FOOTBALL SUPPORT STAFF
DAVID MCCUNE HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER - FOOTBALL For over the past decade, the health and wellness of the Rutgers football team has been the responsibility of Head Football Athletic Trainer David McCune. In his 12th 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 head coach and current 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 1995-97 before joining the University of Miami program. McCune is the proud father of two sons, Devon and Braden.
DR. ROBERT MONACO ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/SPORTS MEDICINE Dr. Robert Monaco is in his 17th 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, 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 directs the school’s Sports Medicine Fellowship Program. Dr. Monaco earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Columbia University, where he was an All-Ivy League wrestler and team captain in 1986 and 1987. 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 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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