Dr. Tom Gioglio is in his sixth year as the Director of Athletics at East Stroudsburg University. As the Director of Athletics he is responsible for providing leadership to an athletic department which sponsors 21 teams with over 500 participating student-athletes and a staff of over 60.

Athletic facility renovations under Gioglio include installation of artificial turf on Whitenight Field and Elier Martin Staduim, lighting, outdoor track and concession area at Eiler-Martin Stadium and dugouts at Mitterling Field. There has also been a significant increase in revenue raised to enhance the athletic scholarship budget through fundraising initiatives sponsored through the Warrior Athletic Club, including the Television Fundraising Auction that was incorporated by Gioglio.

In addition to ensuring the efficient operation of the athletic department, Gioglio is very active in the NCAA, conference, on campus and in the community. Gioglio is currently the only Director of Athletics serving as a facilitator for the NCAA Division II Leadership Academy and he is also a member of the Northeast Region Women's Soccer Rankings Committee. His involvement at ESU includes the President's Commission for Racial and Ethnic Diversity, the Student Athlete Center for Excellence, the Student Athlete Advisory Council, the Intercollegiate Athletic Committee, the PSAC Athletic Directors Governing Council and the PSAC Executive Committee.

Gioglio is the PSAC Athletic Trainers and Indoor Track Liaison, and a member of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics and the National Association of Division II Athletic Administrators. He is also a member of the Pocono YMCA Board and the Burnley Workshop of the Poconos Board and is the chair of the United Way Day of Caring.

Gioglio has overseen an athletic department that has had numerous successes, including many outstanding team and individual athletic and academic accomplishments.

ESU finished seventh in the PSAC in the Dixon Trophy standings in 2006-07, the highest placement for the university since it was fourth in the inaugural standings in 1995-96. The athletic department experienced a substantial increase in the department-wide winning percentage. ESU was also the most improved athletic program in the conference from the previous year.

Team achievements have been highlighted by the men's soccer team, which has won 13 of the last 17 PSAC championships, and the women's soccer team, which won the first NCAA playoff game in school history in 2008. The men's and women's basketball teams both qualified for the PSAC playoffs for three straight seasons from 2006 through 2008.

ESU has had two athletes named the most outstanding player in their respective sports since Gioglio came to ESU. Field hockey standout Ashley Kocis received the Honda Broderick Award in 2006 as the most outstanding player in Division II and was named ESU's first PSAC Field Hockey Athlete of the Year. On the football field, All-American quarterback Jimmy Terwilliger won the Harlon Hill Award in 2005 and the set or tied 14 NCAA Division II records, including the all-division record for career touchdown passes.

Academically, ESU had 115 student-athletes named Scholar-Athletes during the academic year. The graduation rates and grade point averages of all student-athletes continued to be higher than the general student body.

A native of nearby Morristown, N.J., Gioglio was appointed Director of Athletics in the summer of 2004. He returned to the northeast after previously serving as the Director of Athletics at Dakota State University in South Dakota and the University of Saint Mary in Kansas.

During Gioglio's tenure at Dakota State, the athletic program reached unprecedented levels of success and growth, as the softball and baseball teams all set the school single-season win records, while the women's basketball team won the schools' first DAC-10 Championship and also advanced to the Sweet 16 of the National Tournament. The baseball team won the schools' first regional tournament championship advancing to the Super Regional.

At Saint Mary, the women's volleyball, men's soccer, softball and men's basketball teams all set school single-season win records, while the men's basketball team became the schools' first team to qualify for post season play.

Under Gioglio's leadership, USM and DSU saw major facility renovations and new construction. At USM the intercollegiate program expanded its sports offerings and facilities to include football, baseball and men's and women's golf. While at DSU, Gioglio supervised the renovation of all of the men's and women's locker rooms and selected office space.

Prior to his administrative endeavors, Gioglio accumulated 20 years of coaching experience from high school to NCAA Division I-A. He coached football, wrestling, baseball, and men's and women's tennis.

Gioglio and his wife Melissa are the proud parents of two daughters, Kalista and Kinley