Tony Savino enters his first season with the Choctaw football staff. He joined Mississippi College in the summer of 2020. He will serve as the Offensive Line Coach.
Savino joins the program after spending four years with Texas Christian University, where he served as an Offensive Analyst for the Horned Frogs football program. Aside from his duties in recruiting, Savino also assisted with the Wide Receivers and the Offensive Line and Tight Ends during his tenure at his alma mater.
Prior to his time at TCU, Savino served as the Running Backs Coach at the University of Central Oklahoma for three seasons. In each of his three seasons, Savino coached three different running backs to 1,000-yard seasons (Joshua Birmingham – 1,071 yards in 2013, Jake Gandara – 1,121 yards in 2014, Clay McKenzie – 1,499 yards in 2015). His running backs combined for 60 rushing touchdowns in three seasons.
The productivity of the running back position was instrumental in turning a 2-8 Broncho football program in 2013 into an 8-4 program in 2014 and a 7-5 program in 2015. The Bronchos also appeared in the post-season for the first time in a decade in 2014, squaring off with the University of Sioux Falls in the Mineral Water Bowl in Excelsior Springs, Missouri. In 2015, the Bronchos posted back-to-back post-season appearances with a victory over Southwestern Oklahoma State University in the Live United Texarkana Bowl in Arkadelphia, Arkansas.
Before arriving at UCO, Savino spent the two seasons prior to that in Weatherford, Oklahoma, where he coached the Linebackers at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.
Savino started his coaching career at Cisco College in 2009, where he was the Linebackers Coach. In 2010, he switched positions to coach the Defensive Line.
Savino played collegiate football as an Offensive Lineman at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He walked-on in 2003, redshirting his freshman year on campus. He lettered as a back-up lineman in 2006, earning himself a scholarship for his senior year in 2007.
He is married (Monica) and they have a three-year-old son (Dutch).
