< PreviousThrough the generosity of alumni and friends of the baseball program, artificial turf was installed on the infield and behind home plate. Outfield wall padding was added in March 2017. In addition to numerous capital projects, Jackson has overseen the successful implementation of the “Nova Points” donor and season ticket holder points system and has prioritized fundraising for staffing, scholarship and operational support in the Athletic Department. Jackson is involved with several external committees in addition to his responsibilities on campus. He was named by the NCAA to its Division I Council, a four-year term which began on July 1, 2019 and continues through June 30, 2023. The Division I Council is a high-level group comprised of practitioners who work daily in Division I athletics, and it has primary legislative authority for Division I. Jackson will also represent the Division I Council on the Strategic Vision and Planning Committee which has oversight responsibility of administrative functions related to the management of the Division I governance structure, including business and legal affairs, strategic planning and research, Division I membership activities, and health and safety matters. Jackson has been the chair of the BIG EAST Athletic Directors Committee and the Big 5 Athletic Director’s Committee, as well as the Co-Chair of the Collegiate Sports Summit for Athletic Directors. The latter is an initiative which Jackson worked with fellow athletic directors, sports executives and NCAA senior leadership to help found during his years at the University of Southern California. Villanova has been on a remarkable run of success since Jackson’s arrival at the start of the 2015-16 academic year. His first year on the job was marked by the men’s basketball team winning the second national championship in program history. Head coach Jay Wright was named the Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year and men’s basketball was one of four Wildcats teams that advanced to national postseason play. The women’s cross country team earned a berth in the NCAA Championships, while the volleyball team made its second-ever NCAA appearance and the women’s basketball team played in the WNIT. In 2016-17, the men’s basketball team returned to the No. 1 national ranking and won its fourth consecutive regular season BIG EAST title in addition to winning the postseason conference tournament for the second time in three seasons. The women’s basketball team won 20 games for the fifth straight year and reached the semifinal round of the WNIT for the first time. Men’s cross country student-athlete Patrick Tiernan capped his storybook collegiate career by becoming the second Villanova men’s athlete to win the NCAA cross country title. The football team returned to the FCS playoffs in 2016 and the men’s soccer team made its first- ever NCAA Tournament appearance. Highlights from 2017-18 included the dominant run made by men’s basketball during the NCAA Tournament en route to a second national title in three years. The women’s basketball and men’s lacrosse programs also earned at-large NCAA Tournament bids, with the men’s lacrosse team earning its highest-ever national ranking when it landed at No. 4 in the USILA Coaches Poll during the year. Jackson brought with him to Villanova nearly 20 years of experience and a comprehensive knowledge of all sports and the associated support necessary to sustain an elite collegiate athletic program. He was appointed the Director of Athletics at Villanova on August 25, 2015 after serving as the Senior Associate Director of Athletics and Chief Innovation Officer at USC, where he had responsibility for the university’s flagship football program along with baseball, women’s lacrosse and support services, including sports medicine, strength and conditioning, nutrition, security and apparel operations. Some highlights from his USC experience include oversight of more than $125 million in capital projects, playing a key role in a $300 million fundraising campaign for the USC athletic department, and managing the USC athletic department’s dealings with a multi-million dollar renovation of the Los Angeles Coliseum. Prior to USC, Jackson worked at Syracuse University as the Executive Senior Associate Athletic Director, where he oversaw all aspects of athletic administration and support for 20 men’s and women’s programs. At both USC and Syracuse, he was responsible for expanding athletic department partnerships with key sponsors. Jackson also developed a strong relationship with the NCAA, assisting with the development of a robust compliance program on campus. Jackson has previous experience at the professional level with the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots, serving as Director of Football Development with Oakland from 2007- 2008 and as a coaching assistant with New England for three seasons from 1998-2000. Jackson was born in Boston, Massachusetts and played defensive back at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. He received his bachelor’s degree in government from Colby in 1995 and a master’s degree in public policy from Trinity College in 1997. Jackson, 46, and his wife, Tricia, are parents to four children: Grace, 18; Hannah, 16; Kevin, 14; and Sean, 12. 