UC San Diego

Angelo Villano joined the UC San Diego Athletics Department in July 22 as an Athletic Performance Apprentice and shortly afterward was promoted to full-time Athletic Performance Coach.

A 2018 graduate of Cal State University, Monterey Bay, where he participated on the men's rugby team, Villano earned a Master's Degree in Kinesiology and Exercise Science from Point Loma Nazarene University in 2022.

A NSCA certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Villano served as a strength and conditioning intern at Yale University in 2019. He returned to the west coast to work as a certified personal training before serving an internship in strength and conditioning with USA Rugby in winter 2022. While working on his master's degree at PLNU, he served as a Human Performance Lab Supervisor and Instructor and Sports Performance Graduate Assistant.