So six states in reach we should focus on. Unfortunately our head coach over the last 8 plus years hasnt built his staff with coaches that had any true ties to these key areas. Last year that changed a little and amazingly we actually landed a few kids from these areas.
Dino has hired some very good coaches. Here's one of them from New Jersey. Coached number 11 on the best high school list I posted above. Most of the information here is from cuse.com
Those who have said we don't recruit are, IMO, incorrect. Campanile is just getting started, creating ties at the best Jersey schools. He was out there as I saw his name/pic for many offered players.
I say give Campanile another spring and we may see many more NJ recruits commit, adding to the pipeline we've already begun.
It would help him if we had a decent rest of the season. My picks// vs. Colgate W, vs W. Michigan W,
@Purdue W, vs. Army W, @ Clemson L, @ North Carolina L, @ Fl St, L @ V Tech W, vs BC W, n Pitt W,
@ Georgia Tech W, vs Wake W. Best Record 9-3, Worst record 7-5.
NUNZIO CAMPANILE
An experienced power five coach with strong ties to northeast recruiting, Nunzio Campanile was hired as Syracuse's new tight ends coach in January 2023.
Campanile joined the Orange after spending the past five seasons at Rutgers, serving in numerous roles including interim stints as head coach and offensive coordinator, but spent most of his time dedicated to the tight ends room.
A Paramus Catholic graduate with strong ties across New Jersey, Campanile was an accomplished high school coach before joining the Scarlet Knights, with stints at national powerhouses Bergen Catholic and Don Bosco Prep.
Campanile joined Rutgers for the 2018 season as the running backs coach before pivoting to tight ends at the start of the 2019 campaign. He'd finish the year as the interim head coach and was the play caller for the final eight games of that season.
He returned to his post as tight ends coach at the start of 2020, where he remained through this past season until he added interim offensive coordinator and quarterbacks to his list of duties.
Campanile arrived at Rutgers after spending eight seasons as the head coach of Bergen Catholic, where
he led the team to the 2017 state championship. One of the nation's elite high school programs, Campanile compiled a 60-28 record (.681), while leading the Crusaders.
He mentored seven all-state quarterbacks at Bergen Catholic, which averaged over 35 points per game and saw numerous prospects sign scholarship offers across the country during his tenure.
Before Bergen Catholic,
he was the offensive coordinator at Don Bosco Prep from 2000-09, another one of the top football programs in the nation. The Ironmen won six state championships in his 10 seasons there, claiming the national title in 2009. In his time running the offense, Don Bosco recorded a 112-6 overall record.
Campanile comes from a football family, having played quarterback and safety for his father, Mike, at Paramus Catholic, before going on to play collegiately at Amherst College in 1995 and 1996, before transferring to Montclair State, where he graduated in 1999. His brothers, Vito (Bergen Catholic head coach), Nick (DePaul head coach) and Anthony (Miami Dolphins linebackers), also followed in their father's footsteps as football coaches.
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