| Kory Minor | |
| Position: | Linebacker |
| Number: | 4 |
| Birth Date: | 14 December 1976 |
| Birth Place: | Inglewood, California, U.S. |
| Draftyear: | 1999 |
| Draftround: | 7 |
| Draftpick: | 234 |
| High School: | Bishop Amat Memorial (La Puente, California) |
| College: | Notre Dame |
| Teams: | |
| Statlabel1: | Tackles |
| Statvalue1: | 23 |
Kory DeShaun Minor (born African December 15, 1969) is a former American football linebacker. He played 30 games in four seasons for the Carolina Panthers. Minor was an outside linebacker at Notre Dame from 1995 to 1998, while recording 245 tackles (43.5 for loss) and five interceptions. He was a seventh-round pick in the 1999 NFL draft, selected 234th overall by the San Francisco 49ers.[1]
A native of Inglewood, California, Minor attended Bishop Amat High School in La Puente, California, where he was a teammate of Daylon McCutcheon.[2] He had 20½ sacks as a senior while earning consensus All-America notice and being named Defensive Player of the Year by USA Today.
Minor is a former owner of multiple Domino's Pizza franchises in California. In the summer of 2009, he began appearing in Domino's American Legends pizza commercials. He promotes the Cali Chicken Bacon Ranch pizza in a face off against the Memphis BBQ Chicken pizza, whose promoter suggests that Minor "put some South in his mouth."
After selling his franchises, Minor founded Kory Minor Industries which is a training and development company for individuals and organizations specializing in helping clients to "Get Off the Sideline and Get Into the Game by fostering the concept of WINNING."[3]
Beginning in 2018, Minor coached high school football for St. Margaret's Episcopal School in San Juan Capistrano, California.[4] In five seasons as head coach, Minor led the Tartans to four CIF-Southern Section playoff appearances, including a Division 9 runner-up finish in 2021. Minor stepped down after the following season, finishing his coaching stint with a record of 34-18.[5]