Greg Gattuso
@CoachGGattuso
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Joined February 2012
Two joyous year coaching and becoming friends with AJ Simon. My prayers are dedicated to the Simon family. I love you AJ and will always have a special place in my heart for #8.
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I would like to thank AARON DONALD, for meeting with our defensive line today! We appreciate your insight and advice. If you want to be the best? Learn from the best!.Thanks Aaron!!
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Practicing in the snow? Must be a play off game on Saturday!!!!.Go Danes!
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What an amazing group of student athletes we have at UAlbany. Thank you guys for being you.
For the first time in school history, the UAlbany Great Danes are @CAAFootball CHAMPIONS 🏆. #UAUKNOW #WinTheDay 🟪🟨
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Welcome to our UAlbany’s 2019 football Freshman class. let’s get to work!!!
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Congratulations to Vincent Testaverde for being invited the Tampa Bay Bucs rookie camp! Great Dane nation is proud and wish you the best of luck!
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Thank you for your support! We need everyone to continue our growth, we cannot do it without you all!!.
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UAlbany football fans, we need you here at Noon tomorrow!.Go Danes!
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I’m grateful to so many people that help us build our football team each year. This is one of those people, he is my good friend Frank Rocco!!! Thanks buddy for all that you do!!
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Short trip to Long Island and the Apple is right back where it belongs!.Go Danes!!
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To all Purple Family, UAlbany Great Dane fans and the capital region, I hope you can come support us at “The Bob” this coming Saturday as we host a NCAA playoff game vs CCSU. we need a large and loud crowd!!
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@SamHerderFCS I saw he let ESPN in for his pregame and had his “bags packed”. I was wondering if Coach Eck could give me some advice on what to pack for Brookings?!?.
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Idaho is a beautiful state and every person I have encountered has been very friendly. We just had a quick practice at the Kibbie Dome, place is really nice. Looking forward to playing the Vandals tomorrow night!.Tune in on ESPN+ 10pm eastern. Let’s go Danes!.
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This is a great honor to be named a finalist for this prestigious award for the 2nd time. The real truth is this award is more of a reflection of our amazing players and a group of coaches who are unbelievable in their commitment, talent and mentorship. I am blessed, thank you!.
THE BOSS 🗣️. Head Coach @CoachGGattuso has been named a finalist for the @FCS_STATS Eddie Robinson Award given to the top coach in the FCS 👏. 📰: #UAUKNOW #WinTheDay 🟪🟨
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Big thank you to Shaun Lynch and his grounds crew for getting our football field ready to practice after a 24 inch snow fall!! On to Montana State!!!
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Found a great spot for this CAA trophy for the night. Cannot wait to give it to our team tomorrow!!!! Go Danes!!
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Great to be back in Pittsburgh, my hometown, recruiting tough, hard nosed western Pa student-athletes!.Go Great Danes!
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Great win today! I want to thank our diehard fans for their support and a special shout out to so many of our former Great Dane alumni who showed up supported this record setting victory!
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Love our new logo! Can’t wait to hand these out to our players so they can be safer!.Wear a mask!!
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Congratulations Coach Ford for being chosen for the Amos Alonzo Stagg award which is presented to college football coaches for their lifetime achievements. This is the most prestigious award a football coach can earn and you are most deserving. UAlbany Football is so proud!
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Great Danes have landed in Idaho. Easy flight and amazingly we are full of energy, midnight eastern time!!.
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So proud and Happy for Jared Verse on being the 19th pick of the first round of the NFL Draft. Wow! The last time one of my guys got drafted by the Rams in first round was…Aaron Donald!!!!.Maybe another Hall of Famer on the way!!.
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Thankful to be on a list with 14 other great football coaches. 2 of which are former Great Dane coaches, Bernard Clark and Ryan McCarthy. The REAL reason for any success lies with a fantastic group of Ass’t coaches and a group of Ftb players that I love dearly. MORE WORK TO DO!.
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Coach Nesselt and I found this new Stanford coach while in Pittsburgh recruiting! Happy and Proud of Nate, Stanford got themselves a steal!!
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Congratulations and good luck to Brian Dolce who has been invited to the Buffalo Bills rookie camp! Great job Brian!
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Appreciate the great show of support from friends, families and our university community!.Go Danes!.
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‘Justice will not be served until those unaffected are as outraged as those who are.’ -Ben Franklin.Count me as one of the outraged.
