Coaching Experience
• Assistant Coach, Cornell University (2019 - Present)
• Graduate Assistant Coach, St. Francis University (Pa.) (2017-19)
Education
• B.A., Communication, Canisius College (2015)
• M.S., Human Resource Management, St. Francis University (Pa.) (2019)
At Cornell
Joe Rutigliano joined the Cornell women's basketball coaching staff in July 2019. In his first season with the Big Red in 2019-20, Rutigliano had his hand in various aspects of the program, including coaching the forward core. With Rutigliano's guidance, Laura Bagwell-Katalinich earned her second-consecutive All-Ivy accolade in her senior season, while also being named CoSIDA Academic All-District for the second consecutive year. Senior Samantha Widmann also joined Bagwell-Katalinich on the All-Ivy list, earning honorable mention all-conference distinction.
Prior to Cornell
Rutigliano came to Cornell after a successful stint as a graduate assistant coach at Saint Francis (Pa.). While at Saint Francis (Pa.), Rutigliano focused on operations and film exchange and breakdown for the Red Flash. Saint Francis (Pa.) posted a 40-27 record over that span, including earning a spot in the 2018 NCAA Tournament. The Red Flash set a new mark for margin of victory within the NEC that year, winning by an average of 17.9 points per game, the highest in the last 20 seasons. The Red Flash's 24 wins that season were the most since posting 25 in the 2003-04 NEC title season. The team boasted the conference's Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
Prior to his time in Loretto, Pa., Rutigliano worked for the Aspire Marketing Group at the University of Maryland. He worked the basketball camp circuit around Buffalo, working camps at Buffalo, Canisius, Daemen and the Christian Laettner Basketball Academy while serving as an assistant coach at Oracle Charter School.
A 2015 graduate of Canisius with a degree in Communication, he served as varsity manager of the women's lacrosse team. He managed the team's social media account and filmed and edited highlight videos, as well as breaking down film. He earned his Master's degree in Human Resource Management from Saint Francis (Pa.) in 2019.
*Updated May 2020
