SECTION II: COACHING STAFF
DAVID McCUNE HEAD FOOTBALL ATHLETIC TRAINER
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avid McCune
has had the responsibility of the health and wellness of the Rutgers football team as the Head Football Athletic Trainer the last decade. In his 14th season with the Scarlet Knights, McCune oversees all aspects of athletic training from injury prevention to rehabilitation within the program. McCune also assists with the coordination of the entire athletic department’s athletic training staff. He has worked with head coach Kyle Flood since his arrival as an assistant coach in 2008. McCune worked for former Rutgers and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Greg Schiano for more than a decade, also serving as Coordinator of Athletic
Training and Football Athletic Trainer at the University of Miami for four seasons (1997-2000), before joining the Scarlet Knights for the 2001 season. McCune, a Virginia native, received his Bachelor’s Degree from James Madison, and earned his Master’s Degree from Missouri State University. He began his career as an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Missouri State in 1989, where he worked for one year before being named Head Athletic Trainer at the University of Miami’s HealthSouth Sports Medicine Clinic (1989-93), and named the Director of the Clinic from 1993-95. He then returned to his alma mater, James Madison, as Athletic Trainer, where he served from 199597 before joining the University of Miami program. McCune and his wife Annie reside in Piscataway. He is the proud father of three sons, Devon, Braden and Alex.
DR. ROBERT MONACO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/SPORTS MEDICINE
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r. Robert Monaco is
in his 19th year as the Associate Director of Athletics/Sports Medicine and has served as Team Physician for the football program since his arrival in 1996. In addition to working with the football team, Dr. Monaco oversees the medical treatment for all of the university’s sports. His responsibilities also include supervising a group of 11 full-time certified athletic trainers and a support staff in sports nutrition and psychology. In addition to his work with the Scarlet Knights, Dr. Monaco is a clinical professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and assists with directing the school’s Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. His educational background includes a bachelor’s
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degree from Columbia University, where he competed in wrestling and captained the team his senior year. He went on to receive his medical degree from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, where he was a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society. He completed his residency at UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and St. Peter’s Hospital in New Brunswick, working with the Department of Family Medicine. Dr. Monaco has also done postgraduate study and completed a fellowship in Sports Medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, which included work at Princeton University and the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City. In addition, Dr. Monaco holds a master’s degree in public health from Rutgers and UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. A native of Nutley, N.J., Dr. Monaco comes from a family of physical educators, coaches and athletes. Dr. Monaco and his wife, Carolyn, are the proud parents of two children, Antonio and Angelina.
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