University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Football
Ricky Ciccone
- Title:
- Director of Player Personnel
Ricky Ciccone enters his first season as the director of player personnel, bringing a wealth of coaching and recruiting experience to Lafayette. Ciccone spent the last eight years at the University of Toledo in a number of positions, most recently director of player personnel/recruiting coordinator.
Ciccone’s efforts in coordinating Toledo’s overall recruiting efforts have helped the Rockets gain the No. 1 recruiting class in the Mid-American Conference five times in the past seven years, according to 247Sports.com.
In 2018, Ciccone coached the nickel backs for the Rockets, as well as serving as the recruiting coordinator. In Ciccone’s first two years at Toledo, he served as the director of high school relations.
Prior to coming to Toledo, Ciccone worked in a number of collegiate and high school positions in the state of Ohio, most recently as the running backs coach at Ohio Dominican University.
A native of Coshocton, Ohio, Ciccone attended the University of Mount Union where he played football from 2001-04. Ciccone was a second-team All-OAC running back as a senior in 2004. He was a member of teams that won Division III national championships in 2001 and 2002.
Ciccone began his career as the running backs coach at Marietta College in 2006 before moving to the high school ranks, taking assistant’s positions at Marietta High School in 2009 and Tri-Valley in 2010.
In 2011, Ciccone assumed an assistant coaching position at Kenyon College, where he coached the defensive line and served as recruiting coordinator. He moved on to Bluffton, where he was the co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator from 2012-13. Ciccone coached four all-league receivers and return specialists for the Beavers, who set a school-record for conference wins (5) in 2012.
Ciccone returned to the high school coaching ranks in 2014 as the tight ends/slot receivers coach and special teams coordinator at Olentangy High School, helping the Braves earn a 10-0 regular-season record and a trip to the Division II state semifinals. He spent the 2015 season at Ohio Dominican, coaching the running backs.
Ciccone earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Mount Union in 2005 and his master’s degree in education from Marietta in 2008. He and his wife Tessa have twins (son, Luca and a daughter, Harper), and a daughter, Lillian.
Ciccone’s efforts in coordinating Toledo’s overall recruiting efforts have helped the Rockets gain the No. 1 recruiting class in the Mid-American Conference five times in the past seven years, according to 247Sports.com.
In 2018, Ciccone coached the nickel backs for the Rockets, as well as serving as the recruiting coordinator. In Ciccone’s first two years at Toledo, he served as the director of high school relations.
Prior to coming to Toledo, Ciccone worked in a number of collegiate and high school positions in the state of Ohio, most recently as the running backs coach at Ohio Dominican University.
A native of Coshocton, Ohio, Ciccone attended the University of Mount Union where he played football from 2001-04. Ciccone was a second-team All-OAC running back as a senior in 2004. He was a member of teams that won Division III national championships in 2001 and 2002.
Ciccone began his career as the running backs coach at Marietta College in 2006 before moving to the high school ranks, taking assistant’s positions at Marietta High School in 2009 and Tri-Valley in 2010.
In 2011, Ciccone assumed an assistant coaching position at Kenyon College, where he coached the defensive line and served as recruiting coordinator. He moved on to Bluffton, where he was the co-offensive coordinator, wide receivers coach and special teams coordinator from 2012-13. Ciccone coached four all-league receivers and return specialists for the Beavers, who set a school-record for conference wins (5) in 2012.
Ciccone returned to the high school coaching ranks in 2014 as the tight ends/slot receivers coach and special teams coordinator at Olentangy High School, helping the Braves earn a 10-0 regular-season record and a trip to the Division II state semifinals. He spent the 2015 season at Ohio Dominican, coaching the running backs.
Ciccone earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Mount Union in 2005 and his master’s degree in education from Marietta in 2008. He and his wife Tessa have twins (son, Luca and a daughter, Harper), and a daughter, Lillian.
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