Antonio Fenelus

Biography

At Florida Atlantic Joined the Owls staff in January of 2025, where he will focus his attention on the cornerbacks In first year, coached CB group that included Terez Reid with a team-high eight pass breakups and Damarius McGhee, who deflected four passes and recorded a 96-yard fumble return for a touchdown, second longest in program history ANTONIO FENELUS MIC'D UP GET TO KNOW COACH FENELUS At Illinois Named Illinois' defensive backs coach on Dec. 30, 2022, and served in that position through the 2023 season The addition to the Illinois staff reunited Fenelus with Bielema, his college head coach, and defensive coordinator Aaron Henry, his college teammate At LSU Spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons as a defensive analyst at LSU At East Central He then served as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at East Central University (Division II) from 2018-20 At Wisconsin Began his coaching career at Wisconsin where he was a graduate assistant working with the Badgers' defensive backs from 2015-17 under defensive backs coach Jim Leonhard. As a Player Four-year Wisconsin letterwinner Helped the Badgers to Big Ten titles in 2010 and 2011, including a win in the inaugural Big Ten Football Championship Game in 2011 Two-time All-Big Ten first-team selection, earning the honor after 56 tackles, four interceptions, and seven pass breakups as a junior, then again as a senior when he had 51 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, four interceptions, and nine pass breakups Recorded 155 tackles, 22 passes def