Football
Campanile, Nunzio
Nunzio Campanile
- Title:
- Offensive Associate Head Coach/Quarterbacks
- Email:
- ncampani@syr.edu
- Phone:
- 4817
Nunzio Campanile enters his third season with the Syracuse football program in 2025, and second as the Offensive Associate Head Coach/Quarterbacks Coach.
In his first season working with the quarterbacks broke or tied 24 different program individual and team passing or total offense records (career, season and single-game) and starting quarterback Kyle McCord finished in the top-10 of Heisman Trophy voting after setting a new ACC single-season passing record.
Campanile moved into his current role on Fran Brown’s inaugural staff in 2024 after spending the 2023 season coaching tight ends. He also served as the Interim Head Coach for the final two games of the 2023 campaign, where he led the Orange to victory over Wake Forest to secure bowl eligibility for the second year in a row.
Campanile elevated McCord’s game to see him leave Syracuse as one of the best quarterbacks in Syracuse and ACC history. In his one season with the Orange, he threw for 4,779 yards on 391 completions, with 34 touchdowns. McCord set new single-season records for completions, attempts (592), yards, touchdown passes, total offense (4,714), 300+ yard games (12), passing touchdowns and touchdowns responsible for (37), among other records. His passing yards total led the nation and passed the likes of Deshaun Watson, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers, Drake Maye, Jameis Winston and Chris Weinke, among others on the top-10 list in conference history.
In his first season with the program, Campanile mentored offensive stars Oronde Gadsden II and Dan Villari and other strong performers in the tight end room. After Gadsden suffered a season-ending injury in week two, Villari became a key offensive weapon for the Orange, earning ACC Player of the Week honors after posting nearly 170 yards of total offense in the win over Pittsburgh. Villari was just the second Orange player in nearly 40 years to post rushing, receiving and passing touchdowns in the same season.
Before coming to Syracuse, Campanile spent five seasons at Rutgers, serving in numerous roles, including interim stints as head coach and offensive coordinator.
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 the 2022 season until he added interim offensive coordinator and quarterbacks to his list of duties.
While at Rutgers, he coached Johnny Langan, a converted quarterback, who racked up over 1,300 all-purpose yards in his career on the Banks, despite not moving to the position full time until the 2021 season. His 31 receptions were the second-highest mark on the team that season.
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. Five of his former high school quarterback pupils went on to play in the NFL, including Mike Teel, Matt Simms, Jarrett Guarantano, Tanner McEvoy and Gary Nova (camp invite).
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.
He also previously served as the school's athletic director and wrestling coach, winning the 2010 Non-Public A state championship on the mat. He 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, 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.
Campanile and his wife, Heather, have two sons, Michael and James.
In his first season working with the quarterbacks broke or tied 24 different program individual and team passing or total offense records (career, season and single-game) and starting quarterback Kyle McCord finished in the top-10 of Heisman Trophy voting after setting a new ACC single-season passing record.
Campanile moved into his current role on Fran Brown’s inaugural staff in 2024 after spending the 2023 season coaching tight ends. He also served as the Interim Head Coach for the final two games of the 2023 campaign, where he led the Orange to victory over Wake Forest to secure bowl eligibility for the second year in a row.
Campanile elevated McCord’s game to see him leave Syracuse as one of the best quarterbacks in Syracuse and ACC history. In his one season with the Orange, he threw for 4,779 yards on 391 completions, with 34 touchdowns. McCord set new single-season records for completions, attempts (592), yards, touchdown passes, total offense (4,714), 300+ yard games (12), passing touchdowns and touchdowns responsible for (37), among other records. His passing yards total led the nation and passed the likes of Deshaun Watson, Matt Ryan, Philip Rivers, Drake Maye, Jameis Winston and Chris Weinke, among others on the top-10 list in conference history.
In his first season with the program, Campanile mentored offensive stars Oronde Gadsden II and Dan Villari and other strong performers in the tight end room. After Gadsden suffered a season-ending injury in week two, Villari became a key offensive weapon for the Orange, earning ACC Player of the Week honors after posting nearly 170 yards of total offense in the win over Pittsburgh. Villari was just the second Orange player in nearly 40 years to post rushing, receiving and passing touchdowns in the same season.
Before coming to Syracuse, Campanile spent five seasons at Rutgers, serving in numerous roles, including interim stints as head coach and offensive coordinator.
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 the 2022 season until he added interim offensive coordinator and quarterbacks to his list of duties.
While at Rutgers, he coached Johnny Langan, a converted quarterback, who racked up over 1,300 all-purpose yards in his career on the Banks, despite not moving to the position full time until the 2021 season. His 31 receptions were the second-highest mark on the team that season.
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. Five of his former high school quarterback pupils went on to play in the NFL, including Mike Teel, Matt Simms, Jarrett Guarantano, Tanner McEvoy and Gary Nova (camp invite).
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.
He also previously served as the school's athletic director and wrestling coach, winning the 2010 Non-Public A state championship on the mat. He 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, 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.
Campanile and his wife, Heather, have two sons, Michael and James.
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