Falbo joined the Rensselaer staff in 2011, taking on the role as the team's offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
He came to Rensselaer after serving as an assistant coach at UMass for the past seven seasons. During his time, he coached the tight ends, running backs and most recently the offensive line. Falbo also assumed the role of recruiting coordinator for the Minutemen in January of 2006, helping UMass to one of the top recruiting classes in the nation each of the last four years.
As a team, the Minutemen went 54-30 during Falbo’s tenure with a 36-20 conference record. UMass had a number of outstanding seasons, winning the conference title and advancing to the NCAA Championship title game in 2006. UMass repeated as league champions the next season, appearing in the NCAA Tournament for the second straight year.
Among the other highlights during his time was coaching two student-athletes to the 100-yard rushing plateau seven times during the 2009 season. He also tutored UMass’s sixth straight 1,000-yard rusher during the 2008 season in Walter Payton Award candidate, Tony Nelson.
Falbo also mentored star running back Matt Lawrence and fullback Breyone Evans, both of whom signed NFL contracts with the Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers, respectively. Additionally, he worked with Steve Baylark, an All-American who became the third I-AA/FCS player to gain 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons, before signing with the Arizona Cardinals.
While working at UMass, Falbo also spent the summers of 2007 and 2008 as a guest coach with the Calgary Stampeders and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL), respectively.
Prior to his arrival at UMass, Falbo spent two seasons at the University of Rhode Island (2002-03), where he was the wide receivers coach for two years, and the recruiting coordinator in 2003. Falbo previously spent one year at St. Lawrence University, where he served as defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator and head strength and conditioning coach.
Falbo also worked as a graduate assistant coach at Syracuse University in 2000 and spent the 1999 season at Western Connecticut State, where he was the linebackers coach and helped the Colonials to a 10-2 record, the Freedom Football Conference title and the second NCAA playoff berth in school history.
A 1997 graduate of Central Connecticut State University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education & Exercise Science, Falbo was a three-year starter at strong safety for the Blue Devils from 1993-1995. He then served as a student assistant coach for Central Connecticut State in the spring of 1996, following the completion of his playing career.
