator · 20201
- MissouriAnalyst · 20191
- South DakotaCoordinator · 20091
- MinnesotaPosition coach · 19991
- KentuckyAnalyst · 19901
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Tony Petersen. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.