Episode 12: Serve Their Heart. Lead with Love. Winning at Every Level.

Jul 18, 2019

The Ferris State University Athletics Department officially announced the appointment of Tony Annese as the school's 13th head football coach on Dec. 22, 2011.  He will embark on his eighth campaign at the FSU helm in 2019.

A proven winner at all of his previous coaching stops and highly-regarded across the country, Coach Annese took over the Bulldog program following three impressive years as the head coach at Grand Rapids Community College, which came on the heels of a highly successful 25-season stint at the prep level.

In his first season at the helm in 2012, Annese led Ferris State to a 7-4 overall mark and FSU ranked among the nation's top teams in both rushing offense and total offense.  For his efforts, he was a national semifinalist in voting for the prestigious Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.

 

Tony’s goal has been to make the Bulldog Football Program a national power on the field while developing young men of character and respect off the field:

 

• Posted a 75-15 overall mark in the last seven years
• Best winning percentage of all 21 collegiate programs in the state of Michigan
• Reached the national quarterfinal round in 2016, 2017 and 2018
• Made a D2 National Semifinal appearance in 2016 & 2018
• Made a D2 National Championship appearance in 2018
• 15 wins in 2018 was the most in 109 years of Bulldog Football
• Claimed three conference championships, posted three unbeaten regular-seasons
• Three Harlon Hill National Player of the Year trophies
• Two National Scholar-Athlete of the Year Awards
• Won ten postseason games
• Nine players will participate in NFL camps this fall, 5 players were on an active roster in 2018

 

I hope you enjoy my heartfelt conversation with Coach Annese…He’s a great coach but a better person!

 

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