Bucknell University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach (DL)
Anthony Trotta joined the Bucknell football staff as the defensive line coach in January 2026.
The 2022 NCAA/NFL Football Coaches Academy participant came to the Bison from SUNY Maritime where he spent the past year as the head coach, defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach.Â
While at Maritime in 2025 Trotta coached a team that ended the season with nine Privateers receiving All-NEWMAC honors and three receiving NEWMAC Academic All-Conference nods. Trotta also coached a defensive lineman, Vinny Fundaro, who earned a spot on the All-ECAC Second Team. Trotta led Maritime to a 5-6 overall record and a 3-4 NEWMAC record during his time there.
Prior to making the jump to Maritime, Trotta worked at Union, where he was the Inside Linebackers Coach, as well as the Defensive Coordinator. Six of his defensive players earned all-conference honors that season, including two D3football.com All-Region selections. Under Trotta’s guidance, linebacker Cole DaSilva had 121 total tackles to rank among the top five nationally in 2024.
From 2022-23, Trotta was the Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach at Wilkes. The Colonels held their opponents to just 18.3 points per game and scored five defensive touchdowns during the 2022 season. Wilkes finished with 13 interceptions and seven forced fumbles during a 7-3 campaign. Overall, the Colonels had 47 sacks and 124 tackles for loss in those two seasons, and nine defensive players were all-conference selections.
He began his coaching career while still a student at Wilkes, serving on the staff at Riverside High School in Pennsylvania from 2016-19. Trotta started as the Special Teams Coordinator, then was promoted to Defensive Coordinator and, eventually, Associate Head Coach. Â
Trotta’s first collegiate job was as the Defensive Line Coach and Video Coordinator at Wilkes in 2019. Trotta also worked at John Carroll University and Oberlin College for one season each before returning to Wilkes in 2022.
A 2017 Wilkes graduate with a degree in elementary and childhood education, Trotta was the Colonels’ special teams captain during his senior year.
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Education
Bachelor’s Degree, Elementary & Childhood Education, 2017
ÂCoaching Career
Defensive Line Coach, Bucknell University, 2026-current
Head Coach/ Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers Coach, SUNY Maritime, 2025
Defensive Coordinator/ Inside Linebackers Coach, Union College, 2024
Defensive Coordinator/ Safeties Coach, Wilkes College, 2022-2023
Recruiting Coordinator/ Special Teams Coordinator, Oberlin College, 2021-2022
Special Team’s Coordinator, John Carroll University, 2020-2021
Defensive Line Coach/ Video Coordinator, Wilkes College 2019
Associate Head Coach, Riverside High School, 2018-2019
Defensive Coordinator, Riverside High School, 2017-2018
Special Teams Coordinator, Riverside High School, 2016-2017
