Jack Marucci

Jack Marucci: Born in Pittsburgh, PA, 1963, Marucci's love of baseball and team sport goes back to his childhood. He's among the lucky few to have successfully turned an early passion into a successful career. As director of athletic training at Louisiana State University, Marucci oversees the athletic training operation for twenty varsity sports and supervises a staff of full-time trainers and students.

Marucci graduated from West Virginia in 1986 with a bachelor's degree in athletic training, then gained his master's from Alabama in 1988, serving as a graduate assistant trainer for the Crimson Tide from 1986-88. Following this, Marucci served as assistant athletic trainer at Florida State from 1988-96, a stint that included seven bowl trips with the Seminoles.

He also worked stints in 1987 in athletic training with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Philadelphia 76ers, and in 1985 he worked in athletic training with the Cleveland Browns.

Marucci is married to the former Leah Gaines and they have one son, Gino, 9, and one daughter, Sarah, 6.