Paul Federici

Position: Director of Football Operations Experience: Seventh Year Alma Mater: Penn State University

Paul Federici is in his seventh season working with Iowa's football program. Federici is in his second year as director of football operations after serving as director of athletic training services for five years.

Federici coordinates all the off the field logistics, as well as practice schedules and other football related items, for Head Coach Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeye football program.

In his first season as director of football operations, Federici assisted with the planning, coordination and implementation of Iowa's daily operation and travel plans as the Hawkeyes concluded the 2009 season with a 24-14 win in the 2010 FedEx Orange Bowl and a national ranking of seventh in the nation. The Hawkeyes have been bowl eligible in each of the last nine seasons and have ranked in the final top 10 of both major polls four times in the past eight seasons.

Federici has assisted in six bowl games during his career, including the 2001 Senior Bowl, 2005 Capital One Bowl, 2006 Outback Bowl, 2006 Alamo Bowl, 2009 Outback Bowl and 2010 Orange Bowl.

Federici joined the Iowa Athletic Department staff in 2004 after serving as the Head Athletic Trainer for the Seattle Seahawks for five seasons. Prior to joining the Seahawks in January, 1999, Federici was the Head Athletic Trainer at Vanderbilt University from 1994-99.

As an Assistant Athletic Trainer at Vanderbilt from 1987-1993, Federici worked with football, baseball, men's basketball and men's and women's golf teams. He was named Head Athletic Trainer for the Commodores in 1994, and was recognized as the College Athletic Trainer of the Year by the Tennessee Athletic Trainers Society that year.

Certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association in 1985, Federici served as a test site administrator and host athletic trainer for the N.A.T.A. Board of Certification examinations from 1991-95. He has volunteered for the Tennessee State Amateur Games, the L.P.G.A. Sara Lee Tournament at Hermitage Golf Club, and the Senior P.G.A. Bell South Tournament at Springhouse Golf Club. Federici was a case study presenter at the 2001 A.O.S.S.M. meeting in Phoenix, AZ, as well as the 2002 N.A.T.A. June Symposium in Dallas, TX.

While at Vanderbilt, Federici served on several athletic department committees, including the Mission/Vision planning team, the External Communications Committee, the Management Team of Department Heads and the Sports Nutrition Planning Team.

Federici earned his B.S. degree in Health Education from Penn State University in 1985 and his M.Ed. in Health Promotion/Education from Vanderbilt in 1991.

Federici was born in Findlay, OH and grew up in Oakmont, PA. He and his wife, Teddie, have one child, Noah.