He played college football from 1996 to 1999 at Albany and later served as a coach at Hudson Valley CC (2000–2002), Illinois (2001), RPI (2003–2009) and for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2010–2013) before being hired by Calgary in 2014.

A native of Sleepy Hollow, New York, DelMonaco attended the University at Albany, SUNY, playing center for their football team from 1996 to 1999 and being a captain as a senior.

[3][5] DelMonaco served for four seasons as the Blue Bombers' line coach, from 2010 to 2013, helping them reach the 99th Grey Cup where they lost to the BC Lions.

[8] He helped the team have best rushing average per game in the league in 2015 despite working with a line decimated by injuries, leading the Calgary Herald to name him the best position coach of the year.

[8] In 2022, the Stampeders had five players earn division all-star honors on offense, led the league in both points scored (562) and rushing yards per game (135.3), and only allowed 17 sacks, 12 fewer than the next-best team.