Cicione joined The Rock football staff in the summer of 2021 as a defensive backs coach.
Cicione is a 2018 graduate of John Carroll University, where he played defensive back and earned All-Conference honors. He went on to earn his master's degree in sport science and coaching from the University of Akron in 2021. While working on his master's degree, Cicione served as the defensive graduate assistant with the Akron football program, where he worked with the defensive backs for two years and helped recruit in 13 different states.
Prior to working at Akron, Cicione spent one year each as a quality control coach at Eastern Kentucky University and as a safeties and linebackers coach at Case Western Reserve University.
