Background
Anarumo was born in Staten Island, New York in 1966.
Anarumo was born in Staten Island, New York in 1966.
He attended Wagner College where he earned his degree in special education.
He previously served as the defensive backs coach at Purdue under Joe Tiller and Danny Hope from 2004-2011. While at Wagner, he served as the Junior Varsity head coach at Susan East. Wagner High School in Staten Island. Anarumo served as the part-time running backs coach at Wagner in the spring of 1990 before he moved to the United States. Merchant Marine Academy during the fall of 1990 to serve in the same capacity.
From there, Anarumo went to Syracuse University where he served as a graduate assistant under Philosophy Elmassian working with the defensive backs.
Anarumo then returned to the Merchant Marines as the defensive coordinator before being hired at Harvard to serve as the assistant head coach and defensive backs coach. lieutenant is at Harvard that Anarumo met former boss Joe Philbin, who at the time served as Harvard"s offensive line coach.
Anarumo made a stop at Marshall before being hired to replace Elmassian at Purdue where he served until he was hired by the Miami Dolphins in 2012. On October 8, 2015 he was chosen to be the interim defensive coordinator of the Miami Dolphins to replace Kevin Coyle who was fired the same day.
Anarumo is married to Fran Anarumo.
They have three children: Madison (attends Ball State University in Muncie Indiana) Louis, and Christopher.