One of the bright young assistant coaches on theWest Coast, Sam Scuilli has now spent seven straightseasons at Santa Clara during his second tour of duty. Hespent 11 total seasons on Dick Davey’s staff at SantaClara and spent one year with head coach Kerry Keating beforeleaving after the 2007-08 season.
Scuilli is involved in all aspects of the program withan emphasis on scheduling, recruiting and opponentscouting. He spent four seasons at Santa Clara as a graduateassistant coach from 1994-1998. He then spent two seasonsas an assistant at Portland State before returning to theMission Campus.
His duties under Davey focused primarily on theprogram’s defensive game plan as well as a number ofareas related to scouting, recruiting and playerdevelopment.
Scuilli was the team manager for the Stanford Cardinal forfour seasons as an undergraduate. He supervised a staff offour assistant managers, organized and prepared equipment forpractices and games, and assisted the coaching staff incoordinating the video scouting program. Scuilli also servedas the team’s traveling manager for twoseasons, handling airport, hotel and game siteresponsibilities.
A native of Short Hills, N.J., Scuilli earned a degreein Public Policy from Stanford in 1994. He received aMBA from Santa Clara in 1997.
An avid runner, Scuilli has completed the San Diego and SanFrancisco marathons.
Scuilli married the former Melinda Owen on May 10, 2003 andthe couple welcomed their first child, Stella, on January 30,2007.
