Nick DePersia is the Special Assistant to the Head Coach for Villanova men's basketball in Villanova, Pennsylvania, a position he assumed in September 2025 after serving two seasons as a graduate assistant with the Wildcats from 2023 to 2025. In those earlier seasons, he prepared scout film and collaborated with the staff on instructional video for team and individual development while earning his MBA from Villanova.
Before joining Villanova, DePersia was the head junior varsity and assistant varsity basketball coach at Eastern Regional High School in 2022-23. He previously starred at Rowan University, where he was a four-year starter, three-year captain, scored 1,463 career points, and helped lead the program to its first conference title since 1999 and an NCAA Division III Tournament Round of 32 appearance. He earned a bachelor's degree in civil and environmental engineering from Rowan.
