OVERVIEW
Nick Caserio was named director of player personnel on Feb. 21, 2008, after serving in a number of roles for the Patriots' personnel department and coaching staff. He enters his 12th season with the Patriots in 2012 and his 10th season in player personnel. In 2007, Caserio served as the Patriots' wide receivers coach following a three-year stint as the team's director of pro personnel (2004-06).
Last season, the Patriots posted an AFC-best 13-3 record, the No. 1 seed in the AFC for the second consecutive season and qualified for the Super Bowl for the fifth time in Caserio's 11 seasons with the club.
In 2010, New England compiled an NFL-best 14-2 record, the No. 1 seed in the AFC and the club's seventh AFC East Division title in the last eight years. The offense finished first in the NFL by scoring 518 points, averaging 32.4 points per game. That output was good for second in franchise history and seventh in NFL annals. The team finished eighth in scoring defense in the NFL in 2010, allowing 19.6 points per contest.
In 2009, the Patriots finished with a 10-6 record, claiming the AFC East Division title. The offense finished third in the NFL after averaging 397.3 yards in total offense, the second best average in team history. The Patriots scored 427 points in 2009 and finished sixth in the NFL with 26.7 points per game. The defense finished 11th in the NFL in 2009, eight yards behind the 10th place Washington Redskins.
In 2008, the Patriots completed the season with an 11-5 record, winning their final four games and five of their last six contests to tie the franchise's fifth-highest regular-season win total. New England finished the season with the then third-highest offensive yardage total in team history (365.4 yards per game) and allowed fewer than 20 points per game (19.3) for the sixth time in the last eight years.
In 2007, Caserio served as the Patriots' wide receivers coach, tutoring a unit that combined for 292 receptions for 3,814 yards and 39 touchdowns – one season after the team's wide receivers totaled 156 catches for 1,798 yards and 15 touchdowns. The Patriots' 2007 wide receivers included All-Pro Randy Moss, who set an NFL record with 23 touchdown receptions, and Wes Welker, who tied for the NFL lead with 112 receptions – the highest reception total in NFL history for a player in his first season with a new team.
Caserio joined the Patriots in June of 2001 as a personnel assistant and celebrated the Patriots' first Super Bowl title that season. During that year, his role was expanded to include film breakdown and scouting report preparation for the offensive staff. He became an offensive coaching assistant on Bill Belichick's staff in February 2002, and returned to player personnel in 2003 as an area scout prior to becoming director of pro personnel in 2004. In addition to his duties in the personnel department, Caserio handled press box responsibilities for the coaching staff on game days from 2003-06.
Caserio entered the coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Saginaw Valley State University in 1999 and spent two seasons with the program. Following a brief time with Central Michigan as a graduate assistant in the spring of 2001, he joined the Patriots scouting department.
Caserio was a standout player at John Carroll University, starting at quarterback in each of his four seasons where the teams compiled a 33-7-2 record. He was a two-time captain and three-time All-Conference performer. In 1997, he helped to lead the Blue Streaks to a 10-2 record and the school's second appearance in the NCAA Division III Tournament, where it advanced to the national quarterfinals.
Caserio is a native of Westlake, Ohio. He was a teammate of former Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels at John Carroll. He earned his degree in finance from John Carroll and later earned his Master of Business Administration from Saginaw Valley State. Caserio was a three-time Academic All-Conference selection at John Carroll. Nick and his wife, Kathleen, were married in June, 2009. Nick and his wife have two daughters, Whitley Morgan, born Sept. 2, 2010 and Chatham Grayson, born May 31, 2012.
