{"id":2755,"date":"2021-12-11T10:34:38","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T15:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?p=2755"},"modified":"2021-12-13T10:15:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:15:05","slug":"virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Virginia Cavaliers have their new man, and his name is Tony Elliott.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Friday, UVA named Elliott their Fralin Family Head Football Coach, their 41st head football coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\ude52\ud835\ude3c\ud835\ude43\ud835\ude4a\ud835\ude4a\ud835\ude52\ud835\ude3c\ud83d\udd36\u2694\ufe0f\ud83d\udd37\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>A proven champion \u2705<br>An offensive mastermind \u2705<br>A developer of NFL talent \u2705<br>\u00a0<br>We got our guy! Welcome to Charlottesville, Coach Tony Elliott!<br>\u00a0<br>\ud83d\udd36\u2694\ufe0f\ud83d\udd37<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHoos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoHoos<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bq9oenL8Qk\">pic.twitter.com\/bq9oenL8Qk<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Virginia Cavaliers (@VirginiaSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VirginiaSports\/status\/1469395540295266307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elliott, the school&#8217;s second <a href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/?s=black+coaches\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Black head football coach<\/a> behind Mike London, arrives at the ACC university with championship credentials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was the offensive coordinator at Clemson since 2014 and the team&#8217;s assistant head coach since January. While at Clemson, Elliott helped lead the Tigers to two national titles (2016, 2018) in four College Football Playoff appearances and six ACC championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2017, he won the Broyles Award, presented annually to the best assistant coach in college football. It&#8217;s an important accolade as some of those winners have gone on to successful head coaching careers, including Georgia&#8217;s Kirby Smart and new USC coach, Lincoln Riley.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is an awesome opportunity for the University of Virginia as we welcome Coach Tony Elliott into the UVA football family,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/tony-elliott-named-the-university-of-virginias-fralin-family-head-football-coach\/\">said Athletic Director Carla Williams<\/a>. \u201cCoach Elliott is a winner, in every sense of the word. He is known for his character, humility, work ethic, skill set and passion for education. Coach Elliott is an exceptional leader of young men and he is highly regarded across college football as a talented teacher and coach. He is an outstanding recruiter who has been responsible for recruiting, signing and developing scholar-athletes while competing for and winning championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe aspire to elevate UVA football in a manner that is consistent with the University\u2019s core mission and purpose.&nbsp; Coach Elliott understands and embraces this amazing opportunity to do something really special at the University of Virginia. I am thrilled for the young men in our football program. We are honored to welcome him, his wife Tamika and their sons, A.J. and Ace, to Virginia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;A winner, in every sense of the word&quot;- <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ADWilliamsUVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ADWilliamsUVA<\/a> <br><br>\ud83d\udd17:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/11RZTiGz1g\">https:\/\/t.co\/11RZTiGz1g<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GoHoos?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#GoHoos<\/a> \ud83d\udd38\u2694\ufe0f\ud83d\udd39 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zIyuYDNCDD\">pic.twitter.com\/zIyuYDNCDD<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Virginia Football (@UVAFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UVAFootball\/status\/1469404146851794948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tony Elliott&#8217;s ability to identify, recruit and develop talent wasn&#8217;t birthed in coaching though. It was crafted and recognized while working as an industrial engineer at a Michelin tire plant in South Carolina. <\/p><div id=\"first-3645572197\" class=\"first-content first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream2 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413625220-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite his young age, Tony Elliot displayed championship coaching skills while working with and organizing teams. He was a star, helping the plant become one of the best in the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/college\/2021\/09\/03\/clemson-tony-elliott-michelin-daily-cover\">according to a story by Sports Illustrated<\/a>, even his boss knew he was destined for bigger things. So he encouraged him to pursue his dream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That&#8217;s when he turned to coaching and flourished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elliott guided players such as Travis Etienne and Trevor Lawrence into stardom, helping the two lead an offensive juggernaut that dominated the college gridiron. <\/p><div id=\"first-4059018336\" class=\"first-content_2 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream3 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700413989195-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/virginiasports.com\/news\/2021\/12\/10\/tony-elliott-named-the-university-of-virginias-fralin-family-head-football-coach\/\">During his tenure as offensive coordinator,<\/a> Clemson ranked in the top-12 nationally in offense and owned two of the 22 650-point seasons in major college football history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Virginia&#8217;s new head coach, who takes over after the Cavaliers\u2019 December 29 Wasabi Fenway Bowl matchup against SMU, overcame challenges at a young age to work his way up the ladder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His father was in jail and he and his family were homeless in Los Angeles for a while. Later on, he was in the vehicle when his mother died in a car accident. These are events that could break a person, but Elliott refused to succumb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He turned to sports and enrolled at Clemson as a walk-on receiver and was named team captain his senior year.<\/p><div id=\"first-2226538548\" class=\"first-content_3 first-entity-placement\"><!-- \/22950135888\/FAP_Article_Leaderboard_Instream4 -->\r\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0' style='min-width: 300px; min-height: 90px;'>\r\n  <script>\r\n    googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1700414036595-0'); });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even more impressively, Elliott graduated from Clemson in 2002 as a first-team Academic All-ACC selection and recipient of an ACC Weaver-James-Corrigan Postgraduate Scholarship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He worked at Michelin for two years before deciding to return to football. