Angelo Posillico - Assistant Track and Field Coach - Men's Track and Field Coaches

Angelo Posillico

Title:
Assistant Track and Field Coach
Email:
angelo.posillico@westpoint.edu
Phone:
7153

Angelo Posillico joined the Army West Point track and field staff as the new assistant coach, working primarily with the throwers, for the 2017-18 season.

In 2019, he helped guide the Army throwing program to one of its most successful years in Academy history. Army won the Patriot League Indoor Track & Field Championship and set four new Army West Point throwing records during the indoor and outdoor campaigns. The program was also represented at the national level, as August Cook qualified for his second consecutive NCAA Championship in javelin and Mike Renard became Army's first All-American since 2011 in the discus.

Posillico joined the Black Knights after serving as the Director of Cross Country and Track and Field at Springfield College.

"We are fortunate to add Angelo Posillico to our staff," stated Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach Mike Smith. "Angelo comes to us with a great deal of experience as a coach, and I look forward to seeing how he interacts with our cadet-athletes. I think he brings a wealth of education, certification, and experience to our program from both a coaching and recruiting perspective."

Smith continued, "I think we got lucky to attract such a good, talented, young coach, and I'm happy that our athletes are able to work with such a talented coach. They stand to gain a lot in terms of the experience that Angelo brings to the table. At the division three level, he's coached a number of All-Americans and a national champion, all in throwing events. I think that bodes well for what he'll be able to do at Army and for our level of competition. We are fortunate to have him, and to have him in place at the start of the school year."

Prior to his year at Springfield, Posillico spent six seasons at SUNY Oneonta. He served as a cross country head coach and associate head coach for track and field before being promoted to the head coach of both sports where he served in that role for three years.

Under his direction, Oneonta had 30 All-Americans in cross country and track & field, four NCAA Division III individual national champions, a Division III National Athlete of the Year, and five SUNYAC Track & Field Team Championships, the only five in program history. The program also made its first three NCAA appearances in women's cross country history.

Academically, Oneonta garnered 19 United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team recognitions along with 21 USTFCCCA All-Academic individual honorees.

During his tenure at Oneonta, Posillico earned three USTFCCCA Atlantic Region Track & Field Coach of the Year honors, and four SUNYAC Head Track & Field Coach of the Year accolades.

Posillico coached nine All-American throwers, including Patrick Weinert, the 2015 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track & Field National Champion in the hammer throw.

Previous to joining Oneonta's staff, Posillico spent two years as an assistant coach at the University of Redlands, in Redlands, Calif.

Posillico is a USA Track & Field Level III & IAAF Level V certified throwing coach, a NSCA certified strength and conditioning specialist, and also a USTFCCCA Strength and Conditioning Coach.