Rob Pasquariello was named Head Coach of the Rider Cross Country and Track & Field Teams in September, 2006 after serving one year as Acting Head Coach.
Pasquariello is in his sixth season at Rider, serving four years as the assistant head coach, directly in charge of the field events. In the past Pasquariello has developed and implemented the team's strength and conditioning program. He also served as the Academic Support Advisor for the Athletic Department in the 2001-02 school year.
In his tenure at Rider, Pasquariello's athletes have led the women’s track & field team to its first-ever Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship in 2004. His athletes have broken 24 school records and won 26 MAAC gold medals while setting three Conference Championship meet records. 35 of his athletes have qualified for the ECAC/IC4A championships, and eight have qualified for the NCAA Regionals. Two have earned All-East honors, and current Bronc Jazmine Fenlator won an ECAC Championship in the discus. Pasquariello has also been instrumental in recruiting over 70 student-athletes to the university in the past four years.
Prior to coming to Rider, Pasquariello was the head jumps coach at Glen Mills Schools in Pennsylvania for 11 years. While there he helped coach the team to 15 state AAA team championships. His jumpers won three individual state championships, and he produced 24 state medalists.
A 1987 graduate of Villanova University, Pasquariello is a USA Track and Field Level II certified coach in the jumps, sprints, hurdles and throws.
