 He has previously worked as an assistant football coach at Syracuse University, Western Michigan University, and Eastern Michigan University.Hart attended Onondaga Central High School just outside Syracuse, New York where he set the national career record for rushing touchdowns (204), career points (for a non-quarterback) with 1,246, and finished second in career rushing yards (11,045).Onondaga Central went 46–1 (), losing only a single game to Mohawk Central School, and won three state championships (against Dobbs Ferry, Briarcliff and Cambridge) during Hart's career.