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New Haven, CT (Sports Network) - Tony Reno is well-versed in what it takes to
get to the top of Ivy League football as an assistant coach.
Now Reno will try to take Yale there as a head coach.
Yale introduced the 37-year-old as its 34th head football coach on Thursday.
He takes over a Bulldogs program that has won one Ivy title in the last 11
seasons, a co-championship with Princeton in 2006 when he was an assistant
coach.
Reno replaces Tom Williams, who resigned last month following questions over
his resume and candidacy as a Rhodes Scholar in 1992. Yale was 16-14 in
Williams' three seasons, including 5-5 this past season.
"Protecting and building upon the tradition and success of the Yale football
program is paramount to me," Reno said.
Reno, a native of Oxford, Mass., returns to Yale after serving as defensive
backs coach and special teams coordinator at Harvard the last three seasons.
The Crimson went 9-1 overall while winning the 2011 Ivy title, beating Yale,
45-7, in the season finale.
He spent the prior six seasons (2003-2008) at Yale working with defensive
backs. He was promoted to assistant head coach in 2007 and coached 15 All-Ivy
League players at Yale, including five in 2008.
A 1997 graduate of Worcester State (Mass.), Reno coached there as well as at
King's College (Pa.).
"Yale made a good move," Harvard head coach Tim Murphy said. "Tony is a good
guy, has substantial Ivy experience and will bring enthusiasm and
professionalism to the program."
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