Coaches

Nick Rapone has 30 years of college coaching experience, including the last seven as defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at the University of Delaware. In his seven seasons at Delaware, he helped the Fightin’ Blue Hens reach the NCAA FCS title game in 2007 and 2010, and was named the 2010 FootballScoop NCAA Division I FCS Coordinator of the Year. Prior to his arrival at Delaware, Rapone served as an assistant with Temple (1983-88, 1999-2005), Connecticut (1995-98), and Pittsburgh (1989-92). His first stint at Temple came as a member of head coach Bruce Arians’ staff, when he was secondary coach and then assumed defensive coordinator responsibilities from 1985-88. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh (1979-80) before spending two years as the defensive backs coach at East Tennessee State (1981-82).