Pete Germano holds the longest tenure on the Ohio staff and was the lone assistant retained when Frank Solich took over the program in 2005. Germano is in his seventh season as the Bobcats' recruiting coordinator and fourth year working with the tight ends. He had a two-year stint as the Bobcats' outside linebackers coach from 2003-04.

Under his tutelage, the Bobcat tight ends have become an integral part of the offense. In the last two seasons, Ohio's tight ends have caught 54 passes and five touchdowns. The unit has also been critical to the running game's success. The Bobcat tight ends have helped pave the way for the MAC's fourth-best rushing offense over the course of the last two seasons.

Germano also has special teams responsibilites with the Bobcats' kickoff return and punting units. Ohio boasted the fifth-best punt coverage unit in the country in 2006, allowing opposing returners an average of only 3.61 yards per return. Ohio also ranked 20th in the nation in net punting with a 38.6-yard average. The Bobcat kickoff return team was fifth in the MAC in 2006 with a 20.7 average.

Ohio's last two recruiting classes have yielded three players named to The Sporting News' Freshman All-America teams. Germano and the Bobcat coaching staff have brought in fifteen true freshman that have seen playing time since the start of 2005.

Germano came to Athens on Jan. 25, 2001, after two years as head coach at Case Western Reserve in Cleveland. While there, he began the rebuilding process for the Spartan program, leading them to 2-8 and 3-7 records in 1999 and 2000, respectively.

Prior to taking over at CWRU, Germano spent nine years at Wabash College. He held various titles there including defensive coordinator, strength coach, linebacker coach, recruiting coordinator and assistant head coach. His defensive units led the conference six times while being nationally ranked on three occasions. Wabash won the conference title four times during the 1990s: 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1998.

Germano began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Fairmont State (W.Va.) College. He started as their receivers/tight ends coach, then moved to defense where he presided over the defensive line for one year. Germano's last three years at Fairmont State were spent as the defensive coordinator/linebackers coach. He helped the team earn a top-ten ranking in NAIA Division I and a playoff appearance in 1988.

Germano received a bachelor's degree in physical education from Ohio Wesleyan in 1982. While at OWU, he earned four letters in football and two in baseball. He went on to receive his master's degree in physical education and athletic administration from Bowling Green in 1983.

In 1984, he was selected as the head athletic trainer for the Cincinnati Reds' Double-A farm team, the Vermont Reds.

Germano was a three-sport standout in football, basketball and baseball at Benedictine High School in Cleveland. In 2006, Germano was inducted into the Benedictine Athletic Hall of Fame. In football, he was a special mention All-Ohio selection, an All-District First Team pick and was one of 12 area players honored by the Cleveland Touchdown Club. Germano helped the Bengals reach the 1978 state baseball finals and was named to the Cleveland Plain Dealer All-Scholastic team as a pitcher-shortstop. In basketball, he led the Bengals in scoring as a junior and senior and was also a co-captain.

He and his wife Jackie have three children - Nicole, Joey and Michael.

Germano's areas of recruiting emphasis are northeastern Ohio, including Cleveland, Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and northern Pennsylvania.