Craig Fitzgerald - Director of Football Performance - Staff Directory

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Craig Fitzgerald

Title:
Director of Football Performance
Email:
Phone:
552-3010

A veteran with more than 25 years of experience at the collegiate and professional levels, Craig Fitzgerald enters his third season with the Boston College Football program as the director of football performance. He previously worked with head coach Bill O’Brien at Penn State (2012-13) and with the Houston Texans (2014-17).

Fitzgerald spent four seasons with the New York Giants as the head strength and conditioning coach before accepting a position at Florida in the 2023-24 offseason, but ultimately made the move to Chestnut Hill to reunite with O’Brien and work with the Eagles. He also has head strength coach experience at Harvard (2005-09), South Carolina (2009-11) and Tennessee (2018-19).

Fitzgerald holds the highest honor awarded in his profession, the certification of Master Strength and Conditioning Coach by the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCA). He is also certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA).

As a player, Fitzgerald was a three-year letterwinner and starting tight end at Maryland, where he earned his degree in 1996, after beginning his career as a walk-on.

Fitzgerald and his wife Mary have three sons; Mac, Joe and Luke.

Coaching Career
2024-Present: Boston College, Director of Football Performance
2023-24: Florida, Director of Football Performance
2020-23: New York Giants, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2018-19: Tennessee, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2014-17: Houston Texas, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2012-13: Penn State, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2009-11: South Carolina, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2005-09: Harvard, Head Strength & Conditioning Coach
2000-04: Maryland, Assistant Strength Coach
1999: Arizona State, Graduate Assistant
1998: Catholic University, Graduate Assistant