2019 FOOTBALL VILLANOVA TODAY DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS MARK JACKSON V I L L A NO V A . C OM 138 (continued from page 137)2019 FOOTBALL VILLANOVA TODAY CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS 139 V I L L A N O VA . CO M WILDCAT NIT CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS MEN’S BASKETBALL: 1994 - Coached by Steve Lappas WILDCAT BIG EAST CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS Villanova University joined the Big East Conference in men’s sports in the 1980-81 academic year. The Big East Conference added women’s sports in the 1982-83 academic year. BASEBALL (regular-season titles): 1988, 1993, 1996 (National Division title) BASEBALL (Tournament titles): 1989, 1991 MEN’S BASKETBALL (regular-season titles): 1981-82, 1982-83 (tied) 1983-84 (tied), 1996-97, 2005-06 (tied), 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17, 2018-19 MEN’S BASKETBALL (Tournament titles): 1995, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (regular-season titles): 1983-84, 1984-85, 1986-87 WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (Tournament titles): 1986, 1987, 2003 MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY: 1983, 1993, 2002, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY: 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017 FIELD HOCKEY: 1990 GOLF: 1985, 1990 MEN’S LACROSSE: 2013 MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING: 1981, 1993 WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING: 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 MEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: 1983, 1985, 1986, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK & FIELD: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 2014, 2015, 2019 WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD: 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1997, 2000, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 WOMEN’S SOCCER: 2003 WILDCAT CAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS MEN’S LACROSSE: 2009 WILDCAT ECAC/IC4A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS ECAC = Eastern College Athletic Conference IC4A = Intercollegiate Association of Amateur Athletes of America MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (IC4A): 1962, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1996 MEN’S INDOOR TRACK (IC4A): 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986 MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK (IC4A): 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1978, 1979, 1984 WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY (ECAC): 1982, 1984, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996 WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK (ECAC): 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 WOMEN’S SOFTBALL (ECAC): 1996 WOMEN’S SOCCER (ECAC): 1987, 2000 WILDCAT YANKEE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAMS Villanova played in Yankee Conference from 1988-1996. Co-CHAMPIONS: 1989, 1991 - Both teams coached by Andy Talley. WILDCAT ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAMS Villanova played in Atlantic 10 Conference from 1997-2006. CHAMPIONS: 1997, 2001 - Both teams coached by Andy Talley WILDCAT CAA CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAMS CHAMPIONS: 2009, 2012 - Coached by Andy Talley VILLANOVA NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP TEAMS (21 TITLES) MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 – All four teams coached by James “Jumbo” Elliott. WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2009, 2010; 1989-93 – Coached by Marty Stern; 1994 – Coached by John Marshall; 1998 – Coached by Marcus O’Sullivan; 2009, 2010 – Coached by Gina Procaccio. MEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 1968, 1971, 1979 – All three teams coached by James “Jumbo” Elliott. MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK AND FIELD 1957 – Coached by James “Jumbo” Elliott. MEN’S BASKETBALL 2018 – Coached by Jay Wright; 2016 – Coached by Jay Wright; 1985 – Coached by Rollie Massimino. FOOTBALL 2009 – Coached by Andy Talley2019 FOOTBALL V I L L