George DeLeone, a 1970 University of Connecticut graduate and a veteran coach of 40 football seasons, is in his third year on the UConn staff and his first season at Assocaite Head Coach. He served as UConn's offensive coordinator in 2011 and 2012.
He has position responsibility with for the offensive line for the second-straight year in 2013 after working with the tight ends in 2011.
In 2011, he coached tight end Ryan Griffin to a spot on the All-BIG EAST Second Team. In addition, the Husky offense saw tailback Lyle McCombs named Freshman All-American by the Football Writers Association of America.
The New Haven, Conn., native has coached in 12 bowl games, including the Fiesta, Sugar, Gator and Orange Bowl. He returns to the college ranks after serving as the tight ends coach for the Miami Dolphins since 2008 as he helped lead the team to the AFC East championship in 2008.
DeLeone and UConn head coach Pasqualoni have a long coaching history together as they have been on the same staff, both professionally and collegiately, for 25 years. DeLeone was part of Pasqualoni's staff for 13 of the 14 years that Pasqualoni was the head coach at Syracuse (1991-2004). The only year that DeLeone was not on that staff was in 1997 when he was the offensive line coach for the San Diego Chargers.
DeLeone and Pasqualoni were both assistant coaches at Syracuse from 1987-90 and were together at Southern Connecticut from 1976-79 as DeLeone was the head coach and Pasqualoni was an assistant. They were on the same staff of the Dolphins in 2008-09.
Prior to joining the Dolphins, DeLeone was the offensive coordinator at Temple (2006-07) and the run game coordinator/offensive line coach in 2005 at Mississippi.
He originally joined the Syracuse staff in 1985 and was the offensive line coach for two seasons before becoming the offensive coordinator in 1987. Following his year with the Chargers, he returned to SU seven more seasons as the defensive coordinator in 1998 and the offensive coordinator from 1999-2004.
During his career at Syracuse, the Orange played in 12 bowl games, posting an 8-3-1 record. While working with the offensive line at SU, five of his players were drafted by the NFL and as offensive coordinator, five players were named first team All-American. Syracuse won three BIG EAST Championships during DeLeone's tenure there - 1996, 1998 and 2004.
He served as the offensive coordinator at Holy Cross in 1984 and was on the Rutgers staff from 1980-83, serving in a number of roles, including defensive coordinator from 1981-82.
DeLeone began his coaching career at Southern Connecticut as an assistant coach in 1970 and was the head coach of the Owls from 1970-75. The 1970 Owls were the Eastern Football Conference Champions.
DeLeone graduated from UConn in 1970 with a degree in physical education and earned a master's degree in physical education from Southern Connecticut in 1971. He is a graduate of Fairfield Prep (Conn.) High School. Born on May 9, 1948, he is the father of two sons - Andy and Mark and is married to Barbara Ann Ward.
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