AT MIT
Vinny Coppola is in his third year at MIT in 2026-27 and his first as Assistant Manager of Facility Events and Rentals.
Coppola originally joined DAPER in 2024-25 as the Coordinator of Club Sports, Intramurals and Day Camp. He also served as a volunteer assistant with the women's soccer program during the 2025 season.
As Coordinator of Intramural Sports, Club Sports and Day Camp, Coppola was responsible for the planning, scheduling, and facilitation of more than 700 games annually across basketball, soccer, esports, and other activities, including space reservations, student engagement, on-site operations, and staff coordination. He also assisted with varsity event management, operating A/V equipment, assigning volunteers, and supporting teams and officials. In addition, he oversaw all intramural activities, serving more than 2,300 unique students across approximately 400 teams annually.
Coppola was responsible for evening and weekend operations, and acted as a steward of facility staff. Additionally, he designed the Connect2 system to track club sport participants in alignment with DAPER software and created dashboards to visualize participation trends and identify opportunities for external revenue generation. He also assisted with the year-long planning process, hiring of 50 staff members, and day-to-day operations of MIT's seven-week summer day camp, collaborating with DFT and Health & Safety to develop workflows and coordinate emergency response plans.
BEFORE MIT
Coppola was the Intramural and Sports Supervisor and Recreation Coordinator Assistant with Northeastern University Recreation from 2021-2023 where he ensured the smooth operation, staffing, and scheduling of intramural recreation events both in the office and in the field and designed and delivered staff training programs while assisting with a variety of marketing projects. Prior to his time at Northeastern, he was a Club Sports Supervisor as a student at UMass Lowell.
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Coppola was a Soccer Analytics Intern with Orlando City SC (Major League Soccer) in 2023-24 and a Business Intelligence Intern with the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins during the summer of 2022.
EDUCATION
Coppola graduated summa cum laude from the University of Massachusetts Lowell with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Italian Studies in 2021. He went on to earn his Master of Science in Engineering Management with a minor in Data Analytics Engineering from Northeastern University, graduating summa cum laude in 2023.
