Anthony Midget (born February 22, 1978) is an

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coach. He is the assistant secondary coach for the

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of the

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(NFL). He played college football at Virginia Tech. After a short-lived career playing professionally in the

(NFL), Midget began coaching beginning at the high school level and then progressing from college to the NFL.

Playing career

Midget played high school football in

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at Clewiston High School. From there, he proceeded to

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, where he was a four-year letter winner and three-year starter. After his senior season, Midget was named a third-team All-American, first-team All-Big East, and a member of the Big East All-Academic Team. A

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student, Midget graduated with a degree in

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in 1999. He was drafted in the fifth round of the

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by the

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. He also spent two seasons on the

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of the

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Coaching career

After his short-lived playing career, Midget began his coaching career in 2002 at Lake Worth High School in Florida where he held many positions culminating with being the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. In 2007, he went back to his alma mater at Virginia Tech as a

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. From Virginia Tech, Midget progressed to Georgia State where, from 2008 to 2011, he served as the special teams coordinator and defensive backs coach and in 2012 he served as the defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. He was briefly hired in January 2013 to serve as a defensive assistant at

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, but before he coached a game at Marshall he was hired at Penn State to coach safeties. In 2014, the Houston Texans hired Midget as their Assistant Secondary Coach, and in 2018, he was promoted to Secondary Coach. On January 28, 2020, it was announced that Midget was hired as the secondary coach for the

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. On January 9, 2023, the Titans head coach

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announced Midget had been fired. On March 20, 2024, the

announced that they had hired Midget as their assistant secondary coach.

References

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