Football
Zovko, Karlo
Karlo Zovko
- Title:
- Assistant Director of Player Personnel
- Email:
- kzovko@athletics.pitt.edu
- Phone:
- 412-648-8700
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Pittsburgh native Karlo Zovko enters his seventh year on the Pitt football staff.
Initially joining the Panthers as a recruiting assistant, Zovko was promoted to assistant director of player personnel in 2019 and has been instrumental in luring talent to Pitt that produced consecutive Top 25 finishes and 20 combined wins over the past two seasons.
Pitt’s recent signees have included such All-America performers as defensive tackle Calijah Kancey (a 2022 unanimous honoree), safety Erick Hallett II (2022 second-team pick) and wide receiver Jordan Addison (2021 consensus).
Zovko is a 2012 graduate of Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business with a concentration in sports marketing from Duquesne University in 2016.
As an undergraduate at Duquesne, Zovko worked with the Dukes’ football program. He served as a video coordinator for four seasons and also contributed as an operations and coaching assistant. His senior year, Duquesne won the 2015 Northeast Conference (NEC) title and made its first trip to the NCAA Division I playoffs.
During the 2016-17 academic year, Zovko was a football recruiting graduate assistant at the University of Toledo. The Rockets went 9-4 in 2016, earning a berth in the Camellia Bowl. Toledo’s 2017 recruiting class was rated the best in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) by 247Sports, Rivals and Scout.
Zovko has additionally worked as a recruiting reporter for such outlets as 247Sports and Preps.com, and served as a color analyst for high school football broadcasts on the Champs Sports Network.
Pittsburgh native Karlo Zovko enters his seventh year on the Pitt football staff.
Initially joining the Panthers as a recruiting assistant, Zovko was promoted to assistant director of player personnel in 2019 and has been instrumental in luring talent to Pitt that produced consecutive Top 25 finishes and 20 combined wins over the past two seasons.
Pitt’s recent signees have included such All-America performers as defensive tackle Calijah Kancey (a 2022 unanimous honoree), safety Erick Hallett II (2022 second-team pick) and wide receiver Jordan Addison (2021 consensus).
Zovko is a 2012 graduate of Pittsburgh Central Catholic High School. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business with a concentration in sports marketing from Duquesne University in 2016.
As an undergraduate at Duquesne, Zovko worked with the Dukes’ football program. He served as a video coordinator for four seasons and also contributed as an operations and coaching assistant. His senior year, Duquesne won the 2015 Northeast Conference (NEC) title and made its first trip to the NCAA Division I playoffs.
During the 2016-17 academic year, Zovko was a football recruiting graduate assistant at the University of Toledo. The Rockets went 9-4 in 2016, earning a berth in the Camellia Bowl. Toledo’s 2017 recruiting class was rated the best in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) by 247Sports, Rivals and Scout.
Zovko has additionally worked as a recruiting reporter for such outlets as 247Sports and Preps.com, and served as a color analyst for high school football broadcasts on the Champs Sports Network.