Current Team – Staff

Charles W. Caldwell Jr.'25 Head Coach of Football

Bob Surace

Senior Associate Head Coach, Co-Defensive Coordinator & Def Line Coach

Steve Verbit

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — California; Delaware; Hawaii; New Jersey (Burlington, Ocean)

Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Coordinator & Tight Ends Coach

Mike Willis

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Connecticut; Massachusetts; Maine; New Hampshire; Rhode Island; Vermont; New Jersey (Bergen, Hudson, Passaic); Canada/International

Special Teams Coordinator & Outside Linebackers Coach

Mike Mendenhall

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Georgia; North Carolina; New Jersey (Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Salem); Tennessee

Quarterbacks Coach & Recruiting Coordinator

Mark Rosenbaum

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Arizona; Colorado; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; Utah; Wyoming; New Jersey (Hunterdon, Warren, Somerset); New York  Long Island, Westchester County, New York City)

Wide Receivers Coach

Brian Flinn

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Indiana; Kentucky; Ohio; Pennsylvania; West Virginia

The 2021 season saw Princeton go 9-1 and earn an Ivy League title, its third in five seasons. The Tigers had 16 All-Ivy selections including 10 first-team honorees, a program record. The offense ranked first in the Ivy League in scoring (33.4), second in passing offense (265.5), second in passing efficiency (147.0) and third in total offense (392.4). Flinn had three wide outs earn All-Ivy honors in Jacob Birmelin, Andrei Iosivas and Dylan Classi.

Inside Linebackers Coach

Mike Weick

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Arkansas; Kansas; Missouri; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas; New Jersey (Mercer)

Mike Weick was hired in February of 2019 after spending two seasons as linebackers coach at Bucknell.

The 2021 season saw Princeton go 9-1 and earn an Ivy League title, its third in five seasons. The Tigers had 16 All-Ivy selections including six on defense. Princeton’s defense was one of the best in the FCS as it allowed the second fewest first downs (149), was third in rushing defense (73.2), eighth in team sacks per game (3.3) and ninth in total defense (274.1).

Offensive Line Coach

Chris Zarkoskie

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Alaska; Iowa; Illinois; Michigan; Minnesota; North Dakota; Nebraska; South Dakota; Wisconsin; New Jersey (Essex, Union)

Chris Zarkoskie, a 2013 New Hampshire graduate, is in his second year on the Princeton staff. 

The 2021 season saw Princeton go 9-1 and earn an Ivy League title, its third in five seasons. The Tigers had 16 All-Ivy selections including 10 first-team honorees, a program record. The offense ranked first in the Ivy League in scoring (33.4), second in passing offense (265.5), second in passing efficiency (147.0) and third in total offense (392.4).

Co-Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs Coach

E.J. Henderson

PRINCETON RECRUITING AREAS — Alabama; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; South Carolina; New Jersey (Middlesex, Monmouth)

E.J. Henderson is in his second stint on the Princeton football coaching staff, as he was previously with the Tigers from 2007-10. A well-liked and well-respected member of the Princeton Athletic Department back then, he has since gone on to make five other stops, including most recently spending the last three seasons on the staff at Ivy rival Cornell.

Director of Football Operations

Maya Ana Callender

Maya Ana Callender is going into her fourth season as Director of Football Operations at Princeton after serving in an assistant operations role.

Callender is responsible for internal and external aspects of the program. Her work touches key areas such as team travel, team communication, player engagement, recruiting, alumni relations, compliance and camps. Before coming to Princeton, she spent a year at Belhaven University in Jackson, Mississippi while working in an interim director of football operations role and on a master’s degree.

The Bronx, New York native graduated from Utica College in 2016 with a Marketing Management degree where she was a four-year head manager for the football program. She was one of 40 women chosen for the 2020 NFL Women in Career’s Football Forum and selected to participate in the 2021-22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Women’s Summit for Careers in Football. Callender recently just completed a training camp football operations rotational internship with the Philadelphia Eagles, where she worked with internal operations and personnel staff.

Director of Football Creative Content

Jared Montano

Jared Montano is in his third year as Director of Football Creative Content after spending two years as Social Media Coordinator.

Montano works to advance the football program’s social media presence, especially on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. He also works in graphic design, editing of highlights, photography and in-game tweeting while also serving as the liaison for NFL scouts.

Director of Performance

Jason Gallucci

Jason Gallucci came to Princeton in May of 2000 and was promoted to Director of Performance in January of 2017.  Prior to his current position, Jason served as Assistant Athletic Director/Director of Strength and Conditioning overseeing Princeton’s 37 varsity programs.
 
Jason graduated from Penn State University in 1997 with a degree in Exercise and Sport Science and then continued his education at his alma mater to earn a Master’s of Science in Kinesiology/Biomechanics.  He did this while serving as an assistant strength coach for the Penn State football team.  During his tenure at Princeton, Jason has also served on the abstract review committee for the American College of Sports Medicine, was an advisory board member for the Mercer County Community College Exercise Science program, was an advisor to Polar Electro Inc., a published author, and has presented at numerous national and regional conferences. 
 
Growing up in New Jersey, Jason was a three sport athlete and continued his athletic career as a member of the Penn State Football team.  He currently lives in Robbinsville with his wife Angelique, son Jason, and daughter Sorella.

Football Business Operations & Alumni Liaison

Stacie Traube

Stacie Traube is celebrating her 35th year with the Princeton football program, as well as her 38th at the University. Stacie works closely with head coach Bob Surace, the two operations directors and the rest of the staff in all day-to-day operations of the football program. She has been a part of eight of the program’s 13 Ivy League titles.

Stacie does a significant amount of work with both the alumni and in business operations, as well as managing the overall office.

She began her career at Princeton in the politics department, working closely with the late Prof. Walter F. Murphy. Her name (nee Scofield) can be found within in Murphy’s acknowledgements in the preface of the Con-Interp textbook.

Stacie and husband Jim, who has worked on campus with the roof shop for more than 20 years, have two children Michael and Jennifer.  Jennifer and her husband John have two children, Riley and Bentley. Stacie and Jim, with a couple of close friends, have attended almost every Princeton home game throughout her tenure with the program and as many away games as possible.

who is also employee at the Princeton roof shop, have two children, Michael and Jennifer, and two grandchildren Riley and Bentley. Along with her family, Traube has attended almost every Princeton home game throughout her tenure with the football program.

Athletic Trainer

George O’Neil

George O’Neil has served as an athletic trainer at Princeton since 1989. He currently works with the football, men’s golf and men’s lacrosse teams. During his tenure at Princeton, he also has worked with lightweight football, men’s basketball, women’s swimming and diving, baseball and men’s and women’s track and field.

O’Neil also served as the athletic trainer for Team USA when it won the gold medal at the 1998 and 2002 World Lacrosse Championships. Currently he is a member of U.S. Lacrosse’s Sport Science and Safety committee.

O’Neil earned his undergraduate degree at Brockport State and his master’s degree in athletic training from Ohio University. He is a member of the National Athletic Trainers Association and serves as the chairperson of the Eastern Athletic Trainers Association’s Dr. Moyer Award, which annually honors a team physician who supports the athletic training profession.

O’Neil and his wife, Dana, a senior write for The Fieldhouse, the college basketball arm of The Atlantic, live in Newtown, Pa., with their daughter, Madigan and their son, Kieran.