Marce Petroccio

Head Coach       

petroccio.marce@trumbullfootball.com

Marce Petroccio joined the Trumbull Eagles in 2018 after 25 years as the Head Coach at Staples High School with an overall record of 210 wins and 72 losses. Under Coach P’s tutelage, Staples won the FCIAC Championship in 1997, 2003, 2009, 2011 and 2012 and won the Class M State Championship in 2002 and the Class L State Championship in 2004 and 2005. 

For his excellence in coaching, Petroccio has received numerous awards and accolades. He was named the 2002, 2003, 2009 and 2011 FCIAC Coach of the Year. In 2013 he was named one of the top USA Today's Coach of the Year. In 2004 Petroccio was honored by the New York Giants as the Lou Rettino High School Football Coach of the Year. In 2007, Petroccio was honored by his peers by being named the Coach of the Year by the Connecticut High School Coaches Association.

In 2014 he was inducted into the Connecticut High School Hall of Fame, the FCIAC Hall of Fame, and the Greater Bridgeport Hall of Fame.

Petroccio  has also served on the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference Football Committee. Petroccio attended Trumbull High School, where he played tight end and defensive end for the legendary Jerry McDougal, including a perfect 11-0 senior campaign where the team was ranked number one in the state and New England. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in physical education at Southern Connecticut State University where he played for former UConn Head Coach Paul Pasqualoni who also gave him his first opportunity in coaching in 1982 at Western Connecticut State University. After serving as linebackers and defensive backs coach at Western Connecticut Petroccio spent three years as an assistant at Cheshire High School under current Boston College Head Coach Steve Addazio. In 1993 Petroccio assumed the head coaching position at Staples.

Coach P resides in Ridgefield with his wife Julie and daughters Gianna and Aleah.