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Jon Tenuta (born February 25, 1957) is an American football coach who was most recently the defensive coordinator and secondaries coach for the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League (USFL). Previously, Tenuta was the defensive coordinator for the Virginia Cavaliers.
On January 31, 2008, Tenuta was named assistant head coach/defense at the University of Notre Dame succeeding Bill Lewis. Tenuta coached the linebackers and ran the defense for three seasons with the Irish. He was hired by Charlie Weis after having worked at Georgia Tech since 2002. Tenuta's position at Notre Dame ended following the firing of Weis after the 2009 season ended. Incoming Head Coach Brian Kelly chose not to retain Tenuta and replaced him with his then–Cincinnati defensive coordinator Bob Diaco.
On January 3, 2012, it was announced that Tenuta was hired as assistant coach at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign by new head coach Tim Beckman, however Tenuta announced on January 4, 2012, that he would remain at North Carolina State University.
On January 3, 2013, it was announced that Tenuta and former NC State head coach Tom O'Brien would be joining the coaching staff at Tenuta's alma mater, the University of Virginia. Tenuta served as the defensive coordinator for the Cavaliers until 2015.
January 11, 2017, he was named safeties coach for University of Cincinnati under head coach Luke Fickell.
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