Sean Devine reaches a milestone in 2026 with his 10th season on Mark Ferrante’s coaching staff. Devine is the program’s Offensive Run Game Coordinator and coaches the team’s offensive line. He recruits several local schools in the greater Philadelphia area, and his recruiting territory additionally includes South and Central New Jersey locally as well as Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas on the national front.
The 2025 season was a banner year for the Villanova offensive line as the team made a run to the semifinal round of the FCS playoffs. Veteran offensive linemen Temi Ajirotutu and Stephane Voltaire each earned All-America honors for the season, with Ajirotutu garnering first team recognition from the AFCA and Voltaire meriting a third team selection from Stats Perform. Both players were named to the CAA Football First Team Offense, marking the first time since 2010 that the Wildcats had two offensive linemen on the league’s first team. It was also the first time since 2010 that three offensive linemen total were all-conference honorees, as Kyle Fay was chosen honorable mention in the postseason accolades.
Villanova had the third-fewest turnovers of any FCS program a season ago and ranked 13th nationally as well as first in CAA Football in turnover margin. The Wildcats also finished the 2025 campaign ranked sixth in the country in first downs.
At least one Villanova offensive lineman has been a CAA Football All-Conference selection in each of Devine’s first nine years on the coaching staff. Jake Picard was a first team all-conference pick in 2024 and Voltaire earned honorable mention All-CAA accolades that year. National honors during Devine’s tenure include the All-America selections for Ajirotutu and Voltaire last season, as well as Michael Corbi (2021, 2023) developing into a two-time Stats Perform All-American.
Devine coordinates Villanova’s offensive run game which ranked second in the CAA with 175.4 rushing yards per game a year ago. The trio of Ja’briel Mace, Isaiah Ragland and David Avit combined for 2,388 yards and 21 touchdowns, with Mace (946 yards, 11 TD) leading the way and setting a single game school record with 291 yards and all four Wildcats touchdowns in a 28-10 win at Towson. Avit was the CAA Football Offensive Rookie of the Year in 2024 when he ranked third nationally among FCS freshmen with 923 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns.
In 2023, the Wildcats had one of the top running games in the country and topped 225 yards on the ground seven times. Villanova scored multiple rushing touchdowns nine times in 13 outings in 2023 and ranked 10th nationally for the season with an average of 214.5 rushing yards per game.
The offensive line has enabled the Wildcats to be a high-powered offense in recent years. In 2022, the team ranked among the top 25 teams nationally with an average of 189.6 rushing yards per contest. The offense recorded 49 plays from scrimmage of 20 yards or longer during the season, including 32 pass plays and 17 rushes. Villanova’s offensive line has been ranked in the top 10 nationally in fewest sacks allowed in three of the past six seasons.
In 2019, Villanova led CAA Football by giving up just 14 sacks in 13 games played. Starting left guard Paul Grattan earned first team All-CAA honors and Gamroth was a third team selection in his first year as a starter. Following the 2018 season Ethan Greenidge was a second team All-CAA selection. He and teammate Brandon Hitner each went on to sign NFL free agent contracts with the New Orleans Sains and the Los Angeles Rams, respectively.
A veteran of more than 20 years in the collegiate coaching ranks, Devine spent four seasons as the Offensive Coordinator and offensive line coach at Delaware before coming to Villanova. He made an immediate mark on the Blue Hens in his first season in 2013 when he worked with one of the top offensive units in CAA Football. Delaware tallied a 7-5 record and ranked in the top half of the league in nearly every statistical category, including second in scoring offense (32.8 points per game), third in passing offense (240.0 yards per game) and fourth in rushing offense (177.0 yards per game).
Delaware won six games in 2014 and placed both junior tackle Ben Curtis and senior guard JD Dzurko on the All-CAA squad. Curtis went on to be an All-American in 2015 for a Blue Hens team that ranked second in the CAA and 17th in FCS football in rushing offense (219.4 yards per game). Delaware was also second in the league and 13th nationally in time of possession per game (33:04) in 2015. Devine worked with a pair of offensive linemen, Connor Bozick and Brody Kern, who were All-CAA selections for both the 2015 and the 2016 seasons.
Devine coached for 14 years (1995-08) at New Hampshire, where he served as defensive line coach (1995-01), offensive line coach and recruiting coordinator (2002-06), and offensive coordinator and offensive line coach (2007-08). Devine was a part of five consecutive FCS playoff berths from 2004-08, and during his time on the Wildcats coaching staff he saw New Hampshire gain a No. 1 national ranking and capture three conference titles. Among the players he coached was quarterback Ricky Santos, who won at least a share of the league’s Offensive Player of the Year award three straight years from 2005-07.
He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Colby College, in 1994 and also coached for four years at Boston College (2009-12) prior to his stint at Delaware. He served as the offensive line coach at Boston College for three seasons and was also the tight ends coach in 2012. Devine helped lead the Eagles to berths in the Emerald Bowl (2009) and the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl (2010), and he coached two-time All-ACC performer Anthony Castonzo who was a 2011 first round draft pick by the Indianapolis Colts.
Devine was a four-year starter at linebacker at Colby College, where he was a team captain. He was an All-East selection as a senior and earned his degree in Physics in 1994. He was Colby’s defensive line coach for the 1994 football season.
Devine and his wife, Nicole, are the parents to daughters Amelie and Maelle. Amelie graduated from Villanova in 2023.
