Steve Mucchetti enters his first season as a volunteer assistant coach at Yale. He will work primarily with the men's middle and long-distance runners during the track season, and also with the men's cross country team. A 2006 graduate of Dartmouth College, Mucchetti captained Dartmouth's cross country team to an Ivy League championship in 2005, and helped the Big Green place 15th at the NCAA Championship meet later that season. Mucchetti also competed for Dartmouth during the 2006 cross country season, after the Ivy League granted him a medical hardship waiver for an injury he sustained in the Fall of 2002. While finishing work towards a degree in psychology, Mucchetti made the most of his final season of collegiate eligibility. He placed 4th at the Ivy League Championships -- a career best.

On the track, Mucchetti was Dartmouth's fastest 3,000-meter runner during 2005 and 2006; his best mark of 8:07.69 ranks him 9th all-time at Dartmouth. Mucchetti scored points on five occasions at various Ivy League Championship meets, and ran 14:15.91 for 5,000 meters at the 2006 Penn Relays. In his final college track race, Mucchetti used a well-timed sprint to win the 5,000 meters at the 2006 Outdoor New England Championships.

A native of Ridgefield, Conn., Mucchetti was the Connecticut cross country champion as a high school senior in 2001.