Anthony Poindexter
All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety
Anthony Scott Poindexter (born July 28, 1976) is an American football coach and former safety, who is the current defensive backs coach and co-defensive coordinator for the Tennessee Volunteers. He is the former safeties coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He played college football at Virginia from 1995 to 1998 for head coach George Welsh, and earned All-American honors. He then played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Baltimore Ravens and Cleveland Browns from 1999 to 2001.
Early life
Poindexter, a native of Bedford County, Virginia, attended New London Academy, Forest Middle School, and Jefferson Forest High School in Forest, Virginia. In middle school, he led his team to an undefeated season as quarterback. In high school, Anthony excelled in football, baseball, and basketball. As quarterback and safety, Poindexter led the Cavaliers to back-to-back Division 3 football championships in 1992 and 1993, defeating Matoaca High School in both finals. Poindexter earned first-team all-state honors as a junior and senior. He was selected as the 1993 AP Group AA Player of the Year as a senior.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Anthony Poindexter” as all-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as all-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, safety. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 21, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4773290. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 1995, 1998 and 1999.
A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Anthony Poindexter”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Anthony Poindexter primary sources, Anthony Poindexter archive and Anthony research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Anthony Poindexter”?
- How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
- Which primary records establish identity, chronology and institutional ties?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Anthony Poindexter” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.