Tony Leon attended Brawley High School and Imperial Valley Community College.

He returned to Brawley as an assistant wrestling coach in 1998, and became head coach in 2001.

His teams have won 24 consecutive league championships and 17 California Interscholastic Federation division championships. Leon’s teams have also placed in the Top Three at the San Diego Masters Meet five times.

Leon has coached 25 CIF-SD section champions, four CIF state championship place-winners, and numerous California USA Wrestling place-winners.

He was the California Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year and was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2022.