Nunzio Campanile is an

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coach. He is currently the quarterbacks coach at

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. Campanile served as the interim head coach at

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for the final eight games of the 2019 season. He was elevated to that position from that of tight ends coach after the firing of head coach

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and offensive coordinator John McNulty.

Coaching career

High school

Campanile spent the eight years as the head coach at Bergen Catholic, including winning a state title in 2017 against

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in a 44–7 win, after working as offensive coordinator at

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from 2000 to 2009.

Rutgers

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Nunzio joined the

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staff after leaving high school football, and is the team's tight ends coach. The following year he began the season as the team's tight ends coach, however he also served as the interim head coach and offensive coordinator for the final eight games of the

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season. In

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with the hiring of

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, Nunzio was the only holdover from the previous staff and returned to be the team's tight ends coach. On October 9, 2022, following the dismissal of Sean Gleeson, Scarlet Knights' offensive coordinator, Nunzio was named interim offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

Syracuse

In January 2023, he was hired as Tight Ends coach at

. After head coach

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was fired on November 19, 2023, Campanile was named the interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023 season.

Personal life

Campanile grew up in New Jersey in an Italian-American family full of football coaches. Growing up he watched his father, Mike, coach at

Paramus Catholic High School Paramus Catholic High School is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school located in Paramus in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The school, founded in 1965, under Archbishop Thomas A. Boland, and Superintendent of Schools, Mon ...

in New Jersey for 10 years. Mike and his brother Vito coach at

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is a part of the

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coaching staff while his other brother Nicky, is a coach at DePaul High School.

Head coaching record

College

References

External links

Syracuse profile

Rutgers profile
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