Football in Hungary
On 20 January 2011, Tony Simmons joined the Hungarian football team Békéscsaba Raptors as Head Coach. Tony will also assume the duties of OC, DC, Special Teams Coordinator and Strength/Speed Coach and player. With the help of Ryan Long, an American soccer player turned football coach, who helped the Raptors get to Division I of the Hungarian Football League. Led the first team in Hungarian History from a new Div. 1 team to the Championship. Started as a Div.2 all running team to a Div. 1 Spread Offense Championship team. Team finished the regular season 4-2. Playoff 2-0. Final game to be played without a coach. Led special team in the league with 7 KOR TDs and 5 PR TDs. Offense Avg. 25.3 pts/game. Defense pts allowed 18.3 pts/game. Won the first round playoff game 16-6. Won the Semi final game 16-14.
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