Recruiting Area: Section 5
Kyle Pignatiello begins his third season on the Cortland coaching staff in 2018 working with the team’s running backs, punters and kickers. A Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Pignatiello is adding team strength and conditioning coaching duties in 2018.
Between 2016 and 2017, Cortland’s kickers have made 79-of-82 point-after kicks and 17-of-26 field goals (15-of-18 inside 40 yards). The Red Dragons ranked first in the Empire 8 in net punting in 2016 and second in 2017.
Pignatiello graduated in 2015 from the University of Dayton, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in sport management, with a minor in business administration. He was a four-year letterwinner with the Flyers from 2011-14 and was the team’s starting punter in each of his last three seasons. He averaged nearly 39 yards per punt during his career and twice set school records for punting average in a season, and he was a two-time conference All-Academic Team selection.
After concluding his collegiate playing career, Pignatiello worked as a volunteer coach at Urbana University in Ohio in the spring of 2015 before going to Heidelberg University, where he coached running backs, punters and kickers during the 2015 season. The Tipp City, Ohio native was a two-time all-state punter and two-time all-league defensive end at Tippecanoe High School.
