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Track and Field
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- fjrizzo@syr.edu
- Phone:
- 315-350-9284
Frank Rizzo joined the Syracuse staff in October of 2012 to work with sprinters, jumpers and hurdlers as an assistant coach up until January 2018. He was also responsible for the strength and conditioning of these athletes.
While assisting in the development of the Orange sprinters and jumpers, he coached a pair of All-Americans Donald Pollitt II (110H, 2013 and 2015) and Freddie Crittenden III (110H, 2015 and 2016) and multiple ACC Champions in Shaina Harrison (60-meters, 2015), and Crittenden (60H, 2016; 110H, 2016). Rizzo also helped lead the Orange to its first conference championship since 1992, when the Syracuse men claimed the ACC Indoor Track and Field Championship in 2016.
Rizzo's 60-meter hurdles group is what sealed the title for the men, when they placed four runners in the eight-man final.
He also coached BIG EAST runners-up Amadou Gueye and Harrison in the 60 meter hurdles during the indoor season during 2013.
In 2012, Rizzo coached sprints, jumps and relays at Richland High School in Johnstown, Pa. where one of his athletes broke the Pennsylvania State Meet record in the triple jump. He also assisted at the NFL combine and helped players train during the off season.
Rizzo worked in the Strength and Conditioning department at the University of Memphis in 2011 under the direction of current Jacksonville Jaguars Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Tom Myslinski. He also interned with the University of Pittsburgh Strength and Conditioning department from 2008-10.
Rizzo graduated from Pittsburgh with a degree in Political Science in December 2009. He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist by the National Strength and Conditioning Association and is a Certified Jumps Specialist by the USTFCCCA Track and Field Academy.
