Coach Lussier is starting his third season with the Pioneer coaching staff and will coach special teams and the defensive line. After a successful playing career at Plymouth State College as a defensive back and wide receiver, he moved on to coach at Utica College. He was a member of the staff that started the football program at the upstate New York school, and spent four years there coaching the defensive backs. Lussier lives in Meriden with his wife, Jenny, and son Owen (8 months).