Andrew DiRienzo, a former assistant coach at Rutgers University, was named an assistant football coach at Fordham in February of 2023. He will be in charge of the tight ends for the Rams for the third straight year along with coordinating the special teams.

Last fall, the Fordham special teams unit led the Patriot League and was 43rd in the NCAA in net punting (37.84) and second in the league in punt return defense (5.43).

In his first year with the Rams, DiRienzo's tight ends helped the Fordham offense lead the Patriot League and rank 12th in the NCAA in passing offense (275.6 yards/game) and place second in the League and 13th in the nation in total offense (428.0). Jaden Allen led all Fordham tight ends in 2023 with eleven catches for 95 yards and one touchdown.
 
DiRienzo arrived at Rose Hill after five seasons at Rutgers, the last four as an offensive assistant. In 2022, he served as an offensive quality control coach with the wide receivers, assisting the wide receiver coach with preparing and implementing wide receiver installations and meetings as well as supporting the coach with on field individual and group drill work.
 
From 2019-2022 DiRienzo was an offensive graduate assistant coach with the wide receivers while in his first season with the Scarlet Knights he was a player development coach, responsible for weekly drawings of opponent’s top pass concepts and creating weekly scouting report and post-game evaluation presentations.

Prior to his stint at Rutgers, DiRienzo served as the defensive backs coach at Division III Pace University in Pleasantville, New York. In his lone season with the Setters in 2017, DiRienzo helped install the defensive game plan and oversaw Pace’s special teams unit. DiRienzo also worked as the program’s social media coordinator.

DiRienzo was a student assistant at Springfield College from 2015-16, where he worked with the team’s wide receivers as a junior and quarterbacks as a senior. He graduated from Springfield in 2016 with a bachelor’s degree in sports studies.