YSU football adds OL coach

YOUNGSTOWN — Carmen Bricillo, a native of Western Pennsylvania, has joined Youngstown State’s football coaching staff as offensive line coach.

Coach Eric Wolford said Bricillo, who played center at Duquesne, is an up-and-coming coach who is a solid addition to the staff.

“Carmen has worked hard to move up the coaching ladder in a short period of time,” Wolford said. “That is a credit to his work ethic and his strong knowledge of the offensive line positions as well as the way he relates to student-athletes.

“He was standout center in college and has worked on the offensive side of the ball his entire young career.”

Bricillo spent the 2009 season as an offensive assistant coach at Illinois. He worked with the offensive line for the Illini assisting coach Joe Gilbert.

He spent the 2007 and 2008 seasons at Akron assisting with the coaching of offensive tackles and tight ends on J.D. Brookhart’s staff. He originally joined the Zips staff in 2006 as the school’s director of video services.

Bricillo was a center at Duquesne, starting 32 games in his college career. He earned first-team all-conference honors in both 1995 and 1996, while leading the Dukes to two league championships and 10-1 records in each campaign playing for Greg Gattuso. The 1995 squad won the school’s first Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Championship.

He began his coaching career at his alma mater, in the spring of 2005 as the offensive line coach. In the 2005 season, the team posted a 7-3 record and won a conference title. Bricillo also tutored four linemen and a tight end to all-conference accolades.

Prior to joining the staff at Duquesne, Bricillo spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Indiana Area High School.

The Shelocta, Pa., native and a graduate of Indiana High School, earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Duquesne in 1999 and completed his master’s in sports science and coaching from Akron in 2009.