Scott Sperone

{{Short description|American football coach (born 1979)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| name = Scott Sperone

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| current_title = Special teams coordinator & safeties coach

| current_team = Kean

| current_conference = NJAC

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| birth_date = {{circa|{{Birth year and age|1979}}}}

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| player_years1 = 1997–2000

| player_team1 = Springfield

| player_positions = Safety

| alma_mater = Springfield College (2001)

| coach_years1 = 2000

| coach_team1 = Springfield (student volunteer)

| coach_years2 = 2001

| coach_team2 = King's (PA) (OLB)

| coach_years3 = 2002–2003

| coach_team3 = Springfield (GA)

| coach_years4 = 2004

| coach_team4 = Stonehill (DB)

| coach_years5 = 2005

| coach_team5 = Williams (WR)

| coach_years6 = 2006–2007

| coach_team6 = Brown (RB)

| coach_years7 = 2008–2010

| coach_team7 = Merrimack (DC/DB)

| coach_years8 = 2011–2016

| coach_team8 = FDU–Florham (DC/DB)

| coach_years9 = 2017–2019

| coach_team9 = WPI (DC)

| coach_years10 = 2020–2022

| coach_team10 = Fitchburg State

| coach_years11 = 2023–present

| coach_team11 = Kean (ST/S)

| overall_record = 1–14

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Scott Sperone (born {{circa|1979}}) is an American college football coach. He is the special teams coordinator and safeties coach for Kean University, positions he has held since 2023.{{Cite web |title=Scott Sperone - Special Teams/Safeties - Football Coaches |url=https://keanathletics.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/scott-sperone/753 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Kean University |language=en}} He was the head football coach for Fitchburg State University from 2020 to 2022.{{Cite web |title=Back to games for Fitchburg State coach Scott Sperone, former Burncoat star Mukandu Ashema |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/college/2021/09/01/fitchburg-state-football-coach-scott-sperone-mukandu-ashema-burncoat-high/8215508002/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=The Worcester Telegram & Gazette |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Local colleges: Scott Sperone takes over for Fitchburg State football |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/sports/college/2020/02/04/local-colleges-scott-sperone-takes-over-for-fitchburg-state-football/1762483007/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=The Worcester Telegram & Gazette |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2020-01-29 |title=Scott Sperone takes reins of FSU football program |url=https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2020/01/29/scott-sperone-takes-reins-of-fsu-football-program/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Sentinel and Enterprise |language=en-US}} He also coached for Springfield, King's, Stonehill, Williams, Brown, Merrimack, Fairleigh Dickinson–Florham,{{Cite web |title=Sperone Named Head Football Coach at Fitchburg State - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics |url=https://athletics.wpi.edu/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20200129jpl593 |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=athletics.wpi.edu |archive-date=2021-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301111319/https://athletics.wpi.edu/sports/fball/2019-20/releases/20200129jpl593 |url-status=dead }} and WPI.{{Cite web |last=JohnBarnes |date=2020-12-05 |title=WPI Football coasts to soccer Conquer Maine Maritime Academy |url=https://www.manysports.co.uk/wpi-football-coasts-to-soccer/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=Many Sports |language=en-US}} He played college football for Springfield as a safety.

Sperone resigned from Fitchburg State following verbal abuse allegations.{{Cite web |last=Merino |first=Nicholas Valdez and Jorge |title=Fitchburg State's Scott Sperone Stepping Down from Head Coach Position amidst Verbal Abuse Allegations |url=https://fitchburgpoint.com/13212/news/fitchburg-states-scott-sperone-stepping-down-from-head-coach-position-amidst-verbal-abuse-allegations/ |access-date=2023-06-18 |website=The Point}}