Primary Recruiting Areas: California, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C.

Jonathan Sazo is in his second season as an assistant coach with the Stonehill football program. He will assist assistant head coach and defensive coordinator Eli Gardner with the Skyhawks defensive backs.

Stonehill is coming off its best season in nearly 20 years during Sazo's first year in 2013 as it finished with its first winning season since 1996 and earned a share of the Northeast-10 Conference regular season championship. The Skyhawks played in its first NE-10 Championship game and the Skyhawks defense led the league in takeaways (30). Stonehill’s defense also ranked second in the NE-10 for scoring defense (24.3 ppg) and passing defense (246.8 yds/gm), while ranking third for interceptions (16).

Sazo joined the Stonehill coaching staff after serving two years as an equipment intern with the New York Jets. He set up and prepared practice drills for team positions throughout the season as well as offseason football related activities such as rookie mini camp, mini camp and training camp and was an active member in all positional practice exercises assisting the defensive coordinator and defensive backs unit. Sazo performed football operational duties for the franchise, assembled player and coaches playbooks and assisted in the organization and delivery of travel equipment for home and away games.

Sazo, a 2011 graduate of the University of Connecticut, served as a student manager for the Huskies football program during his undergraduate years. He facilitated practice drills and helped prepare game day equipment for the entire season which included trips to three bowl games, including the 2011 Fiesta Bowl.

Sazo earned his Bachelor of Science degree in sport management at Connecticut.