Frank Failace joined the University of South Florida Athletics staff as Director of Football Sports Performance in January 2023. His title was changed to Associate Head Coach of Football Strength and Conditioning in September of 2023.
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Prior to his arrival at USF, Failace served as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at East Carolina University from 2019-2022. While his primary area of emphasis was assisting with the Pirates’ football program, he also has athletic performance oversight of ECU track and field (sprinters/hurdlers), along with women’s lacrosse and men’s golf. Failace helped ECU to back-to-back Bowl Appearances in 2021 and 2022. Including a Birmingham Bowl victory in 2022.Â
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Prior to his arrival in Greenville, Failace served as assistant strength and conditioning coach for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) after spending the 2017 and 2018 seasons as an intern with the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL).Â
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Failace earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from Saint Francis (Pa.) University in 2016 after playing four years in the Red Flash’s football program at the FCS level. He followed with a master’s in exercise and sport studies-exercise physiology from William Patterson (N.J.) University in 2018.
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He is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA). Failace is also Strength and Conditioning Coach Certified (SCCC) per the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches Association (CSCCa).
Family: Wife: Katie.Â
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