A NO V A . C OM 140 VILLANOVA TODAY ATHLETIC STAFF SENIOR ADMINISTRATION MARK JACKSON Director of Athletics LYNN TIGHE Senior Associate AD/ Chief Athletics Administrative Officer/SWA ASHWIN PURI Senior Associate AD/ Chief Athletics Operating Officer REV. ROB HAGAN Senior Associate AD/Student-Athlete Welfare DEAN KENEFICK Senior Associate AD/Communications OFFICE OF THE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR MARK JACKSON Director of Athletics LYNN TIGHE Senior Associate AD/Chief Athletics Administrative Officer/SWA MEGHAN SHANER Manager, Director of Athletics Office OFFICE OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT FOR ATHLETICS JEREMY KEES Faculty Athletics Representative JENN BROPHY Director of Academic Support for Athletics KRISTA CHMIELEWSKI Assistant Director of Academic Support TARYN NICHOLS Athletics Academic Advisor MARISSA PAFFAS Athletics Academic Advisor BUSINESS OPERATIONS BRIAN MURRAY Associate AD/Business Operations ROSEMARY MAZZOTTA Athletics Business Assistant JEN BURNS Travel Coordinator COMPLIANCE AND STUDENT SERVICES REV. ROB HAGAN Senior Associate AD/Student-Athlete Welfare KATIE LeGRAND Assistant AD/Compliance MALCOLM GRACE Assistant AD/Compliance (Basketball) ALLISON VENELLA Assistant AD/Student-Athlete Development PETER BARAN Director of Compliance ALEXISS ROBINSON Director of Compliance FINANCIAL AID JENNIFER WAHL Athletics Insurance Assistant DEVELOPMENT – VILLANOVA ATHLETIC FUND STEVE PINONE Senior Director of Athletic Development for Men’s Basketball WHITEY RIGSBY Senior Major Gift Officer BRIAN BEACHAM Associate Director of Athletics Development DEVIN HASSINGER Coordinator of Athletics Development EQUIPMENT ROOM BLAKE BURKEY Assistant AD/Equipment Operations MICHAEL BRAZILL Assistant Director of Equipment Operations/ Football ASHLEY GARRISON Assistant Director of Equipment Operations BRANDON MANGO Assistant Director of Equipment Operations EXTERNAL OPERATIONS ASHWIN PURI Senior Associate AD/Chief Athletics Operating Officer JACOB WHITTEN Assistant AD/Marketing JANINE SHAO Assistant AD/Marketing MARY MITCHELL Administrative Assistant FACILIITES AND OPERATIONS BRIAN ANDERSON Associate AD/Facilities and Game Operations REGGIE PARIS Coordinator of Facilities and Operations BRANDON TUOZZOLO Coordinator of Facilities and Operations JAKE EDINGER Coordinator of Facilities and Operations INTRAMURALS AND RECREATION LISA HARRIS Associate AD/Intramurals and Recreation ASHLEY MONTECCHIO Intramurals and Recreation Coordinator MICHAEL HAY Aquatic Coordinator GINA PALERMO Fitness Coordinator MARK JACKSON LYNN TIGHE ASHWIN PURI REV. ROB HAGAN, O.S.A. DEAN KENEFICK JEREMY KEES JENN BROPHY KRISTA CHMIELEWSKI TARYN NICHOLS MARISSA PAFFAS REV. ROB HAGAN, O.S.A. KATIE LeGRAND MALCOLM GRACE ALLISON VENELLA PETER BARAN ALEXISS ROBINSON STEVE PINONE WHITEY RIGSBY DEVIN HASSINGER BRIAN BEACHAM JENNIFER WAHL BRIAN MURRAY ROSEMARY MAZZOTTA JEN BURNS MARK JACKSON LYNN TIGHE MEGHAN SHANER BLAKE BURKEY MICHAEL BRAZILL BRANDON MANGO ASHLEY GARRISON ASHWIN PURI JACOB WHITTEN MARY MITCHELL JANINE SHAO BRIAN ANDERSON REGGIE PARIS JAKE EDINGER BRANDON TUOZZOLO LISA HARRIS ASHLEY MONTECCHIO GINA PALERMO MICHAEL HAY2019 FOOTBALL 141 V I L L A N O VA . CO M VILLANOVA TODAY ATHLETIC STAFF MEDIA RELATIONS DEAN KENEFICK Senior Associate AD/Communications MIKE SHERIDAN Assistant AD/Communications DAVID BERMAN Assistant AD/Communications MICHELLE RUEL Media Relations Coordinator SPORTS MEDICINE LENNY CURRIER Assistant AD/Sports Medicine MIKE DUNCAN Team Physician JEFF PIERCE Head Athletics Trainer SHAWN KEANE Associate Athletic Trainer TYLER WAITE Associate Athletic Trainer REBECCA DUBAS Athletic Trainer ADAM EDWARDS Athletic Trainer SPENCER FOWLER Athletic Trainer TAYLOR GERHART Athletics Trainer MATTHEW MITCHELL Athletic Trainer STEPHANIE NATALIE Athletics Trainer CAILEY RYAN Athletics Trainer JEREMY BIAGIOTTI Athletics Trainer TY BIGELOW Athletic Trainer STRENGTH & CONDITIONING KEVIN MILLER Associate AD/Director of Sports Performance SEAN DOHERTY Sports Performance Coach COLIN MASTERSON Sports Performance Coach MICHAEL RHOADES Sports Performance Coach JOHN SHACKLETON Strength/Performance Enhancement Coach MIKE TUCKER Sports Performance Coach TICKET OFFICE KEVIN AHERN Asst. Athletic Director for Ticket Operations LOGAN BRADY Coordinator of Ticketing VIDEO OPERATIONS RYAN CHRISTIANSEN Director of Video Operations JOE BAKER Coordinator of Video Operations LEGENDS DAVID WISHART General Manager/Premium Seating SCOTT CONTI Account Executive/Athletic Ticketing NICK DiPAOLA Account Executive/Athletic Ticketing MAUREEN PFEIFFER Marketing Manager ANN O’TOOLE Sales and Marketing Coordinator SPECTRA CHUCK RIDDICK General Manager/Spectra Food Services MORGAN NESS Sales and