Aurora University Athletics

Donovan Raiola joined the Aurora University staff in the spring of 2017. He will serve as the Spartan offensive line coach.

A three-time All-Big Ten Honorable Mention center at the University of Wisconsin and former Notre Dame graduate assistant, Raiola has a wealth of playing experience at the Division I and NFL levels.

Raiola spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons working with Coach Harry Hiestand and the offensive line at the University of Notre Dame. He spent the 2014 season as an intern with the University of Hawai'i football program, assisting Rainbow Warrior offensive line coach Chris Naeole.

Raiola started 39 of 43 career games for the Badgers (2002-05), including 38 of his final 39 contests, and served as team captain as a senior. Raiola was named to the 2003, 2004 and 2005 preseason watch lists for the Rimington Trophy, given to college football's outstanding center. He also was selected to the watch list for the 2004 Outland Trophy. Sporting News rated him as the fifth-best center in the country.

The Honolulu, Hawai'i, native signed a National Football League free-agent contract with the St. Louis Rams in 2006. He ultimately spent time with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Seattle Seahawks, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Washington Redskins.

Prior to the 2014 campaign at Hawai'i, Raiola spent two years as an assistant coach for his scholastic alma mater, Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama (2012-13). He coached the offensive line and helped organize clinics for high school offensive linemen in the state of Hawai'i during the offseason.

Raiola graduated from Wisconsin in 2005 with a bachelor's degree in agricultural business management.