Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach - Defensive Line
- Email:
- pasqualp@bc.edu
- Phone:
- 552-3010
• Entering his 45th year coaching, his 25th at the collegiate level and his second as the defensive line coach at Boston College; spent eight seasons coaching in the NFL
• Made a major impact in his first year at Boston College in 2016 as the BC defense ranked on eight top-10 lists nationally, including ninth in total defense (314.2 yards/game), second in sacks (3.62 sacks/game) and 10th in turnovers gained (27) in 2016
• BC tied a single-season school record with 47 sacks, equaling the mark set in 1994
• Oversaw a defensive line that featured the nation’s leader in sacks and forced fumbles (Harold Landry)
• Helped develop Landry into an All-American during his junior season (Walter Camp, AP)
• Landry’s 16.5 sacks set a new BC single-season record
• The entire Boston College defensive line earned MVP honors in the 36-30 victory over Maryland in the 2016 Quick Lane Bowl, BC’s first bowl win since 2007
• Held head coaching jobs at Connecticut (2011-13), Syracuse (1991-2004) and Western Connecticut State (1982-86), compiling a 151-94-1 record, posting 15 winning seasons, winning five conference titles and leading teams to a 6-3 record bowl games
• Came to The Heights after a one-year stint as the Houston Texans’ defensive line coach, mentoring JJ Watt to lead the league in sacks (17.5) and the team to rank fifth overall (45.0)
• Spent the 2014 season with the Chicago Bears, also working with the defensive line, aiding Stephen Paea and Willie Young to set career bests in sacks, with 6.0 and 10.0, respectively
• Helped coach over 30 NFL Draft selections during his time as coach at Syracuse, including seven eventual first-round draft picks: Marvin Harrison, Donovin Darius, Tebucky Jones, Donovan McNabb, Keith Bulluck, Will Allen and Dwight Freeney
• At Connecticut, helped tutor six eventual NFL Draft picks, including a school-record five in the 2013 NFL Draft; four of the six ( Kendall Reyes, Dwayne Gratz, Sio Moore and Ryan Griffin) made starts in the NFL in 2013
• In his first season at Connecticut in 2011, nine players were named All-BIG EAST Conference and four played in postseason all-star game while in year two, eight players earned All-Big East honors and seven were in all-star games
• The Connecticut defense was one of the best in the country in 2012 as it was ninth in the country and first in the Big East in total defense (309.9 yards/game), seventh in the country in rushing defense (97.9 yards/game) and 19th in scoring defense (19.8 points/game)
• Was the final Big East career leader in both overall coaching wins (117) and conference coaching wins (67), breaking broke the overall coaching wins record in 2011 at Connecticut, passing Virginia Tech's Frank Beamer (108)
• In 2010, served as the Dallas Cowboys’ defensive coordinator/defensive line coach in second stint with the team and coached DeMarcus Ware to lead the NFL with 15.5 sacks
• From 2006-07 worked with the Cowboys linebackers after coaching the team’s tight ends coach in 2005; Ware ranked in the league’s top-10 sacks leaders in 2007 and 2006
• Served as the defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins in 2008-09 and in 2008, Miami’s defense was ninth in the NFL in points per game (19.8) and eighth in the league in sacks (40.0) and the Dolphins won the AFC East title; in 2009, Miami was tied for third in the NFL with 44.0 sacks
• Spent the first four seasons (1987-90) at Syracuse as the linebackers coach before being named head coach in 1991 and finished his 14-year head-coaching tenure at Syracuse as the school’s second-winningest coach with 107 victories
• Led the Orange to four Big East Conference titles and nine bowl games, including two Fiesta Bowl appearances and an appearance in the Orange Bowl during the first season of the Bowl Championship Series
• In 1999, Syracuse won the American Football Coaches Association Academic Achievement Award for posting a 100 percent graduation rate for the class that enrolled in 1994
• Won the ECAC/Vince Lombardi Foundation Coach of the Year award in 1996 and was named the 1992 and 1995 ECAC Coach of the Year for Division I-A
• Honored by the Nassau Coaches Association with the 2003 Ralph Luisi “Don’t Quit” Memorial Award, given to an outstanding educator and coach who loves football and teaching
• Spent five seasons as head coach at Western Connecticut State, guiding the Colonials to a 28-13 record and an NCAA Division III playoff appearance in 1985
• First collegiate coaching experience at Southern Connecticut State as an assistant coach for four seasons (1976-79) before being named the school’s defensive coordinator, a title held from 1980-81
• Began coaching career in 1972 at his high school alma mater, Cheshire, in Connecticut
Coaching Career
1972-75: Cheshire High School, Assistant Coach
1976-79: Southern Connecticut State, Assistant Coach
1980-81: Southern Connecticut State, Defensive Coordinator
1982-86: Western Connecticut State, Head Coach
1987-90: Syracuse, Linebackers
1991-2004: Syracuse, Head Coach
2005: Dallas Cowboys, Tight Ends
2006-07: Dallas Cowboys, Linebackers
2008-09: Miami Dolphins, Defensive Coordinator
2010: Dallas Cowboys, Defensive Coordinator
2011-13: Connecticut, Head Coach
2014: Chicago Bears, Defensive Line
2015: Houston Texans, Defensive Line
2016-present: Boston College, Defensive Line
Bowls Coached
1987: Syracuse. Sugar
1988: Syracuse, Hall of Fame
1989: Syracuse, Peach
1990: Syracuse, Aloha
1991: Syracuse, Hall of Fame
1992: Syracuse, Fiesta
1995: Syracuse, Gator
1996: Syracuse, Liberty
1997: Syracuse, Fiesta
1998: Syracuse, Orange
1999: Syracuse, Music City
2001: Syracuse, Insight
2004: Syracuse, Champ Sports
2016: Boston College, Quick Lane
Playing Experience
1968-72: Penn State, Linebacker
PERSONAL
Hometown: Cheshire, Conn.
High School: Cheshire
College: Penn State (bachelor's health & physical education, 1972); Southern Connecticut State (M.S., physical education)
Wife: Jill
Children: Dante, Tito, Cami
