Jeff Chiapello enters his fourth season as an assistant to Drew Ludtke in the men's and women's cross country and track and field programs at USF in the fall of 2009.

Chiapello, who also serves as the Assistant Director of Undergraduate Admissions at USF, was a standout middle to long distance runner as a prep at Minooka High School and a collegian at North Central College. He was part of a 4x800 meter relay team that held the Minooka school record for several years until it was broken in the spring of 2008. He still has times among the all-time Top Ten at Minooka and was part of 12 consecutive College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin championship cross country and track teams in his four years at North Central.

Chiapello works specifically with the cross country runners at USF and coaches the middle and long distance runners on both the men's and women's track teams.

Chiapello and his wife Mindy -- and the couple's dog and two cats -- reside in Joliet.