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Paul Tortorella
Defensive Coordinator/Strong Safeties/Drop Linebackers
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Tortorella
Paul Tortorella joined the IUP
staff as defensive coordinator in 1995.
 Since
coming to IUP, Tortorella has directed a defense that has
ranked among the best in the nation. A year ago, the Crimson Hawks
led the PSAC and was 14th nationally in scoring defense at 14.4 points
per game while surrendering just 96.6 yards per game on the ground, the
26th best mark in the nation.
In 2003, IUP allowed 16.5 points per game, the 14th lowest figure in the
country. The previous season, the defense forced 42 turnovers, the second most in the nation,
including 23 interceptions.
Six years ago, IUP placed 11th among all Division
II schools in total defense and seventh in pass efficiency defense while
recording the third stingiest defense against the score during the
regular season.
Tortorella got his coaching start on the prep level
in 1985, serving as linebackers coach at Mount Lebanon High School. He
then began a nine-year stint as an assistant coach at a pair of Division
I universities, including six at Maryland and three at Akron.
Tortorella joined the Maryland staff as a graduate
assistant working with linebackers and the secondary from 1986-87
followed by one year as a volunteer assistant secondary coach. In 1989,
he was hired on a fulltime basis as special teams coordinator and tight
ends coach, and he added halfbacks to his list of responsibilities in
1990.
In 1992, Tortorella departed Maryland for Akron,
where he coached defensive backs through the 1994 season before joining
the IUP staff.
During his career, Tortorella has coached two
players who went on to successful NFL careers. Defensive back Victor
Green (Akron) played with the New York Jets from 1993-2001, the New
England Patriots in 2002 and the New Orleans Saints in 2003 while tight
end Frank Wycheck (Maryland) retired after the 2003 season following an
11-year pro career which saw him catch 505 passes.
A pair of IUP cornerbacks have earned All-America
recognition under Tortorella’s tutelage, including Barry Threats (1997
and 1998) and Joey Flora (2001).
Tortorella is a 1985 graduate of Slippery Rock with
a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education. He and his wife
Michele are the parents of Luke (11), Annalise (8), Zachary (5) and
Michael (2).
Jim Smith
Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks
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Smith
A 1998 graduate of IUP and a three-year letterman
on the football team, Jim Smith is in his ninth season on the
coaching staff.
After coaching the linebackers from
2002-05,
Smith is now in charge of the quarterbacks while also coordinating the passing game.
 Smith
was a part-time coach in 2000 and 2001 while also teaching at Latrobe
High School. He mentored the IUP wide receivers in 2000 before coaching
the running backs and serving as passing game coordinator the following
year. Smith was also a member of the coaching staff during the 1998
campaign.
Smith lettered from 1994-96 as a wide receiver at
IUP. During that time, he played in 18 games and caught 20 passes for
229 yards. After his playing days were over, Smith served as a student
coach assisting with the wide receivers during spring practice in 1997.
Smith is a graduate of Dover High School in York,
where he was an all-county selection in both football and wrestling his
junior and senior years. He holds the school record for most receptions
in a season with 68 in 1991 and caught nine touchdown passes that year. Smith was selected Dover’s Athlete of the Year as a senior.
He earned his bachelor’s degree in health and
physical education from IUP in 1998. Smith and his wife Lori are
the parents of Trevor, born in March 2006.
Mike Campolo
Running Game Coordinator/Offensive Line
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Campolo
Mike Campolo is in his sixth season on the IUP
staff and third coaching the offensive line. Last year, he added the
title of running game coordinator. Campolo was in charge of the
Indian running backs from 2002-04.
 Campolo
worked closely the past three seasons with Jason Capizzi, a consensus
All-American in 2006 and a free agent signee by the Pittsburgh Steelers
after the April NFL draft.
Campolo
was a four-year letterman for IUP from 1992-95, playing in 47 of 48
games and rushing for 984 yards and 20 touchdowns, including four in the
playoffs in 1993 as IUP advanced to the national championship
game.
He ranks 12th in IUP history in rushing touchdowns.
As a senior in 1995, Campolo was voted captain and
selected Most Inspirational Player by his coaches and teammates.
Prior to returning to his alma mater, Campolo was
the running backs coach at Duquesne the previous three seasons. He
served in the same capacity for one season each at Serra Catholic High
School in 1997 and Bethany College the following year.
Campolo is a 1996 graduate of IUP
with a bachelor’s degree in communications media. His son Vito was
born in April 2006.
D.K. McDonald
Defensive Backs
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McDonald
D.K. McDonald joined the IUP coaching staff in
January 2006 upon the hiring of Lou Tepper as head coach.
McDonald coaches the
defensive backs at IUP after serving in the same capacity under Tepper
at Edinboro from 2003-05. His focus will be on cornerbacks and free
safeties.
 During
his time as a coach at Edinboro, McDonald played a key role in
developing some of the finest defensive units in Division II football.
In 2005, the Fighting Scots were No. 1 in the nation in scoring,
rushing and total defense and third in passing efficiency defense.
McDonald
was a four-year starter at cornerback at Edinboro from 1997-2000. He
was a first team All-PSAC West selection as a junior when he finished
with 29 tackles and a team-high 11 pass breakups.
A native of Orrville,
Ohio, McDonald had career totals of 108 tackles, four interceptions and
34 breakups. His senior season in 2000 was the first as head coach at Edinboro for Tepper.
