Pasqualoni then enrolled at Penn State, where he was a walk-on and subsequent letterman, as a linebacker under head coach Joe Paterno.

Pasqualoni began his coaching career in 1972, while a graduate student at Southern Connecticut, as an assistant at his alma mater, Cheshire High School, where he remained for four seasons.

[3] In 1982, Pasqualoni was hired away from Southern by in-state school Western Connecticut State University, as its head coach and athletic director.

In five seasons with the Colonials, he amassed a 34–17 record, and coached the team to a 1985 New England Football Conference championship and appearance in the NCAA Division III playoffs.

The Orange (then known as the Orangemen) enjoyed a number of successful years with Pasqualoni at the helm.

While coach of the Orangemen, Pasqualoni's roots in Connecticut led him to recruit many star players from Connecticut high schools, including Bloomfield's Dwight Freeney, New Britain's Tebucky Jones and the McIntosh brothers from Cheshire High School.

[4] He was replaced by Greg Robinson, who had been serving as the defensive coordinator at the University of Texas.

[5] Pasqualoni was hired by former Florida head Coach Dan Mullen before the 2020 season.

[11] Pasqualoni is married to the former Jill Fleischman, whom he met while coaching at Syracuse University.

Together, they have two sons, Dante Paul and Tito Lucian, and a daughter, Cami Mae.