Jason Petrino
	Position: Director of Football Operations Experience: 4th yr at UW Alma Mater: Carroll College `02

Email: jpetrino@uwyo.edu

Jason Petrino is in his second season as Director of Football Operations for Wyoming Football. He returned to the University of Wyoming in May of 2008 to serve as Director of Football Operations. Petrino had previously served as Wyoming's defensive graduate assistant for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.

His duties include: coordinating team travel, overseeing the day-to-day administrative operations of the football office and monitoring budgetary and compliance issues relating to Cowboy Football.

Petrino, a native of Kalispell, Mont., helped coach the Wyoming safeties during the 2003 and `04 seasons. He also assisted in numerous facets of the football program. During his first season at UW, Petrino was a member of the coaching staff that led the Cowboy football team to home wins over rivals BYU and Colorado State. In his second season, he was part of a Wyoming team that defeated UCLA, 24-21, in the 2004 Pioneer PureVision Las Vegas Bowl.

Petrino spent three seasons (2005-07) as the defensive coordinator at the University of Mary, a Division II school located in Bismarck, N.D. Aside from coordinating the Marauder defense, Petrino also coached the defensive backs and was the recruiting coordinator. He worked in many other capacities during his time at Mary, including working as a speed enhancement coach, an assistant strength coach, a gameday manager, a sports information director and an assistant equipment manager.

In his three seasons at the University of Mary, Petrino helped lead the Marauders to a 20-10 record. In 2007, Mary had the best defense in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. They led the conference in pass defense, allowing only 197.6 yards per game to opponents, and ranked second in rush defense, giving up only 94.4 yards per game.

Prior to his first stint at Wyoming, Petrino was the defensive backs' coach at his alma mater, Carroll College. At Carroll, he coached under former UW assistant coach and letterwinner Mike Van Diest. Petrino coached the Fighting Saints defensive backs for three seasons from 2000-02, winning the 2002 NAIA National Championship and winning the Frontier Conference Championship all three seasons.

Petrino played defensive back at Carroll College from 1995-99, serving as a team captain his senior year. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from Carroll in 2002, and plans to complete his M.B.A. from the University of Mary in August of 2009.

Petrino joins his younger brother Jared on the UW football staff. Jared Petrino served as the football video coordinator for the Cowboys from 2006-08, and will be the defensive graduate assistant for the Pokes in 2009.

Petrino married the former Heather Fries on June 30, 2006. The couple welcomed their first child, Jason Michael, on Aug. 28, 2007, and are expecting their second child in the summer of 2009.