2018

Nick Zakelj, OL - Second Team

Vincent Natali, a former member of the University of New Mexico football staff, was named Fordham's offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator in February of 2018.

In his first year with the Rams, Natali helped the Fordham offense lead the Patriot League in passing yards/game and saw Nick Zakelj earn Second Team All-Patriot League honors.

Natali arrived at Fordham after serving as the Director of Recruiting at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico, for two years.
 
At New Mexico, Natali directed all aspects of the football recruiting program and also worked in conjunction with the Assistant Athletic Director for Football Operations on New Player Orientation, housing, football camps, and advance travel.
                                   
As the director of recruiting, his responsibilities included the organization of all recruiting efforts. Natali also worked with compliance regarding initial eligibility and admissions with incoming recruits.
 
In his first year at New Mexico, the Lobos went 9-4, earned a co-Mountain Division championship and a New Mexico Bowl title.
 
Prior to his stay at New Mexico, Natali spent three seasons as the offensive line coach for the Indiana State Sycamores, including spending the 2015 season as the run-game coordinator.  In his one year as the run-game coordinator, the Sycamores showed tremendous improvement in rushing offense by going from 115th nationally in 2014 to 45th nationally in 2015. Natali was a part of the 2014 staff at Indiana State that saw the Sycamores reach the NCAA FCS playoffs for the first time since 1984, and picked up their first playoff win since 1983.
 
In 2012, Natali served as an offensive graduate assistant coach at Utah State.  That year, the Aggies won the WAC Championship and defeated Toledo in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.
 
Prior to entering the coaching profession, Natali worked for two of the world's largest accounting and advising firms at KPMG in Albuquerque, NM, and PricewaterhouseCoopers in Chicago, IL.
 
Natali played for the Lobos from 2004-07, defeating Nevada in the 2007 New Mexico Bowl. Natali earned First Team All-Mountain West honors and Second Team ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-American as a senior.  Overall, Natali was a three-time Academic All-MWC honoree and graduated in 2006 from UNM with a degree in Finance. He then earned his MBA from New Mexico in 2008.