Chuck Amato

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Charles Michael Amato (born June 26, 1946) is an American former college football player and coach. He played linebacker at NC State from 1965 to 1967 and later served as the school's head football coach from 2000 to 2006, compiling a record of 49–37. Amato spent 18 seasons as an assistant coach at Florida State from 1982 to 1999 and returned to the program from 2007 to 2009. He finished his coaching career at Akron, where he served as associate head coach and defensive coordinator from 2012 to 2017 before retiring in 2018. Amato was born in Easton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Easton Area High School in 1964. He was a three-year letter winner at linebacker in high school and won a Pennsylvania state wrestling championship. Amato attended North Carolina State University, earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics education in 1969 and a master's degree in education in 1973. At NC State, Amato was a three-year letter winner in both football and wrestling. He played linebacker on the 1965 football team that shared the Atlantic Coast Conference championship and was captain of the defense as a senior in 1967. In wrestling, he posted two undefeated seasons and won ACC championships at heavyweight in 1966 and at 191-pound (87 kg) in 1968.