Civico joined the Rutgers Field Hockey staff as a assistant coach in 2017 and has been a large part of the team's accent into a top program. In that time, Rutgers has reached the NCAA Tournament three times (2018, 2021 and 2023) and won the Big Ten Tournament title in 2021. RU has had its two largest win totals in program history in that span (19 wins in 2021 and 16 wins in 2023).
The 2024 season saw ranked wins over No.17 Penn State, No. 7 Iowa, No. 7 Ohio State and No. 3 Ohio State. The win over the third ranked Buckeyes came in the Big Ten Tournament.
Puck Winter finished the 2024 season with 25 defensive saves for her career. In doing so, she became RU's career record holder in the statistic. Additionally, Paulina Niklaus became the newest RU All-American.
In 2023, Rutgers got off to a tremendous start, with a 15-0 record to begin the campaign. That marked the longest season-opening winning streak by any Rutgers sport since 1986-87. The team ultimately won 16 games, second most in program history, defeating eight ranked teams along the way, and were nationally ranked each week, including eight polls in the top-10 and peaking at No. 3. Rutgers was 6-2 in conference play, second best in the league, marking the team's best conference finish since joining the Big Ten. RU had a program record six All-Region selections and five Big Ten selections, placing three on the First Team in each. RU had two All-Americans. Iris Langejans was a First Team All-American, in addition to the Big Ten and Regional Player of the Year. Puck Winter was a Second Team All-American in addition to being named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.
The 2022 season saw five ranked wins. The slate was highlighted by a home win over No. 3 Northwestern, the defending national champions. RU also defeated No. 15 UConn, No. 19 James Madison, No. 23 Ohio State and No. 25 Monmouth. Iris Langejans was named First Team All-Big Ten, First Team All-Region, Third Team All-American, while Puck Winter was the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Year and was a Second Team All-Region selection, as was Guillermina Causarano.
In the fall of 2021, the Scarlet Knights set program records for wins (19), ranked wins (13), top-10 wins (six) and Big Ten Conference wins (six). Rutgers won the Big Ten Tournament Championship for the first time, capturing three wins in four days on its home field. The victory marked the first Big Ten Tournament championship for any Rutgers athletics program. Following the Big Ten title, the Scarlet Knights entered the NCAA Tournament as the No. 1 overall seed and ranked No. 1 in the NFHCA Coaches Poll for the first time in program history. RU advanced to the Elite Eight with a First Round victory over No. 17 Delaware, the first NCAA Tournament victory for the program since 1986.
Following the season, Rutgers earned the Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year award.
In the spring 2021 season, Rutgers posted a 9-5 regular season that include four top-10 ranked wins (two over No. 4 Northwestern and two over No. 9 Penn State). The team was ranked as high as No. 6 in the nation.
The 2019 season saw the Scarlet Knights earned double-digit wins for the second consecutive season. That followed the 2018 campaign, where the Scarlet Knights posted a 13-6 record, reaching the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1986. In Civico's first season on staff in 2017, the team won nine games and spent eight weeks in the national rankings, finishing the year ranked No. 21 in the nation.
A USA Field Hockey Level 3 certified coach, he is currently an assistant coach with the USA Men’s National Team / Junior National Team and a head coach of the USA Field Hockey Futures Program. He is the director and owner of the Mid-Jersey Knights Field Hockey Club. Previously, Civico was the Director of Performance for Lafayette College from 2014 to 2015, which followed two separate stints as an associate head coach and assistant coach at Fairfield University.
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