John Anselmo
Secondary
Phone: 4817
Email:
janselmo@syr.edu
Coaching Experience
| 2009-Present |
Secondary Coach |
Syracuse University |
| 1999-2008 |
Head Coach |
Nassau Community College |
| 1995-98 |
Secondary Coach |
Georgia Tech |
| 1987-94 |
Head Coach |
Nassau Community College |
| 1977-86 |
Defensive Coordinator |
Nassau Community College |
Coaching Accomplishments
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• His career record of 152-37 (.804 win percentage) was the best among active junior college coaches.
• He has mentored more than 150 student-athletes who went on to Division I schools, and more than 600 who moved on to four-year colleges.
• In 18 years as the head coach at Nassau Community College, led the team to 12 Junior College Bowl games.
• He was also a professor in the Department of Health at Nassau Community College.
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Playing Accomplishments
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• Excelled in both football, wrestling and baseball at Cortland State.
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Championships and Bowl Games as a Coach
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• 1997 Carquest Bowl, Georgia Tech
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Prominent Players Coached
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• Georgia Tech: Brian Wilkins (Tied school record with three interceptions against Florida State in 1996); Ryan Stewart (Detroit Lions); Travares Tillman (seven years in the NFL); Jason Bostic (Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills)
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Education
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• Graduate of Freeport High School in New York in 1967
• Cortland State (B.S.), 1971
• Earned his Master’s degree from Syracuse in 1972
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Personal
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• Born September 1949 in Freeport, N.Y.
• He and his wife, Carol, have three children, Alison, Tracy and Peter, and three grandchildren.
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