Perry Eliano

Perry Eliano is an American football coach who is the safeties coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Perry Eliano
Current position
TitleSafties coach
TeamOhio State
Biographical details
Born (1978-03-03) March 3, 1978
Killeen, Texas
Playing career
1996–1999Stephen F. Austin
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001–2002Stephen F. Austin (GA)
2003–2004Central Arkansas (RB/WR)
2005Sam Houston (Secondary)
2006–2009Central Arkansas (Secondary)
2010Central Arkansas (Associate Head Coach/Secondary)
2011–2015UTSA (STC/SAF)
2016–2017Bowling Green (Associate Head Coach/DC)
2018–2019New Mexico (STC/CB)
2020–2021Cincinnati (CB)
2022–presentOhio State (SAF)

College career

Eliano played for four years at Stephen F. Austin. He was named the team's Defensive Most Valuable Player after leading the team in tackles in the 1998 and 1999 season. In his senior year he recorded 99 tackles and helped the Lumberjacks to the Southland Conference championship and was additionally named all-conference following the season. He also was named the Ralph Todd Award winner which is awarded to the university's most outstanding male athlete.[1]

Coaching career

Eliano started his coaching career in 2001 at his alma mater Stephen F. Austin where he would be for two years as a graduate assistant. His next stop would be with Central Arkansas, coaching the running backs and wide receivers.[2] After two years with Central Arkansas, Eliano was hired as the secondary coach at Sam Houston.[3] Eliano then returned to Central Arkansas for four years as the secondary coach.[2] He was then be promoted to their associated head coach.[4] He was then be hired as the safeties and special teams coordinator at UTSA.[5] After five years with UTSA, Eliano was hired as the associate head coach and special teams coordinator at Bowling Green.[6][7] After two years with Bowling Green, Eliano's next stop was with New Mexico as the special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach.[8] Eliano's next stop was with Cincinnati as their cornerbacks coach.[9][10] In his time with Cincinnati he helped defensive backs Sauce Gardner and Coby Bryant become All-Americans, as he was named the Football Scoop defensive backs coach of the year.[11] After two years with Cincinnati he was hired by Ohio State as their safeties coach.[12][13]

References
  1. "PERRY ELIANO". UTSA University Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  2. "PERRY ELIANO". Ohio State University Athletics. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  3. Stark, Cody. "No. 3 — Whitten replaces Randleman". The Item. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  4. "The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette". The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  5. "UTSA football adds to its staff". My San Antonio. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  6. "Bowling Green football to hire UTSA's Perry Eliano". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  7. "Perry Eliano Hired as Bowling Green DC". 247Sports. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  8. Virgen, Steve. "Nuñez gets on task of hiring next UNM football coach". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  9. Smith, J.T. "Perry Eliano is the new CB coach for the Bearcats". The Front Office News. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  10. "Report: Fickell adds Enos, Eliano to UC coaching staff". WKRC. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  11. Barnett, Zach. "Perry Eliano & Colin Hitschler -- 2020 FootballScoop Defensive Backs Coaches of the Year". Football Scoop. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  12. "Ohio State To Hire Cincinnati's Perry Eliano As Safeties Coach". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  13. Kaufmann and Rabinowitz, Joey and Bill. "Ohio State football to add Cincinnati coach Perry Eliano". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
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