Campanile Joins BC Staff as DB Coach

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – Head coach Steve Addazio announced on Wednesday that Anthony Campanile will coach defensive backs for the Boston College football team. Campanile was a member of the Rutgers coaching staff for the last four years.

"We are excited to have Anthony Campanile and his family as part of the Boston College football family," Addazio said. "He comes from a football family; his father was a long-time high school coach and his brothers are high school coaches in New Jersey. He has had great tutelage, playing and assisting under Greg Schiano and he has a great knowledge of the Northeast. Anthony has tremendous passion and energy for football, players and recruiting. He is one of the great young coaches in the game today."

"I am really excited to be a part of the Boston College community," Campanile said. "I grew up in the Northeast, I received a Jesuit education and my Catholic faith has always been very important so working at Boston College has always been a career aspiration for me. I am thrilled to be on Coach Addazio's staff with high-character men and we are coaching tough kids where integrity is important. Those are the pillars of what I believe about football and they all reside at BC. That is what gets me more excited than anything to be here. I worked under Coach Greg Toal at Don Bosco Prep and both his sons [Greg and Brian] were Eagles so I know what it means to be a part of this team and this community."

Campanile worked with the Scarlet Knights' wide receivers in 2015. The WR corps racked up 19 touchdowns, 2,485 yards and averaged 207.1 yards per game. He mentored wide receiver Leonte Carroo, who earned All-Big Ten honors, notching 29 receptions, 809 yards and 10 touchdowns – first in the conference and 14^th in the nation. He earned the team's Homer Hazel Trophy as the team MVP and accepted an invitation to play in the 2016 Reese's Senior Bowl.

In 2013 and 2014, Campanile worked with the Rutgers tight ends. In 2013, he tutored tight end 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.

Before working with the offense, Campanile spent the 2012 season on the defensive side of the ball as a defensive assistant. He helped 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).

Campanile played safety and linebacker for Rutgers from 2001 to 2004 under Schiano. The Fair Lawn, N.J., native began his coaching career as a student assistant for the Scarlet Knights.

"Anthony is one of the bright young coaches in college football," Schiano said. "He will be a valuable addition to the Boston College coaching staff."

Campanile returned to his hometown to coach for a season at Fair Lawn High School. He then went on to work with linebackers at Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, N.J., from 2007 to 2009. Before returning to Rutgers, Campanile was the offensive coordinator at Don Bosco.

He earned his degree from Rutgers in 2007. He and his wife, Tracey, have a daughter, Valencia.

CAMPANILE'S 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 – Boston College (defensive backs)

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