Tony Nicolosi

Tony Nicolosi begins his second year as an assistant coach on the cross country and track and field teams in 2014-15.

Nicolosi joins the Mountaineer staff after coaching the Nova Southeastern University cross country and track & field teams as a graduate assistant in 2012.  While at NSU, the men's cross country team won their first ever Sunshine State Conference title, as well as their first ever South Region title. Alex Palm became the first female in program history to win the individual Sunshine State Conference title, and the women's team qualified for their first ever berth to the NCAA Cross Country Championships.  The school record for men's 10K and women's 6K were both broken while Nicolosi coached at NSU.

Prior to coming to NSU, Nicolosi coached cross country and track for five years at Seminole High School (Seminole, Florida). He coached the boy's team to three state championship berths in cross country, with a fourth-place finish in 2011. The boy's 5K school record of 16:08 was broken four times during his tenure (new record of 15:23), along with producing two individual state medal winners. In track,  Nicolosi coached three state medal winners, and coached the school record holder in the 1600-meter (4:16).

Nicolosi graduated from the University of Tampa in 2010 with a bachelor's degree in sport management and a minor in economics. He ran four years of cross country and track, setting school records in the 3000, 5000, 10000 meters and the 8K in cross country. He became the first male in program history to be named First-Team All-Sunshine State Conference four times for cross country. Nicolosi also qualified for two national championships in cross country (2007, 2010), and helped team to Tampa receive its first-ever team berth to the National Championship in 2007. He was a two-time Academic All-American, and three-time All-Region team member.