Mike Russo is the assistant pitching coach for Villanova baseball in Villanova, Pennsylvania. He arrived at Villanova after three seasons at Monmouth University from 2023 to 2025, where the program improved steadily in CAA play and finished with 24 wins in 2025, its highest total in three years. His pitchers earned three All-CAA selections, collected multiple CAA Pitcher of the Week honors, and helped Monmouth record three shutouts and the conference's third-lowest ERA at 5.02 in 2025. Monmouth also posted wins over Penn State, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers and won series against Delaware, Elon, and Towson.
Before Monmouth, Russo spent eight seasons at Princeton from 2015 to 2022. He was part of Princeton's 2016 Ivy League championship team and NCAA Tournament qualifier, and he coached 13 All-Ivy honorees, including six first-team selections and 2016 Ivy League Pitcher of the Year Chad Powers. Eight of his players went on to sign professional contracts.
