Andre Fontenette (Syracuse '04)
Wide Receivers Coach
2nd Year At Campbell
Six Years In Coaching

Recruiting Areas
North Carolina: Onslow, Carteret, Jones, Lenoir, Wayne, Greene, Craven, Pamlico, Pitt, Beaufort, Hyde, Washington, Tyrrell, Dare, Gates, Chowan, Currituck, Camden Pasquotank, Perquimans
Virginia: Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Suffolk
Maryland: Baltimore
Other States: Maryland, New York, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, California, Arizona, Hawaii

Andre Fontenette begins his second season as the wide receivers coach at Campbell and his sixth season as a collegiate coach. 

Last year Campbell’s receiving core continued to show improvement and caught 94 passes for 1,007 yards and seven touchdowns. Harrison Jordan led the team in both catches (29) and yards (334). The team’s receivers also proved to be efficient and effective in the return game and combined to field 42 kicks for 789 yards.

Prior to Campbell, Fontenette spend the previous two years working at Maine working with the Black Bears as the offensive assistant in charge of wide receivers. In 2009 the Black Bears led the CAA in passing offense and ranked fourth in the conference in scoring offense. Maine receiver Landis Williams, under Fontenette’s tutelage, led the conference in receptions and receiving yards per game. Fontenette also worked as the special teams’ assistant at Maine where he worked with the gunners on the punt team and ran special teams and scout teams.

Previous to Maine, Fontenette spent the 2007 season as the wide receivers coach at Wagner College. As the graduate assistant coach he worked with all 10 receivers and ran daily meetings with the group to present day film 

He began his coaching career at Brockport State University, where he was also the wide receivers coach as a graduate assistant for the Golden Eagles during the 2006 season. In addition to his on-the-field, Fontenette was involved with recruiting and helping produce weekly game plans.

Fontenette was a three-year letterwinner and a two-year starter for Syracuse University. He ended his career with 33 catches for 379 yards. His best individual season came during his senior campaign when he caught 15 passes for 222 yards. He hauled in a 43-yard reception against Rutgers in 2004. During his playing career, Fontenette was honored with the Ray Martino Award, which is presented to the player who presents loyalty, enthusiasm and perseverance to the Orange football program.

The Rochester, N.Y. native graduated from Syracuse in 2004 with his bachelor’s degree in sociology and minors in communications and African American studies.