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W&J football has produced some of Division III’s best players during the past 30 years and Frank Pilato ’05 undoubtedly will always be remembered as one of those superstars. After his senior season in 2004, Pilato became just the seventh player in school history to be selected to the Associated Press Little All-America Team as a first-team selection.
He accumulated 95 tackles and seven interceptions as a senior after leading the Presidents to the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 1995. Pilato was recognized on the 2003 and 2004 American Football Coaches Association All-America Team, one of only two players in school history to land the prestigious honor twice. He also earned All-America distinction from D3football.com (2003 and 2004), Football Gazette (2004) and CoSIDA (2003). A two-time First Team All-Presidents’ Athletic Conference selection, Pilato intercepted 18 passes and became W&J’s all-time leader, a record which still stands today. He has produced 232 career tackles and 23 pass breakups. Pilato was selected as one of 44 players for Team USA in the 2004 Aztec Bowl, a Division III national all-star game in Cancun, Mexico.
He finished as the team’s fourth-leading tackler in the game. After graduation from W&J, Pilato went on to coach collegiate football at Robert Morris University and the University of Maine, while he earned a master’s degree in instructional leadership. Pilato then traveled to the island of St Maarten in the Caribbean with his wife where he taught and coached at the Caribbean International Academy.
While living in the Caribbean, he became certified to SCUBA dive and also played on the Caribbean International Baseball team. After spending two years in the New York City area, he recently relocated to Pittsburgh where he works with Allstate Insurance and resides with his wife, Dr. Alexis Pilato.
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