A 2001 graduate with a
bachelor’s degree in history, McDonald was an Edinboro scholar-athlete
all four years. He served as the president of the Fellowship of
Christian Athletes and was an Erie area representative for that
organization after his graduation.
Nick Sirianni
Wide Receivers
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Sirianni
Nick Sirianni joined the IUP coaching staff in
July 2006 and is in charge of the wide receivers.
 Sirianni
spent the previous two years coaching cornerbacks at his alma mater, Mount
Union College, and was part of the staff in 2005 when the Purple Raiders
won the Division III national championship for the eighth time in
school history.
He was a three-year letterman and starter as a wide
receiver at Mount Union from 2001-03 and an integral part of the 2001
and 2002 squads that claimed the national title.
Sirianni earned all-conference honors his senior year
when he caught 52 passes for 998 yards for an average of 19.2 yards per
catch. He scored 13 touchdowns and averaged 71.3 receiving yards per
game. In 27 career games, he made 68 receptions
for 1,332 yards and scored 17 touchdowns.
A native of Jamestown, N.Y., Sirianni spent one
season with the Canton Legends of the Atlantic Indoor Football League
before returning to Mount Union in 2004.
Sirianni graduated from Mount Union in 2003 with a degree in physical
education.
Bernie McQuown
Defensive Ends/Rush Linebackers
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McQuown
Bernie McQuown joined the IUP coaching staff in
1987 after establishing a reputation as one of the most successful and
highly respected high school coaches in Pennsylvania.
 McQuown
retired in 1998 following 25 years as a guidance counselor at Indiana High
School and 32 years overall at the school, including seven as a history
instructor.
McQuown began his high school coaching career as an
assistant at Punxsutawney before embarking on a 28-year run as a head
coach on the prep level. He spent three seasons at East Brady (1959-61)
followed by four at Kane (1962-65), where he posted a record of 27-6-1. But it was his 21-year stint as head coach at Indiana High School that
earned him the most accolades.
McQuown was at the helm of the Indiana program from
1966-86, compiling 133 wins against just 56 losses and nine ties. During
his final five seasons with the Indians, his teams were 40-10-2. McQuown
led two undefeated seasons (1976 and 1985), won three CENPAC
championships and three Western Conference titles. He coached the Big 33
team in 1979 and was named the Pennsylvania Class AAAA Coach of the Year
in 1980.
McQuown graduated from Juniata in 1958 where he was
an All-America offensive guard. He and his wife Barbara have two
daughters, Kathy and Kim, and five grandchildren.
Chuck Gironda
Defensive Tackles
Chuck Gironda returned to IUP during the summer of
2006 and will coach the interior of the defensive line. Gironda
was on the staff from 1986-2003.
 After leaving IUP in 2003, Gironda was the head
coach at Central Cambria High School for one year and the defensive
coordinator for two seasons for the Johnstown Riverhawks of the
Atlantic (now American) Indoor Football League.
A 1967 graduate of IUP and a three-year letterman on the football team
from 1964-66, Gironda enjoyed an outstanding high school coaching career
before returning to his alma mater in 1986. He spent seven seasons
at Northern Bedford (1972-78) and six at Central Cambria (1979-84).
Including a 6-5 record at Central Cambria in 2003, Gironda had a high
school mark of 93-38-5. His first four teams at Northern Bedford
went 7-3, 9-0-1, 8-1 and 9-0 and captured three straight Mountain
Conference championships.
His pattern of success continued at Central Cambria, where his 1983 and
1984 teams went 9-2 and 7-2-1, respectively, and claimed a share of the
Big Nine Conference title in 1983.
Gironda was a social studies instructor at Central Cambria for 29 years
during his high school and college coaching careers, retiring
following the 2004-05 academic year.
Gironda and his wife Kathleen are the parents of four children.
His son Ray earned four letters at IUP as a defensive lineman from
1994-97. The couple also has five grandchildren.
Bill Waryck
Tight Ends
Bill Waryck is in his ninth season on the IUP
staff and his fifth working primarily with the tight ends. He is
in charge of the long snappers in addition to assisting with the
offensive line.
 In
the four years from 1999-2002 he was an assistant on the defensive line
and the scout team.
Waryck was the head coach at Indiana High School
from 1992-98 after being an assistant at Indiana from 1984-87. He
ran the Marion Center High School program from 1988-91.
Waryck graduated from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1983 with a degree in biology and is a biology teacher
at Indiana High School. He played freshman football at Penn in
1979 and was a member of the school's junior varsity and varsity squad
in 1980.
Waryck and his wife Jan are the
parents of daughter Alyssa (18) and son Brian (10).
Gene Bicego
Kickers/Punters
Gene Bicego is in his 22nd year on the IUP coaching
staff and is in charge of the team's kickers.
 During
his time at IUP, Bicego has worked with some of the finest kickers in
school history. Mike Geary and Jon Ruff share the PSAC single
season field goal record with 18 in 1993 and 1995, respectively, and
Josh Telenko ranks sixth in conference history in points scored by a
kicker with 242.
IUP kickers had a streak of 96 consecutive extra
points made from the middle of the 2002 season until it was snapped
against West Chester early in the 2005 campaign.
Bicego coached track and field at Homer-Center High
School from 1972-78 and retired from his elementary teaching position at the school
after 35 years. He is a 1970 graduate of Edinboro.
Bicego and his wife June reside in Indiana.
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