Recruiting Area: Long Island (Sections 8 and 11)
Tunde Agboke begins his third season with the Red Dragons in 2016. He has been promoted to the role of assistant head coach in addition to his duties as the team’s defensive coordinator and defensive line coach.
In his first season in 2014, the Red Dragons ranked 11th nationally in Division III in third-down conversion defense (27 percent), and one of the linemen he coached, Gabe Ostrow, earned a mini-camp invitation from the NFL’s Washington Redskins. His 2015 defensive unit ranked fourth nationally with 17 fumbles recovered and 16th with 30 total turnovers gained. Defensive end Jake Ceresna signed a preseason training camp contract with the New York Jets, marking the third straight year a player Agboke coached earned an NFL opportunity. In his first two seasons at Cortland the Red Dragons have received 10 defensive all-league awards.
Agboke previously worked from 2011-13 at Marist College, where he coached defensive linemen for three years and was the special teams coordinator for one year. In 2013, Marist won the Pioneer Conference Championship and set a school record for wins in a season. Agboke coached All-America defensive end Terrence Fede, who was chosen in the 2014 NFL Draft by the Miami Dolphins as Marist’s first-ever NFL draft selection. During Agboke’s three seasons, Marist ranked in the top 10 four times and the top 20 four times in NCAA FCS in defensive categories. In all, his defensive linemen at Marist earned a combined 10 all-conference selections.
Agboke coached the defensive line at Shippensburg University in 2010, and the previous season was a linebackers coach at William Paterson University. His players earned two all-league awards at each school. Agboke is a native of Houston, Texas, and was born in Lagos, Nigeria.
