Lenny Pappano | Executive Director
Lenny Pappano is co-founder of Draft Sharks, as well as a co-founder of The World Championship of Fantasy Football. In his 10 years of experience in the fantasy football business Pappano has won many awards including several Fantasy Expert leagues and polls since 1999. He also took the FSWA's award for "Best Fantasy Football Article" with his acclaimed piece, "Confessions of a Fantasy Expert." Pappano has written articles for countless FF magazines and he's one of the biggest names in this industry.
Paul Dietrich | Office Manager
Paul runs the books for Draftsharks.com and coordinates customer service issues to ensure that Draft Sharks remains a leader in this business. In his spare time, Paul enjoys spending time with his grandchildren.
Jared Smola | Senior Editor
Jared is currently a Sports Management Major at St. John Fisher College (Rochester, NY). He's a true utility-man, contributing to feature articles, player profiles, projections, weekly rankings, and Fantasy Vision scouting reports. Jared began playing fantasy football at age 8 and won his first title at age 9. His all-time favorite player is Marshall Faulk.
Marty McDonald | Senior Editor
Marty has been with Draft Sharks since 2001, contributing to Shark Bites, injury reports, etc. He was the WCOFF Merchandise Manager for 4 years. Marty was also the co-founder of the old NFLScoop.com, a ground-breaking site that spawned countless imitators. He still maintains ties with NFL coaches & players everywhere. We're positive Marty was the only fantasy expert in the country who said Anquan Boldin would explode when he came out in 2003.
Jim Coventry | Senior Writer
Jim has prominent roles in our Weekly Rankings, Fantasy Vision, & customer email questions. We stole him from a rival FF site. Back in 1996 Coventry won a fantasy football contest sponsored by Microleague Multimedia and nabbed $5,000. In 2007 he took #52 in the RotoHog national contest. Then last year Coventry finished an amazing 16th in the CDM 2009 Playoff Challenge!
Chris Gilman | Staff Writer
Chris has been a regular-season Fantasy Vision contributor since 2005. He started fantasy football in 1995 by riding an unknown WR named Isaac and a rookie RB named Curtis to a championship. Chris is an avid Bills and Raiders fan who longs for another QB like Jim Kelly or Ken Stabler.
Mark Moyer | Senior Writer
In 2005, Mark was the Champion of the 264-team $25,000 Fantasy VIP National Championships and his second team finished 5th overall. Mark also has numerous Championships in live NFFC events, with total winnings of $31,100. Most impressive are his WCOFF accomplishments: Five 1st Place and three 2nd Place finishes in live WCOFF events have netted $43,450 in WCOFF winnings, so far. He won the WCOFF’s Draft Masters Overall Championship in 2005 and 2006 and is the only person to ever win two Overall Championships in WCOFF live events. Lifetime winnings in the Fantasy VIPs, NFFC, and WCOFF total just under $108,000. Mark will be contributing feature articles, player rankings, and Fantasy Vision scouting reports.