Background
Recognized and respected as a Head Football Coach at the Collegiate level, an Offensive innovator and the creator of the Triple Gun Offense, Coach DeMeo has published numerous books and DVDs and remains a popular speaker and clinician.
His most recent book, Tony DeMeo's Triple Gun Offense: An Evolution of Option Football was released in 2024 in both Digital and Paperback versions. The book, which Coach DeMeo called "the best thing he's ever done", traces the parallel paths of Option football in the modern era while crediting the many "influences" on Coach DeMeos' coaching career as he developed his Triple Gun Offense. The book also includes what is, in effect, a Triple Gun Playbook, as illustrated in this video preview.
Coach DeMeo's Commonsense Rules for Everyday Leaders focuses on the role of leader that we all play at different points in our lives. The book contains tips for entrepreneurs, managers, parents, government leaders, coaches, and anyone else who finds themselves in a position to lead.
In his 25 years of experience as a head college football coach, Tony DeMeo built a reputation for turning around college programs, and had an overall record of 137-108-4. Coach DeMeo completed his career at the University of Charleston with a six year tenure in which the Golden Eagles produced more victories (43) than during any other six year period in school history. Included in that stint was an 8-3 season that marked the greatest turnaround in conference history and a 9-2 season in 2009. DeMeo's 2009 team achieved a Top 20 national ranking in the AFCA poll and led the nation in a number of offensive categories, including scoring (7th seventh in the nation), pass efficiency (1st), rushing (4th), red zone offense (7th).
Tony DeMeo's career included successful head coaching stints at other schools, including Washburn University (KS) and Mercyhurst College, where he started the football program in 1981 and produced a 41-21-2 record over seven years. He also served as the Offensive Coordinator at the University of Richmond (2002-2003), Murray State University (1992), and Temple University (1988), and as an assistant coach at the University of Massachusetts (1991), the University of Delaware (1988), the University of Pennsylvania (1979-1980) and Pace University (1973 -1974). Coach DeMeo began his head coaching career at his alma mater, Iona College and compiled a 22-10-2 record including two conference championships that earned him two MCC Conference Coach of the Year awards in 1976 and 1977, and an induction into the Iona College Hall of Fame in 1997.
Meet Coach DeMeo
Coach DeMeo has appeared on a number of podcasts, including these two recent ones that are a great way to meet and get to know a little more about Coach DeMeo.
Contributions to Option Central
Coach DeMeo has been a major contributor to and collaborator with Option Central in recent years. In addition to appearing in over 90 Play of the Day Chalk Talk videos, Coach DeMeo has written a number of articles, been a guest on our "Mesh Point" and Coaches Corner podcasts, and hosted a number of Chalk Talk podcasts in which he interviewed other coaches.
Listen to Coach DeMeo's first appearance on The Coach's Corner Football Coaching Podcast
Listen to Coach DeMeo on The Mesh Point - Option Central's own Football Coaching Podcast
View Coach DeMeo's Play of the Day posts , sample videos, and more at the CompuSports Media Exchange
Learn more about Coach DeMeo videos, webinar recordings and CoachTube courses