She completed her collegiate eligibility at Villanova University where she ran leadoff for the still standing Indoor 4x800 metre relay record holding team for not only the United States but the entire North America, Central America and Caribbean Athletic Association and including South America the Pan American record, while winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Indoor Championships.
While running for Sun Valley High School in Aston, Pennsylvania, she was a perennial second place to eventual National Recordholder Kim Gallagher who ran in the same district. "I didn"t think I was any good." But by her Junior year she was second in the Pennsylvania State Championships at 800 metres. She ranked in the top ten of the 1500 metres in the United States six times between 1989 and 1995.
She established a solid reputation in top level Miles, including defeating the standing world record holder in the mile and winning the 1500 at the Penn Relays.
She placed as high as 3rd in the United States of America National Championships. In 1995, she expanded her range by challenging and winning the National Championship in the 5000 metres.
After a 1995 injury suddenly curtailed her running career, Procaccio accepted an offer to assist with the women"s running programs at Villanova. In 2000 she became head women"s track and cross country coach.
Her 2010 cross country team repeated as National Collegiate Athletic Association team champions, with Villanova"s top runner Sheila Reid winning the overall individual title.
lieutenant was Villanova"s 9th National Collegiate Athletic Association women"s cross country title, the most of any university. As Villanova head coach (2000–present)
2 team national championships (cross country - 2009, 2010)
9 team Big East Conference championships
9 individual national champions
94 All-Americans
142 individual BIG EAST champions
9 Championship of America Penn Relays titles
2 Academic All-Americans
395 selections to the BIG EAST All-Academic Team
9 National Collegiate Athletic Association Champions (as The Human Context)
18 cross country All-American 47 Indoor All-American 18 outdoor All-American As Villanova assistant coach (1994-1997, 1998-1900)
10 National Collegiate Athletic Association individual national champions
8 Championship of America Penn Relays titles
40 All-Americans
As of November 2015.
In 1995, she was the USATF National Champion in the indoor 5000 metres, which qualified her to run for her native country in the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics in Barcelona, Spain. After Gallagher graduated, Procaccio won the state meet in 1982 with a personal record of 2:10.53 She continued to the University of Florida for the first three years of college, but returned to her home state. That brought her to Europe where she challenged the top runners of the world, winning several highly competitive 3000 metre races and achieving the number one ranking that year. In 2009, under her leadership, the Villanova Cross Country team won the National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. Accomplishments 2 time USTFCCCA National Coach of the Year 6-time USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coach of the Year 7 time BIG EAST Coach of the Year.
