Tony Henney - Volunteer Coach (Defense) - Football Coaches

Tony Henney

Title:
Volunteer Coach (Defense)
Email:
coachhenney@gmail.com
Phone:
805-756-7687

Tony Henney, head football coach at St. Bonaventure for three seasons, became Cal Poly's volunteer assistant coach for the defense in August 2020.

Henney also has served as head coach at Nordhoff, Trabuco Hills and Westlake high schools.

The 2009 Cal Poly graduate compiled a 92-50 overall mark in 12 seasons as a high school head coach, including a 58-17 record and two CIF-Southern Section Northwest Division titles in six seasons (2008-13) at Nordhoff High School in Ojai. His last Ranger team in 2013 earned a spot in the California state Division 3 semifinals and Henney also served as the school's director of athletics.

Henney also was 10-4 with a CIF-Southern Section championship in one season (2014) at Trabuco Hills, 10-12 with two CIF-Southern Section playoff berths in two seasons at Westlake (2015-16) and 14-17 with one CIF-Southern Section playoff berth in three years at St. Bonaventure.

Henney was an assistant coach at San Luis Obispo High School from 2002-07, coaching the wide receivers and serving as offensive coordinator, and at Nordhoff High School from 1999-2001. He was named CIF-Southern Section division coach of the year three times, Ventura County Coach of the Year four times and 2013 California Coaches Association Southern California Coach of the Year.

A native of Ojai, he was a wide receiver under head coach Cliff Farrar in his playing days at Nordhoff High School, where he graduated in 1995.

Henney has coached 17 players who went on to play Division I football at the college level:

Trabuco Hills Pac-12 Frosh of the Year Colin Schooler (Arizona), Brendan Schooler (Oregon/Arizona), Kevin McKinney (Sacramento State), Jake Breeland (Oregon), Joel Velasquez (Boise State), Noah Thompson (Cal Poly)
Westlake - Theo Howard (UCLA-Oklahoma), Daniel Fox (Cal Poly), Cameron Trimble (UC Davis), Chase Jasmin (San Diego State), Michael Carner (U. San Diego), Vincent Corso (San Jose State), Brandon Shook (New Mexico State), Brandon Hall (Delaware)
St. Bonaventure - Tyler Ostrom (San Jose State), Kai Rojas (Navy), Gavin Beerup (Wyoming)

Henney, who served as an assistant coach with the defensive backs at Cal Poly for five months in late 2007 and early 2008 before he was hired as head coach at Nordhoff High School, earned his bachelor's degree in history at Cal Poly and his master's degree at National University. He is married to his wife, Tess.