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elliott became the wide receivers coach for HBCU school South Carolina State University for two years. Then he moved to Furman University for three years before returning to his alma mater as running backs coach in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now the former industrial engineer moves to Virginia where he finally gets his chance to lead a team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Virginia Cavaliers have their new man, and his name is Tony Elliott. On Friday, UVA named Elliott their Fralin Family Head Football Coach, their 41st head football coach. Elliott, the school&#8217;s second Black head football coach behind Mike London, arrives at the ACC university with championship credentials. He was the offensive coordinator at Clemson [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[109,32,583,191],"class_list":["post-2755","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-black-coaches","tag-college-football","tag-tony-elliott","tag-virginia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach - First And Pen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tony Elliott walked-on at Clemson and worked as an industrial engineer before coaching. Now he&#039;s the new head football coach for UVA.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach - First And Pen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tony Elliott walked-on at Clemson and worked as an industrial engineer before coaching. Now he&#039;s the new head football coach for UVA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First And Pen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-12-11T15:34:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-12-13T15:15:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Yussuf Khan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Yussuf Khan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Yussuf Khan\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/201b5093a147e404fe17c63621ed20ca\"},\"headline\":\"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-11T15:34:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-13T15:15:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":645,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"black coaches\",\"college football\",\"tony elliott\",\"virginia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/\",\"name\":\"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach - First And Pen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-12-11T15:34:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-12-13T15:15:05+00:00\",\"description\":\"Tony Elliott walked-on at Clemson and worked as an industrial engineer before coaching. Now he's the new head football coach for UVA.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":683,\"caption\":\"(Photo by Jacob Kupferman\\\/Getty Images)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"First And Pen\",\"description\":\"To inform, inspire and connect through voices of color in sports\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"First And Pen\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i1.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Asset-3@2x-100.jpg?fit=983%2C768&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i1.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/10\\\/Asset-3@2x-100.jpg?fit=983%2C768&ssl=1\",\"width\":983,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"First And Pen\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/201b5093a147e404fe17c63621ed20ca\",\"name\":\"Yussuf Khan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/IMG_8917-e1610551347732.jpg?fit=88%2C96&ssl=1\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/IMG_8917-e1610551347732.jpg?fit=88%2C96&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/01\\\/IMG_8917-e1610551347732.jpg?fit=88%2C96&ssl=1\",\"caption\":\"Yussuf Khan\"},\"description\":\"Founder &amp; CEO, The Khanate Group. \\\"If we refuse what we have promised and are not generous with the benefits, no one will ever trust us again.\\\"- Salah ad-Din Yusuf\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/firstandpen.com\\\/staging\\\/5861\\\/author\\\/yussuf\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach - First And Pen","description":"Tony Elliott walked-on at Clemson and worked as an industrial engineer before coaching. Now he's the new head football coach for UVA.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach - First And Pen","og_description":"Tony Elliott walked-on at Clemson and worked as an industrial engineer before coaching. Now he's the new head football coach for UVA.","og_url":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/","og_site_name":"First And Pen","article_published_time":"2021-12-11T15:34:38+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-12-13T15:15:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":683,"url":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Yussuf Khan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Yussuf Khan","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/"},"author":{"name":"Yussuf Khan","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/201b5093a147e404fe17c63621ed20ca"},"headline":"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach","datePublished":"2021-12-11T15:34:38+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-13T15:15:05+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/"},"wordCount":645,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","keywords":["black coaches","college football","tony elliott","virginia"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/","url":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/","name":"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach - First And Pen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","datePublished":"2021-12-11T15:34:38+00:00","dateModified":"2021-12-13T15:15:05+00:00","description":"Tony Elliott walked-on at Clemson and worked as an industrial engineer before coaching. Now he's the new head football coach for UVA.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","width":1024,"height":683,"caption":"(Photo by Jacob Kupferman\/Getty Images)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/virginia-cavaliers-hire-tony-elliott-as-new-head-football-coach\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Virginia Hires Tony Elliott As New Head Football Coach"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/","name":"First And Pen","description":"To inform, inspire and connect through voices of color in sports","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#organization","name":"First And Pen","url":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Asset-3@2x-100.jpg?fit=983%2C768&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Asset-3@2x-100.jpg?fit=983%2C768&ssl=1","width":983,"height":768,"caption":"First And Pen"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/#\/schema\/person\/201b5093a147e404fe17c63621ed20ca","name":"Yussuf Khan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8917-e1610551347732.jpg?fit=88%2C96&ssl=1","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8917-e1610551347732.jpg?fit=88%2C96&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_8917-e1610551347732.jpg?fit=88%2C96&ssl=1","caption":"Yussuf Khan"},"description":"Founder &amp; CEO, The Khanate Group. \"If we refuse what we have promised and are not generous with the benefits, no one will ever trust us again.\"- Salah ad-Din Yusuf","url":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/author\/yussuf\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Tony-Elliott-Clemson-GettyImages-1350448238.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2755"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2755\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2755"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2755"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/firstandpen.com\/staging\/5861\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2755"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}