Mission: Basketball is my true passion. I love teaching the game of basketball to the young people that I coach. 

Tony grew up in McLeansboro, IL, and attended high school in Liberty, TX.  Kansas Wesleyan University brought him to Kansas to play basketball and baseball.

Tony has over 25 years of basketball coaching experience, as head coach at Chapman High School, assistant coach at Junction City High School, and Manhattan HIgh School. He is currently the assistant coach for the Manhattan High Indians Boys Basketball program.

At Manhattan High, Tony is also the head coach for the MHS Girls & Boys Tennis programs.  He was named 2019 Girls 6A Tennis Coach of the Year.  In 2019 and 2020 at the KSHSAA 6A Tennis State Tournament, his girls team finished 3rd, and in 2021 his boys team also finished 3rd.

Tony is married to his wife, Shelly, and they have two daughters, Ally and Avery.  He currently teaches Physical Eduction at Anthony Middle School.