Jason Mangone joined the football coaching staff in 1998, and was named offensive coordinator in 2003. In 2010, Brockport averaged 24.7 points per game, including scoring a season-best 45 points vs. Buffalo State. Under Mangone, the Golden Eagles ranked second in the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) in total offense (375.2 yards per game), second in rushing offense (196.2 yards per game), third in passing offense (179 yards per game) and fifth in scoring average. The 2009 team broke 20 school records with the offensive unit earning the title of the highest scoring and most prolific passing teams in school history. The unit finished eighth in the country in total offense averaging 466.5 yards per contest. Mangone is the recruiting coordinator for the Brockport Athletics Department and acts as home event manager for several sports. Mangone played two years at Alfred before transferring to Brockport in 1997. He became the starting quarterback in 1997 and also started in 1998, setting season records for completion percentage and efficiency rating in his first season at Brockport. He received the Offensive Player of the Year Award in 1998, and Rookie of the Year honors in 1997 with Brockport. He was also the rookie of the year at Alfred in 1995. Mangone received his B.S. in physical education from The College at Brockport in 2000. The offensive coordinator is a native of Lancaster, N.Y., and currently resides in Chili with his wife, Janine and sons Brendan and Evan.
Before coming to Brockport, Jordan served as the assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/ linebackers coach for Division II’s Wingate (NC) University, a position he held from 20012008. His last coaching position was the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for Frewsburg High School in Frewsburg, NY. “Being in the State University of New York system really appealed to me. I know a lot of the positives that you can use to sell the student-athletes and their parents about getting them to commit to a school like Brockport,” Jordan said. He has been a defensive coordinator since 2001. Jordan possesses a familiarity with both the State University of New York system and the admissions process required for potential student-athletes, as he previously worked at Buffalo State as an Admissions Advisor/EOP Coordinator/Athletics Liaison. Among Jordan’s many football coaching experiences, he has also served as Cornell University’s linebackers coach and was the outside linebackers coach at Division I’s University at Buffalo from 1999-2001. Prior to getting into coaching, Jordan was a standout running back at Alfred University before graduating in 1994 with a B.S. in Athletic Administration. Salomone was Brockport’s defensive coordinator when Jordan was starring for the Saxons. Jordan and his wife, Elizabeth, reside in Brockport with their five children, Malik, Calen, Kyral, Kyra and Makiah.
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