Bio

Joe Frassenei finished his first year as head men's and women's cross country and assistant men's and women's track and field coach in 2016.

Frassenei helped the Lions' men's team to a second-place finish at the PSUAC Championships, while freshman Anya Tyler broke the school's 5K and 6K records. Two Brandywine men's runners earned bids to compete at the USCAA Championship in Virginia Beach, Va.

Frassenei comes to Brandywine from Woodstown High School in New Jersey where he spent the last 25 years as head girl’s track coach and 17 years as head girl’s cross country coach. Additionally, he spent over a decade as the school’s wrestling coach.

Also a physical education and health teacher at Woodstown, Frassenei built one of the top cross country and track & field programs in the state, serving as a mentor to hundreds of student-athletes and assistant coaches during his time with each program. Frassenei also established and ran funraising programs to benefit teams and student-athletes.

Frassenei owns a bachelor’s degree in education from West Chester University and a master’s degree in school leadership from Wilmington University.