Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse assistant coach Nunzio Campanile is set to leave the Orange to become the offensive coordinator at UConn, according to a report by ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
The job will be Campanile’s first as a full-time offensive coordinator in college football. He has done the job on an interim basis multiple times at Rutgers.
UConn will be coached next season by Jason Candle, who was previously the head coach at Toledo and has a background in offense.
Campanile has been at Syracuse since 2023 when he was hired by Dino Babers. He has coached either quarterbacks or tight ends for Syracuse for the past three years.
He also served as the team’s interim head coach in 2023 following the firing of Babers, leading the Orange to a bowl game by beating Wake Forest in the regular-season finale and then losing to South Florida in the Boca Raton Bowl.
Campanile’s starting quarterbacks at Syracuse have consistently excelled and his most successful moments came coaching Kyle McCord and Steve Angeli, a pair of quarterbacks that he had close relationships with thanks to his ties to high school football in New Jersey.
The rest of his room, however, struggled this season following the season-ending injury to Angeli and the Orange rotated unsuccessfully through a flurry of options during a 3-9 season.
During that time, Campanile’s responsibilities were switched from quarterbacks tight ends, switching places with Michael Johnson Sr.
After announcing the switch, Syracuse head coach Fran Brown said he did not expect it would significantly impact Angeli’s decision to return to Syracuse because he makes it clear to all SU football players that they are playing for him and that assistant coaches often change roles.
Campanile has been a college coach for eight seasons and is well-regarded for his ties in New Jersey, where his family is a legendary high school coaching family.
His father, Mike, began the family legacy and raised four sons who went on to become football coaches.
His brother, Vito, coaches state powerhouse Bergan Catholic, where Angeli played high school football, while another brother, Nick, coaches DePaul Catholic. Anthony Campanile is currently the defensive coordinator with the Jacksonville Jaguars.