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The entire UAlbany Football Purple Family are sending our prayers and condolences to the Minor Family and the University of Maine Black Bears for the tragic loss of freshman Darius Minor. This is a sad day. RIP Darius.
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Happy 14th Birthday to my main man Luke Hoag! You are the best friend a Great Dane could ever have!!!
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41 years ago on National Signing Day. time sure does fly!!!
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Two of my close friends and former assistants. Great coaches and better people! Bernard Clark (Robert Morris) and Jerry Schmitt (Duquesne)
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Thank you to all of our seniors for continuing the proud Purple Family tradition. The effort of the team today, led by an incredible group of seniors was something I will always remember. What a tremendous legacy you leave behind for the next generation of Great Danes! #purplefam.
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I love recruiting Pittsburgh and stopping at my good friend Richie’s place…Cupka’s Cafe 2. He keeps the old ball coach on the menu!!!
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Congrats to our Alum and amazing All CAA DT IBN Foster on being named a weight coach at UAlbany! I love when they come back home!!!
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Thanks for some love from NFL on NBC halftime show! Great win for our Great Danes over former #10 ranked Stony Brook Seawolves. Apple Cider Donuts Monday tomorrow!
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@jay_suth Jonathan, I am a former Nittany Lion, PSU ‘83, great response and I am 100% behind you. You make me proud to be an alumni.
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What a way to spend a Thanksgiving Morning! Let’s go Great Danes!
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Rebecca Lobo dissing on Albany? Wow, what a shame coming from a profession announcer.
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I wanted to thank our fans for the incredible support tonight during our game vs Rhode Island, I’m sorry we didn’t get the outcome we all wanted, but please stick with us…we need you! I hope to see everyone back on Oct 16th vs Villanova.
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Congratulations to my good friend, Bernard Clark for being named head football coach at Robert Morris! Bernard will do an outstanding job and we will miss him. Good luck Tiger!.
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Happy Birthday to one of my favorite Great Danes! Blitz is 9 years old today!!.Go Danes!
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Congrats to newly promoted Great Dane, Adam Pasnik!.Pas was promoted to Detective with the UAlbany PD. From UA starting Right Tackle and UA grad ‘14 to a Detective in a short time. We are all proud of Adam and keep up the great work you do!!!
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Here is how you know you are old, I’m at The Walter Camp awards with Oregon’sJackson Powers-Johnson. He is a center and won the prestigious Rimmington Award for the nations best center. I played against Rimmington in 1981….43 years ago 😳
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A great win. The Apple stays in Albany!!.
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I’m very proud of this coaching staff!.
@UAlbanyFootball wives adopting 3 Albany county families to make sure everyone has a merry Xmas…. #footballisafamilyaffair
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Game is over, Long after crowd is gone. I'm unbelievably proud of our players and coaches. Great Job!
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This is Henry, he is an honorary Great Dane! He has lived at Casey stadium for 5 years. He is at most practices and keeps us rodent free!!!
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Thank you to an AMAZING sellout crowd last night! We could not have done it without you. Students+Community=success!!.Next home game is September 30th vs Villanova. See you there!
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It’s starting to look like Football season around here! Go Danes!
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It just feels good to be back coaching this team, what a great group!!.
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Congrats to our newest scholarship players, we surprised them with a little help from our UAlbany police friends! Thanks Officer Brady and Officer Pasnik (UA ‘15).
Video | Congratulations to Dylan Burns, Will Haag, Prince Klutsey and AJ Mistler, who got a sweet surprise from @UAlbanyFootball and the University Police Department after practice on Friday!
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Perfect! .Well played!.
@CoachGGattuso @SamHerderFCS Dress warm. I had gloves and long underwear in the now unpacked bag.
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Great win tonight for the Great Danes! Thank you to our fans for braving the weather and helping us get the W! .A special thanks for our student section! You were all awesome.
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Levi Metheny gives Albany a football coach on the field | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. This is the type of student-athlete we recruit to UAlbany football! .Levi is a great player but a better teammate and person.
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We are so proud of Janae Simmonds, assistant director of Recruiting at Tennessee football! Part of our Great Dane football staff alumni!!
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Great Danes resting up before reporting tomorrow for summer training!.UA U Know!!!
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Congrats AD! Those last two plays were just so special, you play big in the biggest moments…you should have been the MVP!
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My Maine Coon cat, Coach, is getting ready to help me welcome back our team on Zoom!.Can’t wait to get to work!
