Peter Rossomando begins his seventh season as a member of Bob Ford's staff. He is in his third year as UAlbany's offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Rossomando has coached several NCAA Football Championship Subdivision mid-major All-Americans, including Geir Gudmundsen, Mike Laroche, Brandon Shaw, Aaron Kimball, Jacob Anderson, Jacob Hobbs and Sam Pagano. Gudmundsen and Hobbs went on to sign professionally as NFL free agents with Buffalo and Philadelphia, respectively.
Rossomando's offensive unit came alive in the second half of the 2006 season, averaging 296.0 total yards and 193.7 rushing yards against Northeast Conference opponents. UAlbany ran for 321 net yards against St. Francis, Pa., reaching the 300-mark for the 21st time as an FCS-I program.
In 2004, the Great Danes ranked seventh nationally in rushing at 254.7 yards per game, plus led the Northeast Conference for the sixth straight year in that category. UAlbany shattered the NEC rushing record with 3,215 yards on the ground the previous year.
Rossomando, 35, served as the offensive coordinator and line coach at SUNY-Cortland prior to his arrival in the Capital Region. He handled weekly game plans, coached the kickoff return and field goal special teams, and recruited New York City and Long Island.
Rossomando coached the offensive line and was video coordinator at Division I-AA Northeastern for one season. He also worked at New Haven from 1994-99, and served as both line coach and academic coordinator during his first three seasons with the program. He spent two years as the Chargers' defensive line coach and special teams coordinator. New Haven reached the NCAA Division II playoffs on two occasions during his tenure and won the Lambert Cup Trophy twice.
From 1990-93, Rossomando played on the offensive and defensive lines at Division I-AA Boston University, where he earned a B.S. in clinical exercise physiology. The Terriers won the 1993 Yankee Conference championship with an undefeated record.
A native of Staten Island, N.Y., Rossomando received All-America and all-state scholastic honors and was the 1989 Staten Island Player of the Year. He and his wife, Jessica, have three children, Reese, Gianna and Nicholas.
