Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Defensive Backs
- Email:
- campania@bc.edu
- Phone:
- 552-3010
• Entering his seventh season coaching at the collegiate level and his third at Boston College; coached high school football in New Jersey for six years.
• Promoted to co-defensive coordinator in the spring of 2018.
• Oversaw a secondary in 2017 that had two players selected in the 2018 NFL Draft (Isaac Yiadom, third round, Denver Broncos; Kamrin Moore, sixth round, New Orleans Saints).
• Boston College was third nationally in pass efficiency defense in 2017.
• Boston College was 12th nationally in interceptions (18) in 2017.
• Lukas Denis was tied for second nationally with seven interceptions in 2017 and was named a Walter Camp Football Foundation Second Team All-American and All-ACC Second Team selection.
• National Defensive Backs Coach of the Year in 2017 by both 247Sports and FootballScoop.com.
• BC finished the season ranked 32nd nationally in passing defense but, per PFF College's aggregated metrics, was actually one of the top units in the nation in passing defense.
• Helped to mentor a BC secondary in 2016 that finished 34th nationally and fourth in the ACC with 205.6 passing yards allowed per game.
• BC finished 2016 ninth nationally in total defense and ranked in the top 20 in seven different categories overall.
• Helped develop free safety John Johnson into a third-round selection in the 2017 NFL Draft (Los Angeles Rams).
• Worked with the Rutgers wide receivers in 2015, mentoring Leonte Carroo to earn All-Big Ten honors, notching 29 receptions, 809 yards and 10 touchdowns – first in the conference and 14th in the nation. Carroo was a third-round draft pick by the Miami Dolphins in the 2016 NFL Draft.
• In 2013 and 2014, oversaw the tight ends and in 2013, tutored Tyler Kroft to SI.com Honorable Mention All-America and First-Team All-American Athletic Conference accolades as Kroft led the team in receiving yards (573) and receptions (43); Kroft was selected in the third round (85th overall) of the 2015 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals.
• Spent the 2012 season as a defensive assistant, helping coach a unit that finished fourth in the nation in scoring defense (14.15 points allowed/game), tied for ninth in turnovers gained (32) and 10th in total defense (311.62 yards allowed/game).
• Began coaching career as a student assistant for the Scarlet Knights before working in high school, spending one year at Fair Lawn High School and moving on to work with linebackers at Don Bosco Prep in 2007-09 and then offensive coordinator from 2010-11.
Coaching Career
2005: Rutgers, Student Assistant
2006: Fair Lawn High School, Assistant
2007-09: Don Bosco Prep, Linebackers
2010-11: Don Bosco Prep, Offensive Coordinator
2012: Rutgers, Defensive Assistant
2013-14: Rutgers, Tight Ends
2015: Rutgers, Wide Receivers
2016-17: Boston College, Defensive Backs
2018-present: Boston College, Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs
Bowls Coached
2005: Rutgers, Insight
2012: Rutgers, Russell Athletic
2013: Rutgers, Pinstripe
2014: Rutgers, Quick Lane
2016: Boston College, Quick Lane
2017: Boston College, Pinstripe
Playing Experience
2001-04: Rutgers, Safety/Linebacker
Personal
Hometown: Fair Lawn, N.J.
High School: Fair Lawn
College: Rutgers (B.S. in History, 2007)
Wife: Tracey
Children: Valentina, Serafina
