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Tufts Football Staff Directory
Football Office
Tufts University
Cousens Gymnasium
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: (617) 627-3635
Fax: (617) 627-3614
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Scott Rynne - Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Coach
Phone: (617) 627-5672
E-mail: scott.rynne@tufts.edu
Recruiting Areas: Massachusetts Leagues -
Central Mass., Colonial, Dual Valley, Inter High, Midland, South
Worcester, Worcester County; Traveling States - NE Preps,
Rhode Island; Other
Areas - Southern New Jersey, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia.
Defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Scott Rynne is in his
sixth season with the Tufts staff. In 2010, the Jumbo defense
included All-Conference performers Ferras Albitar and Sam Diss.
Rynne was previously the offensive coordinator and receivers coach
for the Jumbos. Prior to coming to Tufts, he was the interim head
football coach at Pomona-Pitzer College in California. He has also
coached at Union College and Susquehanna University. An assistant
on the Tufts men’s lacrosse coaching staff, Rynne’s
extensive experience in that sport includes the head women’s
job at Pomona-Pitzer and the head men’s job at Susquehanna. A
1991 graduate of Williams College, Rynne was part of the
Ephs’ back-to-back undefeated football seasons in 1989-90. He
was the team’s Most Valuable Player as a center. Rynne and
his wife Lisa reside in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
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Kevin Farr - Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive
Backs
Phone: (617) 627-5111
E-mail: kevin.farr@tufts.edu
Recruiting Areas: Massachusetts Leagues -
Atlantic, Bay State, Hockomock, Patriot, South Shore, Tri Valley;
Traveling States -
Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vermont; Other Areas - Delaware,
District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois,
Indiana.
New to the staff this year, Kevin Farr is the special
teams coordinator and defensive backs coach. The defensive
coordinator at Saint Lawrence University for the past nine seasons,
Farr was part of a St. Lawrence team that won the Liberty League
Championship and earned a berth into the NCAA Tournament last year.
The Saints were ranked first in the conference for scoring defense,
take-aways, rushing defense and total defense. A native of the
Binghamton, New York area, Farr is a 1999 graduate of Hobart
College where he played defensive back. He started coaching right
out of college at Siena in 1999, moved to the University of New
Hampshire as linebackers coach in 2000, and then in 2001 began his
tenure at St. Lawrence. Recently married, Kevin and his wife
Jessica live in Marlborough.
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Rob Velasquez - Recruiting Coordinator/Offensive
Line
Phone: (617) 627-5111
E-mail: rob.velasquez@tufts.edu
Recruiting Areas: Massachusetts Leagues -
Catholic Central, Catholic Conference; Traveling States - ISL,
Evergreen; Other
Areas - California, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, New
Mexico, Utah, Missouri.
After three years as a graduate assistant coach at Tufts during
which he coached the defensive line, Rob Velasquez was promoted to
full-time during the off-season and will serve as the recruiting
coordinator and offensive line coach. A four-year captain and
center for Endicott College, he graduated with a Fine Arts degree
in 2006. Velasquez was on the University’s first football
team in 2003 and helped build the Gulls into a competitive program
with back-to-back winning seasons in 2004 and 2005. Velasquez
played professionally in Ireland for a year before returning to the
States and beginning his coaching career at Buckingham, Browne
& Nichols. Originally from Colorado, Velasquez is pursuing a
master’s degree in education at Tufts and lives in
Medford.
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Mike Daly - Defensive Line
Phone: (617) 627-3757
E-mail: michael.daly@tufts.edu
Mike Daly, head coach of the two-time NCAA finalist men’s
lacrosse team at Tufts, is in his 16th season as a football
assistant. After several successful years directing
football’s kicking teams, Daly will work with the defensive
line this year. He is a 1995 Tufts graduate who caught 84 passes
for 1,415 yards and 11 touchdowns in his career as a receiver. Also
a baseball player, he was the University’s Fobert Award
winner as the top multi-sport athlete in 1995. From Westfield,
Massachusetts, Daly guided the men’s lacrosse team to the
University’s first-ever NCAA team championship in 2010. The
team returned to the NCAA final in 2011. He is a two-time
conference Coach of the Year in lacrosse. Mike, his wife Norah,
daughter Fiona and son Liam live in Reading.
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Tony Fucillo - Wide Receivers
Phone: (617) 627-5111
Tony Fucillo joined the Tufts staff as wide receivers coach last
year. Father of record-setting Tufts quarterback and 2010 graduate
Anthony Fucillo, Tony coached at nearby Winthrop High School for 35
years, including as head coach from 1987-2006. He retired after
leading Winthrop to the 2006 Massachusetts Division 2A Super Bowl
title. Fucillo was inducted into the Massachusetts High School
Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame in April 2011. A
defensive back at Xavier University in Ohio, Tony and his wife
Carolyn have three children and live in Winthrop.
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Justin Cross - Tight Ends/Offensive Line
Assistant
Phone: (617) 627-3232
Tight ends coach and offensive line assistant Justin Cross is in
his second year on the staff. He played five years (1982-86) in the
NFL as an offensive lineman for the Buffalo Bills. A 1981 graduate
of Western State College in Colorado, Cross was an American
Football Coaches Association First Team All-American and was
inducted into the Western State Hall of Fame. Another newlywed on
the Tufts staff, Justin and his wife Megan live in Melrose.
Originally from New Castle, New Hampshire, Cross is also a Captain
for Jet Blue Airways.
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Ashleigh Davenport - Running Backs
Phone: (617) 627-3232
Running backs coach Ashleigh Davenport is in his 11th year on the
Tufts staff. A 1985 graduate of Boston University, he was a
tailback on the 1983 and 1984 Terrier teams that played in the NCAA
IAA Playoffs. Originally from New York, his previous coaching
experience included stints at Mount Ida and at UMass-Boston.
Davenport is also the head baseball coach at MassBay Community
College. He works full-time in real estate and lives in
Watertown.
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Tom Beaton - Defensive Backs Assistant
Phone: (617) 627-5111
E-mail: tom.beaton@tufts.edu
Recruiting Areas: Massachusetts Leagues - Cape
Ann, Commonwealth, Dual County, Merrimack Valley, Northeast; Traveling States -
Connecticut; Other
Areas - Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Nebraska,
North Dakota, South Dakota, International.
Graduate assistant coach Tom Beaton is in his second year with the
Jumbo staff. He was a co-captain and All-NESCAC selection at Bates
in 2009, and ranked 10th in the NESCAC in receiving yards per game
(56.6) and ninth in all-purpose yards per game (104.0). Tom is from
West Newbury, Massachusetts.
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Rich Gunnell - Defensive Assistant
Phone: (617) 627-5111
E-mail: rich.gunnell@tufts.edu
Recruiting Areas: Massachusetts Leagues -
Berkshire, Big Three, Eastern Athletic, Lighthouse, Mayflower, Old
Colony, Pioneer Valley, South Coast; Traveling States - Long
Island, New York City; Other Areas - Alaska, Idaho,
Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin.
First-year defensive assistant Rich Gunnell is Boston
College’s all-time leader in receiving yards with 2,459 and
is second all-time with 181 receptions. He was signed as a free
agent by the Kansas City Chiefs of the NFL in 2010. The East
Windsor, New Jersey native prepped at Notre Dame High School
Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
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