Robert Weiner

Robert Weiner is an American football coach. He currently serves as the associate head coach and quarterbacks coach at the University of Connecticut.

Early life and education Weiner is from Tampa, Florida, and attended Jesuit High School. He then attended Boston College, earning a bachelor's degree in English and secondary education. Weiner never played football; instead, he played on his high school's tennis team.

Coaching career High school Shortly after his graduation from Boston College, Weiner returned to his alma mater, Jesuit High School, to accept a position as an assistant coach for the football, basketball, and baseball teams. He held these positions from 1989 to 2003, when he departed Jesuit for Crystal River High School in Crystal River, Florida. He spent two seasons there before accepting the position of head football coach at Henry B. Plant High School in South Tampa. He served in this position from 2004 to 2019, with remarkable success. In the two seasons before Weiner arrived, Plant suffered through a combined 1–19 record, and the team had not recorded a winning season in the last decade. During Weiner's sixteen seasons as Plant's head coach, the team only recorded two losing seasons – his first and his last. The team went 3–7 under Weiner in his first year, but proceeded to win 14 consecutive district championships, a streak that ended after Plant went 4–6 in 2019, Weiner's last season. During Weiner's time at the helm, Plant won four FSHAA state championships (in 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011), finished as state runners-up twice, and won a total of 172 games. Ultimately, Weiner accepted a position as the co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Toledo on January 2, 2020. Specifically, Weiner violated the FHSAA's rules against coaches making living arrangements for players, since he made arrangements for a player (who was only practicing with the team and did not play in games) to live with a Plant High School parent after his elderly caretaker was no longer able to look after him. In addition to the six-week suspension, Weiner was also fined $5,000.

College Weiner's first season at Toledo was in 2020. He was rated No. 2 in the Mid-American Conference for class of 2022 recruiting by 247Sports. to Toledo's first MAC West Championship since 2017. In December 2025, Weiner was named interim head coach of Toledo for the 2025 Boca Raton Bowl after Jason Candle left the program to become head coach at UConn.

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Personal life Weiner and his longtime girlfriend, Tonya Thomas, maintain houses in Toledo, Ohio, and Tampa, Florida.