Football
- Title:
- Offensive Graduate Assistant
- Email:
- abtokarz@memphis.edu
- Phone:
- 901-678-5119
Tony Tokarz is in his second season as a member of the University of Memphis coaching staff. For 2015, Tokarz will move from defense to the offensive side of the football where he will work as a graduate assistant coach.
In his first year on staff, Memphis won the American Athletic Conference championship, the team's first league title since 1971, and posted a 10-3 record en route to a Miami Beach Bowl title in 2014.
Memphis' defense ranked 11th in FBS Football in scoring defense in 2014, allowing just 195 points per game. The Tigers ranked 27th nationally in total defense, giving up 349.5 yards an outing. Memphis’ 106.31 defensive pass efficiency rating led the American Athletic Conference and ranked eighth nationally while the Tigers’ 121.5 rushing defense average was 19th nationally.
Tokarz joined the Memphis staff after coaching the previous two seasons at colleges in Massachusetts.
Tokarz coached wide receivers and quarterbacks in 2013 at NCAA Division II Stonehill College. The Skyhawks posted an 8-3 record, advancing to the Northeast-10 Conference championship game. Tokarz coached All-NE-10 first-team wide receiver Nate Robitaille in 2013. During the year, Stonehill receivers caught 191 passes for 2,571 yards and 28 touchdowns.
Tokarz also served as the strength and conditioning coach for the football program at Stonehill.
In 2012, Tokarz coached wide receivers at Anna Maria College. He also assisted the team with its strength and conditioning program and was also the program's film coordinator. His coaching responsibilities included aiding the team's offensive coordinator with the weekly passing game plan as well as calling defensive fronts, blitzes and coverage packages from the press box during games.
At Anna Maria College, Tokarz coached a first-team All-Eastern College Football Conference receiver and tight end.
Tokarz was named a fulltime assistant at Anna Marie College after volunteering as the team's quarterbacks coach during 2012 spring drills.
The 2012 graduate of Worcester State University (Bachelor's of Arts degree in history) was a three-year starting quarterback for the Lancers football team. He was named a Stephen "Merc" Morris first-team All-Worcester selection and a first-team All-New England Football Conference pick as a senior.
