Nicole Caliendo

Nicole Caliendo spent two seasons as a football performance nutrition coordinator at Nebraska in 2023 and 2024. Caliendo assisted with daily performance needs, nutrition program, and nutrition operations for football under assistant athletic director for performance nutrition Kristin Coggin. 

Prior to Nebraska, Caliendo was the campus dietitian at Bentley University in Waltham, Mass., from 2022-23 with Sodexo dining services for all students and student-athletes on campus. Caliendo also spent two seasons as an intern with Boston College football (2020-21), assisting the director of football nutrition. Caliendo also was a nutrition kitchen assistant for the Boston Celtics (2019-20) under the chief performance dietitian. She assisted with all meals and pregame, in-game and post-game fueling. 

A Massachusetts native, Caliendo earned her bachelor’s degree in nutrition and health sciences from Boston University in 2020. She went on to earn her master’s degree in nutrition and dietetics in 2022.