Bio

Frank Forcucci, who has served most recently as the Assistant Football Coach for linebackers at the University of New Haven, was hired as the Defensive Coordinator of the Western New England University football team on February 13, 2023. 

Forcucci spent one season at his alma mater in 2021, seeing the Chargers accumulate a 10-2 record, which included a perfect 8-0 stand in Northeast-10 Conference play and closed out the season ranked 14th in the American Coaches Football Association (AFCA). Forcucci led standout junior linebacker Khyon Fitzpatrick to 2021 All-America honors, and AFCA All-Second team accolades. 

No stranger to the Commonwealth Coast Conference, Forcucci served as the head coach of the Hawks of Becker College, in Worcester, Massachusetts from 2016-2021 while also serving as an associate head coach and defensive coordinator for the Hawks from 2012-2015. Under the watch of Forcucci, Becker College ranked first in total defense in the conference in 2019 while also ranking first in pass defense during the same season. Forcucci also mentored Michael Bianco, who went on to win the Commonwealth Coast Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2017. 

Prior to joining the Hawks, Forcucci coached at the NCAA Division I level, including his first four years at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1999-2003). Forcucci began his career in Amherst, coaching the defensive line and outside linebackers for the Minutemen. In 2004, Forcucci moved to Central Connecticut State University where he led the Blue Devils to top ten numbers in the nation, including in sacks, tackles for loss, and turnovers caused. Forcucci guided linebacker Brian Sullivan, who led the Northeast Conference in sacks and tackles for loss during the 2005 season. 

Forcucci then took his talents to Fordham University where he was named Defensive Coordinator in 2006. It took little time for the Rams to be one of the top defensive teams in the Patriot League under the watch of Forcucci. In his first season in the Bronx, Forcucci guided Marcus Taylor to Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year while ranking in the tops of the league in tackles for loss, and turnovers caused. Forcucci and the Fordham Rams won their first Patriot League title since 2002 in 2007, earning their first FCS Playoff bid. 

Forcucci would travel east and make a stop at Northeastern University in 2009, leading the defense and defensive backs for one season before returning to New Britain and Central Connecticut State University. Forcucci would lead the Blue Devils defense back to the top ranks in sacks and pass defense, guiding CCSU to an 8-3 record in 2010. Forcucci would spend one additional season back in Amherst, at the University of Massachusetts, leading the defense in 2011 before accepting the job as Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator at Becker College in 2012. 

Forcucci graduated from the University of New Haven, earning a bachelor's degree in financial accounting in 1987 where he helped lead the Chargers baseball team to four NCAA Division II Northeast Region Championships and appearances in the NCAA Division II World Series.