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Tony Kunczewski (pronounced kun-CHESS-kee) was named the first head football coach in Berry College history on April 16, 2012.
Kunczewski spearheaded the creation of Berry's football program which claimed its first Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Championship in 2016, just the fourth year of the program's existence. Including the program's first championship, the team has won three straight conference championships and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Playoffs the past two years.
In six seasons at the helm of the Vikings, Kunczewski has compiled a 39-24 overall record and an impressive 21-1 record at Valhalla Stadium, Berry's home venue. He has coached 94 All-Conference selections, four SAA major award winners, 165 SAA Academic Honor Roll honorees, a Geico Play of the Year winner and was named the league's Coach of the Year for the past three seasons.
As a student-athlete, Kunczewski was a two-time first-team All-Conference player at Grove City College, in Grove City, Penn. A four-year letterwinner at Grove City, Kunczewski earned All-Presidents Athletic Conference honors as a strong safety as a junior in 1998 and as an outside linebacker the following year, when he led the team with 101 tackles. He earned honorable mention All-PAC honors as a cornerback in 1997.
Kunczewski was voted by his Grove City teammates as a team captain in his senior year and was the team's Defensive MVP. Grove City won a pair of PAC championships during Kunczewski's playing career, making the postseason in 1997. Along with his athletic honors, Kunczewski was also recognized for his academic abilities, earning a spot on the PAC Academic Honor Roll.
The Harrison City, Penn., native earned a bachelor's degree in business management from Grove City in 2000, and a master's degree in exercise science and health promotion from California University of Pennsylvania in 2004.
Kunczewski and his wife Nicole live in Rome with their daughter Jocelyn and two sons, Sammy and Nathan
