University of Delaware Athletics
Tom Flacco Joins Delaware Football Coaching Staff
8/5/2022 1:40:00 PM | Football
NEWARK, Del. – University of Delaware Football Head Coach Ryan Carty has announced the addition of Tom Flacco to the coaching staff. Flacco, the 2018 CAA Offensive Player of the Year, will join the Blue Hens as a volunteer assistant coach working with the offense.
"We are excited to have Tom join our staff," said Carty. "His experiences as a standout CAA quarterback and his familiarity with our conference will be another great asset to our operation."
Flacco is beginning his first collegiate coaching position after a decorated collegiate career. He began his career at Western Michigan where he saw action in 13 games during the 2015-16 seasons. He completed 10-of-13 passes for 188 yards and a touchdown while also rushing for 266 yards and two scores. Flacco transferred to Rutgers prior to the 2017 season and sat out the year due to NCAA transfer rules before then transferring to Towson with two years of eligibility remaining.
In his first season at Towson in 2018, Flacco was among the nation's leaders in several offensive categories, including total offense (3rd), passing yards (5th), passing yards per game (12th), passing touchdowns (6th), completions per game (10th), completion percentage (22nd) and passing efficiency (26th). He was named the CAA Offensive Player of the Year as well as the ECAC Offensive Player of the Year while earning an All-America Third Team (HERO Sports) nod and was a finalist for the Walter Payton Award.
As a senior in 2019, Flacco earned All-CAA Second Team honors and was the first Towson player to be a two-time Walter Payton Award Finalist. He concluded his Towson career ranked in the top-6 in program history in passing touchdowns (3rd, 50), passing yards (6th, 6,086) and passing completions (6th, 484).
Following his time at Towson, Flacco spent all of 2021 on the rosters of the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Redblacks of the Canadian Football League.
A multi-sport athlete, Flacco was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2014 MLB Draft out of high school. He was a member of the Towson baseball team as a senior in 2019, serving as the team's primary right fielder. He batted .221 with a home run, four doubles and eight RBI while scoring 20 runs and stealing 11 bases.
Flacco, the younger brother of Delaware Hall of Fame quarterback Joe Flacco, received a Bachelor or Arts degree in labor studies from Rutgers in the summer of 2017 and is currently working toward a master's degree in applied information technology from Towson.
"I am really excited to join this historic program and am grateful to Coach Carty for the opportunity," Flacco said. "I look forward to contributing to the winning culture here at Delaware."
The Blue Hens, who are ranked No. 15 in the HERO Sports Preseason FCS Poll and No. 20 in the 2022 Athlon Sports FCS Preseason Top 25, will open the 2022 season and the Ryan Carty era on Saturday, September 3 at Navy. UD will play the first of six home games the following weekend when they host Delaware State to renew the Route 1 Rivalry on September 10. Kickoff at Delaware Stadium is set for 6 p.m.
Single-game tickets, as well as partial plans and individual game parking, for all six of Delaware's home games are currently on sale.
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