Testa came to Seton Hall after a stint at Columbia University as assistant athletic trainer and head men's basketball athletic trainer. His experience also includes stops at Northeastern, where he served as assistant athletic trainer and head football trainer, and St. Peter's College, where he was the director of sports medicine and strength and conditioning.

A graduate of Southern Connecticut State University, Testa earned his master's in education in sports administration from Temple in 2002. In addition, he still serves as USA Weightlifting's head athletic trainer, a position he has held since 2004, and teaches as an adjunct professor at Seton Hall in the School of Health and Medical Sciences.

Testa resides in Little Falls, N.J., with his wife Gina and their sons' Rocco and Bruno.