Guest Speaker
Mark Ferrante
Thomas and Diane
Treacy Endowed Football Head Coach
A longtime member of the Wildcats coaching staff, Mark Ferrante enters his second season as head coach in 2018. Ferrante was an assistant coach under Andy Talley for 30 years, including the last 18 seasons as Assistant Head Coach. It was announced at a press conference on January 30, 2016 that Ferrante would become the 30th head coach of the Villanova Football program following Talley's retirement at the end of the 2016 season.
As Andy Talley's right-hand man for so many years, Ferrante was involved in every facet of the Wildcats program. On the field, he coached the Villanova offensive line for the last 27 seasons and developed a unit that is traditionally one of the best in CAA Football. Over the years he has coached three All-Americans, 11 All-East performers and 15 first team all-conference selections.
Two of Ferrante's players went on to be NFL draft picks, including second-round selection Ben Ijalana by the Indianapolis Colts (2011) and seventh-round pick Brad Seaton by the Tennessee Titans (2017).
