LoPiccolo joined ZAP Fitness as assistant coach and facility manager in May of 2017. LoPiccolo spent the previous 4 years as a assistant coach at Duke University and 13 years as the head coach at SUNY Oneonta. The former SUNY Plattsburgh All-American brings an abundance of experience to the ZAP coaching staff including successfully coaching athletes across events lines, from the sprints to middle distance and far beyond. While at Duke, LoPiccolo guided the women’s 4×400 relay to the NCAA Championships in each of his first 3 years, including earning 1st-team All-American honors when they placed 6th at the 2015 NCAA Indoor Championships in a school record time of 3:32.56. In his 4th year, LoPiccolo switched gears and guided 3 middle distance women to the first round of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, a first for each. During his time at Duke, LoPiccolo founded and directed the Blue Devil Track Club where he worked with athletes at every level from youth track and field athletes to master’s distance runners. The past two years he has served as the camp director for the Duke Running Camp and Co-Director for the Duke Track and Field Camp where he has overseen the growth of the camps.
As the head coach at SUNY Oneonta, he was named NCAA Regional Coach of the year 3 times, while also garnering the SUNYAC coach of the year honor 3 times. His student-athletes earned 41 Division III All-American awards, 5 of which were also NCAA Champions. LoPiccolo coached 114 SUNYAC Individual/Relay Champions and 23 ECAC Champions in 11 years. His crowning team moments occurred when the Red Dragon women placed 3rd in the country at the 2006 NCAA Outdoor Championships, in only their 4th year as an NCAA sport. In his last season at Oneonta, the men captured the school’s first ever SUNYAC team title at the 2013 Indoor Championships. As an athlete, LoPiccolo earned Division III All-American honors at the 1998 NCAA Indoor Championships, where he placed 5th in the 800 meters. Later that outdoor season, he ran the fastest time of 1:50.34 in Division III that year. As a post-collegiate athlete running for the Syracuse Chargers Track Club, LoPiccolo ran 3:43.56 for 1,500 meters, narrowly missing the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying time. After concluding his competitive career, LoPiccolo served as the Elite Development Team Director for the Chargers where he coached 3 athletes to US Championship berths, including his wife Amanda. Now as a ZAP Fitness Coach, LoPiccolo applies this vast experience and his knowledge working with athletes of all ages and abilities from around the country. In his role as facility manager, LoPiccolo plays an integral role in the management of the day to day operations on the ZAP campus.
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