Vinny Coppola was born and raised playing soccer Massachusetts’s beautiful Berkshire County, but also grew to love hockey before working in both prior to working at MIT Recreation. While in school and working Coppola took interest in his overall fitness, nutrition, and wellness while exploring ways to support my mental and physical wellbeing. He’s a graduate of both UMass-Lowell and Northeastern University’s engineering programs. Away from the Zesiger Center, Vinny enjoys cooking (a skill he learned while working in his grandmother’s restaurant as a kid), playing guitar and soccer, and going to trivia and game nghts.

“…the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” – John Keating (Robin Williams)