Mike Rastivo joined the Quakers as an assistant coach in August 2025.
Rastivo’s move coincided with the hiring of Taylor Wray as Penn’s head coach, as he made the move from Hawk Hill after carving out an All-America playing career at Saint Joseph’s under Wray’s tutelage and then coaching at his alma mater with Wray for five seasons across two stints. In between, Rastivo spent nearly two years at LIU where he led the Sharks’ offense to eighth nationally in goals/game, second in shot percentage, and 10th in points per game.
Rastivo was a full-time assistant coach with Saint Joseph’s from 2022-25. During those four seasons, the Hawks went 45-19 overall (a .703 winning percentage), won three conference championships—going undefeated in league play each time—and earned the program’s first two NCAA Championship appearances in 2022 and 2024. SJU ranked tenth nationally in scoring offense in 2023 and 13th in 2022. Rastivo also worked with the Hawks’ face-off unit, and the Hawks finished first nationally in win percentage in 2022 (65.3) and second in 2023 (62.0) behind All-America Zach Cole.
The first USILA/Nike All-American in program history—after earning honorable mention recognition in 2016—Rastivo was a four-year starting attackman for Saint Joseph’s from 2014-18. He graduated as the program’s record holder in career goals, scoring 129 times across 59 games (2.19 gpg). He also ranked third in career points (190) and 10th in career assists (61), and owned a point-scoring streak of 52 games at his graduation which ranked fifth among active Division I players.
A three-time all-conference selection, Rastivo was voted the 2016 Northeast Conference (NEC) Player of the Year and was tabbed the NEC’s Offensive Player of the Year twice, in 2015 (43g/19a) and 2016 (35g/22a). He was also named to the 2016 Tewaaraton Award Watch List. After suffering an injury that sidelined him for the entire 2017 season, Rastivo worked his way back to start every game in 2018, totaling 37 points (24g, 13a) and earning All-NEC Second Team honors as a graduate student.
Rastivo was also tabbed a 2018 Senior CLASS Award All-American selection, which speaks not only to his honors on the field, but to his successes in the classroom, within the community, and of his character. He also was the Hawks’ student-athlete representative at the 2018 Philadelphia Sportswriters Association (PSWA) Dinner.
A three-year team captain, Rastivo led the Hawks to four NEC postseason appearances during his playing time on Hawk Hill.
As a coach, Rastivo has also spent time as both the Director of HHH Operations, Middle School Division and the offensive coordinator at Germantown Academy in Fort Washington, Pa. Rastivo has worked with Big 4 Lacrosse/HHH Philadelphia since the fall of 2016.
A native of South Setauket, N.Y. and a product of Choate Rosemary Hall and Ward Melville High School, Rastivo graduated from Saint Joseph's University in May 2017 with a degree in business administration and also earned his M.S. in organization development and leadership from SJU.
