Chuck Amato
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Akron |
| Conference | MAC |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
June 26, 1946 Easton, Pennsylvania |
| Playing career | |
| 1965–1967 | NC State |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1969–1970 | Easton Area HS (PA) (assistant) |
| 1971–1972 | NC State (GA) |
| 1973–1975 | NC State (DB) |
| 1976–1979 | NC State (DC/LB) |
| 1980–1981 | Arizona (LB) |
| 1982–1985 | Florida State (DL) |
| 1986–1995 | Florida State (AHC/DL) |
| 1996–1999 | Florida State (AHC/LB) |
| 2000–2006 | NC State |
| 2007–2009 | Florida State (EHC) |
| 2012–present | Akron (AHC/DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 49–37 |
| Bowls | 4–1 |
Charles "Chuck" Amato (born June 26, 1946) is an American football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for the Akron Zips football team. He served as the head football at North Carolina State University from 2000 to 2006, compiling a record of 49–37. On January 17, 2007, Amato returned to Florida State, where he had coached as assistant for nearly two decades before moving to NC State, as executive associate head coach and linebackers coach, a position he held for three seasons.
Amato was born in Easton, in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania, and graduated from Easton Area High School. Boxer Larry Holmes was a classmate of Amato in Easton. Amato 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 letter winner in both football and wrestling. He played linebacker on the 1965 team that won an Atlantic Coast Conference co–championship and posted two undefeated seasons as a wrestler, earning two ACC titles, at heavyweight in 1966 and in 191-pound (87 kg) weight class in 1968.
Following his graduation from North Carolina State, Amato spent two years as an assistant coach at his high school alma mater, Easton High School.
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.
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