Anthony Robert Petersen[1] (born October 9, 1966) is an American college football coach and former quarterback.
Petersen played college football at Marshall, where he broke school records and won Southern Conference Offensive Player of the Year award as a senior in 1987.
With Petersen on staff, Marshall won the NCAA Division I-AA national championships in 1992 and 1996 and Mid-American Conference titles in 1997 and 1998.
Later in his career, Petersen was offensive coordinator at Minnesota from 2000 to 2006, again at Marshall from 2010 to 2012, and Louisiana Tech from 2013 to 2015, winning six bowl games in those years.
[7] After signing as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings in 1989, Petersen started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Kentucky in 1990 under Bill Curry.
[6] During his coaching career at Marshall, Petersen completed a Master of Science degree in health and physical education in 1995.
[8] Then in 2009, Petersen was assistant head coach and wide receivers at South Dakota under Ed Meierkort.
[11] In 2012, Petersen coached sophomore quarterback Rakeem Cato, who would lead Division I FBS in completions per game (33.83) and become the first underclass winner of the Conference USA MVP award.
Petersen returned to being an offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach the following year at Appalachian State under Shawn Clark.