Nunzio Campanile is in his fifth season on the Rutgers coaching staff in 2022. He took over as interim offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on Oct. 9, 2022.
Campanile previously coached the tight ends since 2020 after serving as the interim head coach and offensive coordinator for the final eight games of the 2019 season. A native of Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Campanile spent eight seasons as the head coach at Bergen Catholic.
• Named interim offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach on Oct. 9, 2022.
• In 2021, used the tight ends in a variety of ways, with Johnny Langan earning Rutgers' MVP for the TaxSlayer Gator Bowl with 57 receiving yards on a career-high six receptions, 20 rushing yards and two completions for 21 yards.
• Rutgers posted a program-best 26.7 points per game in a Big Ten season in 2020. The Scarlet Knights scored at least 20 points in eight games after reaching the mark five times the previous four seasons and 12 times in the first 52 Big Ten games. The 26.7 points per game ranked eighth in the Big Ten, as the previous best ranking in Big Ten-only games was 11th.
• Rutgers finished as the fourth-most improved team in the nation by scoring offense (+13.4 points per game). The Scarlet Knights scored 81 more points than in 2019 (playing three fewer games), the sixth-best improvement in the nation in total points scored (the five higher teams all played 12 games). In addition, RU was the most improved in the Big Ten in total touchdowns scored (+12) and offensive touchdowns (+9).
• Led the Scarlet Knights as interim head coach and called plays as the offensive coordinator for the final eight games of the 2019 season, including the win over Liberty. Started the 2019 season as the tight ends coach.
• Joined Rutgers for the 2018 season as running backs coach.
• A graduate of Paramus Catholic, Campanile spent the previous eight seasons as the head coach at Bergen Catholic, including winning a state title in 2017, after working as offensive coordinator at Don Bosco Prep from 2000-09.
• Campanile compiled a 60-28 (.681) record leading the Crusaders from 2010-17 as a perennial top-100 football national power.
• The team capped off the 2017 season by capturing the Non-Public, Group 4 title, the first state championship for the program since 2004, with a 44-7 triumph over St. Peter’s Prep that featured over 400 yards of total offense. Bergen Catholic went 10-2 overall with a nine-game winning streak to end the season, finishing 10-0 against New Jersey competition to earn the No. 1 ranking in the state.
• The Crusaders saw seven all-state quarterbacks under Campanile’s watch and averaged over 35 points per game during his tenure. Numerous prospects signed scholarship offers across the country.
• Campanile coached in several national prospect games, including as offensive coordinator for the 2007 U.S. Army All-American Game in San Antonio that featured future Scarlet Knight All-America offensive lineman Anthony Davis, plus running backs coach for the 2017 and 2018 Under Armour All-American Game in Orlando.
• In 2012, Campanile was selected by USA Football to join the coaching staff for the US Under-19 National Team that competed in the third annual International Bowl in Austin, Texas.
• Prior to arriving in Oradell, Campanile worked under legendary coach Greg Toal at Don Bosco Prep. The Ironmen won six state titles in 10 seasons with Campanile as the offensive coordinator with a 112-6 record, claiming the national championship in 2009. He mentored quarterbacks Mike Teel and Gary Nova during that time, who would both go on to set passing records at Rutgers.
• Campanile also previously served as the head wrestling coach and athletic director at Don Bosco Prep, winning the 2010 Non-Public A state title on the mat. He has additionally worked as a history and physical education teacher.
• Campanile comes from a football family, having played quarterback and safety for his father, Mike, at Paramus Catholic. His brothers, Vito, Nick and Anthony, are coaches as well.
• Played college football at Amherst College in 1995 and 1996 before transferring to Montclair State.
Hometown: Fair Lawn, N.J.
Alma Mater: Montclair State, 1999
Wife: Heather
Children: Sons, Michael and James
2022: Rutgers (interim offensive coordinator/quarterbacks)
2020-22: Rutgers (tight ends)
2019: Rutgers (interim head coach/offensive coordinator)
2019: Rutgers (tight ends)
2018: Rutgers (running backs)
2010-17: Bergen Catholic High School (head coach)
2000-09: Don Bosco Prep (offensive coordinator)
