:Tony Oden

{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1973)}}

{{Infobox NFL player

|name = Tony Oden

|image =

|alt =

|caption =

| current_team = Tennessee Titans

| position = Pass game coordinator/cornerbacks coach

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|6|30|mf=yes}}

|birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

|college = Baldwin–Wallace

|pastcoaching =

Millersville (1996)
Assistant defensive backs coach
Boston College (1997)
Graduate assistant
Army (1998)
Defensive backs coach
Army (1999)
Head JV coach
East Carolina (2000)
Outside linebackers coach
East Carolina (2001)
Secondary coach
East Carolina (2002)
Safeties coach
Eastern Michigan (2003)
Defensive backs coach
Houston Texans ({{NFL Year|2004}}–{{NFL Year|2005}})
Defensive assistant
New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2006}}–{{NFL Year|2010}})
Assistant secondary coach
New Orleans Saints ({{NFL Year|2011}})
Secondary coach
Jacksonville Jaguars ({{NFL Year|2012}})
Defensive backs coach
Tampa Bay Buccaneers ({{NFL Year|2013}})
Defensive backs coach
Detroit Lions ({{NFL Year|2014}}–{{NFL Year|2017}})
Cornerbacks coach
Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2018}})
Defensive backs coach
Miami Dolphins ({{NFL Year|2019}})
Safeties coach
San Francisco 49ers ({{NFL Year|2020}})
Secondary/cornerbacks coach
New York Jets ({{NFL Year|2021}}–{{NFL Year|2024}})
Senior defensive assistant/cornerbacks coach
Tennessee Titans ({{NFL Year|2025}}–present)
Pass game coordinator/cornerbacks coach

|highlights =

Super Bowl champion (XLIV)
2× First-team All-OAC (1993, 1994)

}}

Anthony Earl Oden (born June 30, 1973) is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the pass game coordinator and cornerbacks coach for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League (NFL). He previously served as an assistant coach for the New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jacksonville Jaguars, New Orleans Saints, and Houston Texans. Oden played college football at Baldwin–Wallace College.

Early life

Oden was born in Cleveland, Ohio and is a native of Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He played as an outside linebacker at Baldwin–Wallace College in the early 1990s.

NFL coaching career

=Houston Texans=

In 2004, Oden got his first NFL coaching job with the Houston Texans as a defensive assistant coach.{{cite web |url=http://coachingroots.com/football/coaches/tony-oden|title=Coaching Roots - Champions Play as One! }}

=New Orleans Saints=

In 2006, Oden was hired as assistant secondary coach by the New Orleans Saints, spending five seasons in that capacity. Head coach Sean Payton promoted him to the role of secondary coach following the 2010 season.{{cite web |url=http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2011/02/new_orleans_saints_promote_ton.html |title=New Orleans Saints promote Tony Oden to role of secondary coach |last=Triplett |first=Mike |date=February 20, 2011 |publisher=The Times-Picayune |access-date=January 5, 2012}}

=Jacksonville Jaguars=

On January 19, 2012, Oden was hired by the Jacksonville Jaguars as their defensive backs coach.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/redskins/mularkey-fills-out-defensive-staff-hires-saints-secondary-coach-tony-oden-to-same-position/2012/01/19/gIQAicQcBQ_story.html |title=Mularkey fills out defensive staff, hires Saints secondary coach Tony Oden to same position |agency=Associated Press |date=January 19, 2012 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 19, 2012}}{{dead link|date=June 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

=Tampa Bay Buccaneers=

In 2013, Oden was hired by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as their secondary and cornerbacks coach. {{cite web |url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/01/30/tony-oden-is-the-new-buccaneers-defensive-backs-coach/ |title=Tony Oden is the new Buccaneers defensive backs coach |date=January 30, 2013 |access-date=February 8, 2013}} He was let go after the season.

=Detroit Lions=

In 2014, Oden was hired by the Detroit Lions as their defensive backs coach.{{Cite web|url=https://www.freep.com/story/sports/nfl/lions/2016/04/15/tony-oden-detroit-lions/83092914/|title=Tony Oden on coordinator track after fixing Detroit Lions' secondary|last=Birkett|first=Dave|website=Detroit Free Press|language=en|access-date=2020-04-13}}

=Miami Dolphins=

In 2018, Oden was hired by the Miami Dolphins as their defensive backs coach under head coach Adam Gase. Following the firing of Gase in 2019, the Dolphins announced on February 8, 2019, that they had retained Oden as their safeties coach under new head coach Brian Flores.{{cite web |url=https://www.thephinsider.com/2019/2/8/18217408/miami-dolphins-coaching-change-2019-brian-flores-staff-chad-oshea-patrick-graham-jim-caldwell |title=Dolphins announce Brian Flores coaching staff |last=Nogle |first=Kevin |date=February 8, 2019 |publisher=The Phinsider |access-date=February 8, 2019}}

=San Francisco 49ers=

On February 10, 2020, Oden was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as their defensive backs coach under defensive coordinator Robert Saleh, whom he had previously worked with in Houston, and head coach Kyle Shanahan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/49ers/article/Report-49ers-hire-Tony-Oden-who-gave-Robert-15044392.php|title=Report: 49ers hire Tony Oden, who gave Robert Saleh early career assist|date=2020-02-10|website=SFChronicle.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/49ers/nfl-rumors-49ers-hiring-tony-oden-their-new-defensive-backs-coach|title=Report: 49ers to hire Oden to replace Woods as DBs coach|date=2020-02-10|website=NBCS Bay Area|access-date=2020-04-13}} He replaced Joe Woods, who left to become the defensive coordinator for the Cleveland Browns.

= New York Jets =

On February 2, 2021, Oden was hired by the New York Jets as their senior defensive assistant and the team's cornerbacks coach.{{Cite web|last=Bonilla|first=David|date=2021-02-02|title=49ers assistant Tony Oden leaving to join Jets staff|url=https://www.49erswebzone.com/articles/144509-49ers-assistant-tony-oden-leaving-join-jets-staff/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=49ers Webzone|language=en}}

=Tennessee Titans=

On January 27, 2025, the Tennessee Titans hired Oden to serve as their passing game coordinator and cornerbacks coach.{{Cite web|title=Titans Promote Luke Stocker to TEs Coach, Announce the Hiring of Veteran Coaches John Fassel (Special Teams) and Tony Oden (Passing Game Coordinator/Cornerbacks), Along With Several Other Changes|url=https://www.tennesseetitans.com/news/titans-promote-luke-stocker-to-tes-coach-announce-the-hiring-of-veteran-coaches-john-fassel-special-teams-and-tony-oden-passing-game-coordinator-cornerbacks-along-with-several-other-changes|access-date=February 3, 2025|website=tennesseetitans.com|language=en}}