Chuck Amato
Chuck Amato (born June 26, 1946 in Easton, Pennsylvania) is the head football coach of North Carolina State University. His trademarks are his sunglasses and red shoes, which he always wears on the sideline.
High school and college
Amato was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state, and graduated from Easton High School. He earned a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from North Carolina State University in 1969 and a Master's degree in education in 1973.
At North Carolina State, Amato was a three-year letterwinner in both football and wrestling. He played on the 1965 team that won an ACC co-championship and posted two undefeated seasons as a wrestler, earning two ACC titles (at heavyweight in 1966 and in 191 pound weight class in 1968).
Easton High School coach
Following his graduation from North Carolina State, Amato spent two years as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater, Easton High School.
Collegiate football coaching career
North Carolina State
In 1971, Amato began a nine-year stint as an assistant coach with North Carolina State, working under Al Michaels, Lou Holtz and Bo Rein.
University of Arizona and Florida State University
He then spent two seasons at the University of Arizona (1980 and 1981), where he served as the linebackers coach. He then joined Florida State University, where he spent 18 years in various defensive football coaching capacities, including that of assistant head coach for 14 years. At Florida State, he was defensive line coach for 14 years and spent four seasons as linebacker coach.
ACC Championships
Amato has been a part of 11 ACC championships, one as a player at North Carolina State (1965), two as an assistant coach for North Carolina State (1973 and 1979), and eight consecutive seasons at Florida State (1992 through 1999).
North Carolina State University head coach
In 2002 Amato was elected to the American Football Coaches Association Board of Trustees. Chuck amato accumulated a 34-17 win/loss record during the Philip Rivers era at NC State (2000 to 2003). Since then NC State has gone 15-15. With a total of 49 wins in his 7 seasons, Amato is currently the 3rd most winning coach in NC State history. He also delivered NC State's only 11 win season and all time best finish in the polls, finishing 12th in the Nation in 2002.
NC State Season by Season Win/Loss Records
2000 8-4 Bowl Game WIN 2001 7-5 Bowl Game LOSS 2002 11-3 Bowl Game WIN 2003 8-5 Bowl Game WIN 2004 5-6 No Bowl Game 2005 7-5 Bowl Game WIN 2006 3-4* *
*Season Partially Complete
External links
- Chuck Amato Official Biography at North Carolina State University.
- Chuck Amato in Satirical Cartoon, The Raleigh-Durham News Observer.