Operations Manager VILLANOVA SPORTS PROPERTIES (FOX SPORTS) DREW YOUNG VP/GM (Fox Sports) KEVIN LEVY Senior Director of Business Development (Fox Sports) DANIELLE DUROCHER Partner Services Manager (Fox Sports) KEVIN MILLER SEAN DOHERTY COLIN MASTERSON MICHAEL RHOADES JOHN SHACKLETON MIKE TUCKER LENNNY CURRIER MIKE DUNCAN SHAWN KEANE JEFF PIERCE TYLER WAITE REBECCA DUBAS SPENSER FOWLER ADAM EDWARDS TAYLOR GERHART MATTHEW MITCHELL CAILEY RYAN STEPHANIE NATALIE JEREMY BIAGIOTTI TY BIGELOW KEVIN AHERN LOGAN BRADY CHUCK RIDDICK MORGAN NESS RYAN CHRISTIANSEN JOE BAKER DEAN KENEFICK MIKE SHERIDAN MICHELLE RUEL DAVID BERMAN DAVID WISHART SCOTT CONTI NICK DiPAOLA MAUREEN PFEIFFER ANN O'TOOLE DREW YOUNG KEVIN LEVY DANIELLE DUROCHERBRAD ADAMS Men’s Tennis CARISSA ADAMS Rowing TOM CARLIN Men’s Soccer MIKE CORRADO Men’s Lacrosse MARK FERRANTE Football CHRIS McLAIN Women’s Soccer JOANIE MILHOUS Field Hockey KEVIN MULVEY Baseball MARCUS O’SULLIVAN Men’s Track & Field & Cross Country BRIDGET ORCHARD Softball HARRY PERRETTA Women’s Basketball GINA PROCACCIO Women’s Track & Field, Cross Country STEVE REINIGER Women’s Tennis LARRY SANDERS Water Polo JAMIE SHROY Cheerleading Coordinator RICK SIMPSON Swimming & Diving JOSH STEINBACH Volleyball JIM WILKES Golf JAY WRIGHT Men’s Basketball JULIE YOUNG Women’s Lacrosse BRAD ADAMS Men’s Tennis CARISSA ADAMS Rowing TOM CARLIN Men’s Soccer MIKE CORRADO Men’s Lacrosse Mark Ferrante Football CHRIS McLAIN Women’s Soccer JOANIE MILHOUS Field Hockey KEVIN MULVEY Baseball MARCUS O’SULLIVAN Men’s Track & Field & Cross Country BRIDGET ORCHARD Softball HARRY PERRETTA Women’s Basketball GINA PROCACCIO Women’s Track & Field, Cross Country STEVE REINIGER Women’s Tennis LARRY SANDERS Water Polo JAMIE SHROY Cheerleading Coordinator RICK SIMPSON Swimming & Diving JOSH STEINBACH Volleyball JIM WILKES Golf JAY WRIGHT Men’s Basketball JULIE YOUNG Women’s Lacrosse 2019 FOOTBALL V I L L A NO V A . C OM 142 VILLANOVA TODAY VILLANOVA HEAD COACHES2019 FOOTBALL 143 V I L L A N O VA . CO M VILLANOVA TODAY ACADEMIC SUPPORT ACADEMIC SUPPORT Thirty years ago Villanova University was one of the leaders among NCAA Division I schools in recogniz- ing the need for providing academic support for its student-athletes . This is a University which treasures its outstand- ing academic reputation and is equally proud of its student-athletes who represent Villanova every year in inter-collegiate contests . Today, college athletes are expected to be involved in their sports and in training all year long . Time demands are extraordinary . The Office of Academic Support helps our student-athletes to manage these athletic demands without sacrificing their academic careers . At Villanova, the Office of Academic Support reports to the Office of the Provost . The Academic Support staff works with the Athletic Department, whose directors and coaches have always understood the primacy of academics . The entire university community is proud of the fact that all the student-athletes who stay at our University for their entire careers graduate with as fine a degree as any in the country . The Office of Academic Support works in conjunc- tion with the many offices of academic support on campus available to all students . Moreover, with its Freshman Mentoring Program and academic tutors, the Academic Support staff oversees the academic progress of Villanova’s student-athletes throughout the year . Villanova’s Athletic Department has never lost sight of the mission of its University . The faculty, alumni, administrators, and students can be assured that this tradition of excellence continues . Former Villanova student-athlete Brian Westbrook was inducted into the Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Fame in October 2015 “I RECEIVED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE ACADEMIC SUPPORT STAFF. THEY WERE A HUGE HELP IN ASSISTING ME TO REACH THE GOALS I SET FOR MYSELF.” – Brian Westbrook • Former Villanova All-American running back • 2001 Walter Payton Award Winner. • Selected by the Philadelphia Eagles in the third round of the 2002 NFL Draft. Joined the San Francisco 49ers in 2010. • Chosen to participate in the Pro Bowl in 2004 and 2007 • Philadelphia Eagles Hall of Famer2019 FOOTBALL V I L L A NO V A . C OM 144 VILLANOVA TODAY SPORTS MEDICINE LENNY CURRIER Director of Sports Medicine MATTHEW MITCHELL Athletic Trainer JEFF PIERCE Head Athletic Trainer TREVOR MUTH Athletic Trainer DR. MICHAEL DUNCAN Team Physician STEPHANIE NATALIE Athletic Trainer ERIC VAN ESS Athletic Trainer TYLER WAITE Athletic Trainer ADAM EDWARDS Athletic Trainer SHAWN KEANE Athletic TrainerJUSTIN COVINGTON JULIAN WILLIAMS CHUCKY SMITH CHANGA HODGE CHRISTIAN BENFORD NOWOOLA AWOPETU PAUL GRATTAN MJ DUMAS Next >