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Great catching up with one of our former Great Dane coaches and good friend Delbert Cowsette! That Air Force DL is so lucky to have you as their position coach. #sackthe QB
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Camden is the MAN!!! What a great finish to our Wednesday, Good Luck Camden!!.
Our guy Camden braved the snow last night and helped send us off in style 😎 . #UAUKNOW #WinTheDay 🟪 🟨
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Breakfast with Coach Ford…he just schooled me on the type of car to drive!!!! Awesome convertible Coach!!!
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Happy National Puppy day! Here are my two boys, Bruno and Blitz…let’s see your version of Great Danes!!
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Beautiful day to find out if there are any NEW Great Danes on this gorgeous last day of Camp season!!! WIN THE DAY!
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Great Job Julian!!!.
The #Packers have signed Albany WR Julian Hicks to an UDFA 3-year deal, per source. He impressed during rookie mini-camp. @XPANDSports
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UAlbany football players joined me in giving out 1000 pizza slices to thank our student body for their support
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Please join me and the Great Dane Purple family in welcoming Dwayne Killings and his family to UAlbany and Capital region as our Men’s Basketball Coach! Best of luck!
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RIP Coach Majors. Even though I chose a different college to play for, coach always treated me like I was important to him. He was a class act and a true gentleman. He will be missed.
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A win vs an FBS (Buffalo) and 2 wins vs play off teams (UNH & St Francis) is not enough 2 get in. What a sham. Teams in with less resume.
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@mwhiteburgh @BREAL412 This is a joke. What a shame. School boards should have the guts to at least justify their thinking. I’ve been around football for many years. Coach Z is a great leader, great coach and an even better person.
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Bryan Murphy spoke to our team today and gave heart wrenching account of his struggles with addiction and his subsequent victory in reclaiming his life. Powerful and moving. I’m proud to know Brian, thank you for sharing with the Great Dane family.
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Congrats to Jim Sweeney, UAlbany OL coach for being picked as a top 5 all-time great at the University of Pittsburgh!! Great Dane nation is proud!!
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I wore these to practice Friday, players got all excited, “993 Coach, when Did you get them!!!”. Thought they were messing with me. Walked into to Lidz today, guy working says, “wow! 993’s. Where did you get them?”.Apparently I am COOL!.Full disclosure, bought them 2 years ago!
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I hope the NFL doesn’t miss AJ Simon! He is a straight Beast! One of the best I’ve ever coached. The talent matches the numbers!
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Let me intro the newest member of the Gattuso and UAlbany family, our 3 week old Great Dane puppy! Help us name him! http://t.co/ZLjTgjuWQ4.
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Tough and resilient win! We needed that. Back to work Sunday to continue our improvement!
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I may be partial but I’m not sure anyone has out performed Bill Nesselt as an FCS coordinator. Just check the stats. Top of the line in all regards.
So thankful to be in the position I’m in. Wouldn’t be possible without @CoachGGattuso, Defensive Staff and a GREAT group of players #AlwaysUs 🟪🟨 .
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Good luck to our UA Lacrosse team as they head to Foxboro for the national Championship! I had a great talk with Coach Marr, he was oozing ENERGY and EXCITEMENT! That’s why we coach, to feel like that. Thanks for sharing, got me pumped up!Good luck Great Danes!.
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Huge day tomorrow for Albany Football! I can not wait to announce this new group of Danes!!
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I love being a football coach because of the high quality of the people I have had the honor to compete against, work with and ultimately become their friends. Aubrey Hill was one of the finest people in our profession. He will be missed. RIP Aubrey.
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This guy always talked about playing in the NFL and then becoming a professional wrestler, the dream is becoming a reality. He played in the NFL and now he is entering the WWE wrestling performance center. good luck @AJFrancis410
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Karl Mofor is an All-American for a reason…he even uses 5 points of pressure on the chip bowl! Great night with our Great Dane leadership group!!
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Good luck to Robert Morris football and Duquesne University football in their cross town rivalry game tomorrow. I have 2 former coordinators as head coaches, 3 former assistants, 1 former player, my old PSU teammate and a Pitt alum from my time at Pitt. all 8 of them friends!.
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Congrats to our Duquesne Dukes! This is so exciting watching the Men’s hoop team have such a great year. No reason to stop now!
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LETS GOOO!!.
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Keep an eye on Nate Byham, he will be climbing that list to the very top. Great coach, better person.
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