Nick Rapone

College: Virginia Tech / Hometown: New Castle, PA / DOB: April 25, 1956 Nick Rapone earned his bachelor's degree in Education from Virginia Tech in 1979 and his master's degree in Education from Pittsburgh in 1981. Rapone has two daughters, Johanna and Mary. Long-time college coach Nick Rapone (ruh-pone) was hired as the Defensive Backs coach with the Cardinals on 2/5/13. Rapone, a veteran of over 30 seasons as a coach, including 30 as a collegiate assistant, joined the Cardinals in 2013 after spending the previous seven years (2006-12) at the University of Delaware as defensive coordinator and defensive backs coach. With the Cardinals in 2013, Rapone helped a defense that finished as the NFL's sixth-ranked overall unit and forced 30 takeaways, including 20 interceptions which tied for the fifth-best total in the NFL.