Travis Morris

Assistant Coach

Ohio State

Division 1

The 2022 campaign is the third season for Travis Morris as an assistant coach with the Buckeyes mens soccer team. Morris coaches the Ohio State goalkeepers, plans daily trainings, assists with recruiting and video work along with helping with day-to-day operations.

Morris previously coached the High Point Panthers, who won back-to-back Big South regular-season titles with Morris on staff, with the team tallying its most successful season in its Division I history during the 2018 campaign. In Morris second year with the Panthers, the program reached the NCAA Mens Soccer Championship Tournament for the first time in history while ranking as high as No. 12 in the national polls. In Morris third year with the Panthers, the team tallied 13 wins, one of only eight teams in the country to do so in back-to-back seasons.

Under the tutelage of Morris, Panther goalkeepers turned in 22 clean sheets between 2017-19 while averaging 0.87 goals allowed per contest. Goal Keeper, Keegan Meyer was selected overall 43rd in the 2020 MLS SuperDraft, the highest professional draft pick from any sport in HPU history.

Morris served as the goalkeeper coach at Belmont for three seasons from 2014-16. He helped plan day-to-day training sessions for the team and planned all goalkeeper training sessions. His other duties included coordinating travel, recruiting and video work. Morris also helped to organize and run all Belmont Soccer camps.

Prior to his time at Belmont, Morris served as a graduate assistant earning his Masters Degree in Sports Leadership and was a volunteer assistant over two seasons at VCU. He helped guide the Rams to back-to-back at-large NCAA Tournament bids in 2012 and 2013.

Morris graduated from Bridgewater College with a Bachelors in Health and Physical Education in 2012 after a four-year playing career with the Eagles.

He holds an USSF National D Coaching License and an NSCAA Level II Goalkeeping Coaching Diploma.

Andrew Crawford

Assistant Coach

Canisius

Division 1

Canisius University assistant coach since March, 2022.

Scott Krotee

Assistant Coach

Saint Joseph's (PA)

Division 1

Scott Krotee wrapped up his fourth season as a volunteer assistant coach on the Saint Josephs mens soccer staff in Fall 2017. Krotees primary responsibility is working with SJUs goalkeepers.

From 2016-17, Krotee coached goalkeeper Greg O'Connell to three Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week honors and two Atlantic 10 Defensive Player of the Week honors in a pair of seasons in which O'Connell recorded nine wins and seven shutouts in 34 appearances. Under Krotee's direction and in just two seasons as SJU's primary goalkeeper, O'Connell broke into SJU's all-time top ten in career goals against average (1.54), career saves (150, through 35 career matches), and career shutouts (7).

From 2014-15, Krotee coached goalkeeper Bobby Edwards to 2014 Philadelphia Soccer Six All-Rookie Team honors, as well as six weekly accolades between the A-10 and Philadelphia Soccer Six. Additionally, Krotee coached O'Connell to Philadelphia Soccer Six Defender of the Week honors after the sophomore's first collegiate appearance in 2015.

Previously, Krotee played professionally for four years. In 2015 and 2016, he was ranked among the "Top 100 American Goalkeepers Prospects for the 2018 World Cup."

Most recently, he was the goalkeeper for the Harrisburg Heat out of the Major Arena Soccer League. In 2015-16, he played 10 matches totaling 194 saves in 578:55 for a .721 save percentage. In 2014-15, Krotee played one full match, making 13 saves, before suffering a season-ending injury.

Prior to the Heat, Krotee signed with MLS's Columbus Crew USL Pro affiliate club Dayton Dutch Lions on June 2, 2014 and appeared in one match over the course of that season.

From 2013-14, Krotee competed for the Pennsylvania Roar of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In nine games with the Roar, he posted a .706 save percentage in 346:34 to earn MISL All-Rookie Team accolades.

In 2012, Krotee made appearances with Reading United AC, the MLSs Philadelphia Union player-development partner, in the Premier Development League, with whom he posted a 0.55 goals-against average in 165 minutes in net.

Krotee enjoyed a decorated four-year career as a Division I goalkeeper at Gardner-Webb University from 2008-12. Krotee ranked fifth nationally in total saves (107) and sixth nationally in saves per game (5.94) in his senior season and led the Big South in shutouts as a junior. He graduated with school records for lowest career goals-against average (1.39) and lowest single-season goals-against average (1.10).

A 2012 College Sports Madness All-Big South Preseason Second Team selection, the senior captain was twice named to the Soccer For A Cure All-Tournament Team and earned 2011 Big South Conference Championship All-Tournament Team honors. In 2008, he received the inaugural Wilson Soccer Alumni Association Scholarship and was a member of the Disney Soccer Showcase National Championship squad.

Krotee spent three seasons with Reading United AC U-20 from 2006-09. Prior to that, he was a member of the Olympics Development Program First Team (USA EPYSA) from 2002-04.

Krotee earned his masters degree in international marketing from Saint Joseph's University in Fall 2015. He earned his undergraduate degree in Health/Wellness from Gardner-Webb University in May 2012.

Tom Potts

Assistant Coach

Navy

Division 1

Potts was hired as Navys volunteer assistant coach for the mens soccer program in July of 2019

Before Navy, Potts began his collegiate coaching career at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. As the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach, he helped the Dragons to a 12-9 record and three shutouts. Howard went on to win the Region 20 Tournament and made it to the NJCAA National Tournament.

Along with coaching at Howard Community College, Potts coaches with Born to Fly soccer program, Maryland State Olympic Development Program, Next Level Soccer Club, and Baltimore Armour Developmental Academy. He started coaching in youth soccer in the Winter of 2017 with Born to Fly.

Potts currently holds a US Soccer National D Coaching License. He also complete the United Soccer Coaches Level 1 Goalkeeper Course.

Potts started his collegiate playing career at UMBC playing the 2016 and 2017 seasons with the Retrievers. He also played in the Spring of 2018 with Georgia Southern.

Potts is currently pursuing his Bachelors of Science in Sport Management with a Minor in Business Administration at Towson University.

Chris Volk

Assistant Coach

Cal-Riverside

Division 1

Chris Volk joined the UC Riverside Men's Soccer Team as an assistant coach in August of 2017. Since his arrival at UCR, he has helped the Highlanders to 3 Big West Championships and two appearances to the NCAA Division I Tournament (2018 and 2022).

Volk is best known to area soccer fans as the longtime assistant coach and head coach at UC Irvine. During his 20 years with the Anteaters, Volk helped UCI to five NCAA Tournament appearances, including three trips to the Sweet 16.

The 'Eaters won four Big West Conference Championships, and four conference tournament titles during his final nine years with the program. Over that time span, UC Irvine compile a 106-67-22 win-loss record, and six national Top-25 rankings.

Volk was named the NSCAA Far West Regional Assistant Coach of the Year in 2008, and was a finalist for the national assistant coach of the year that same season.

Eleven of his student-athletes were drafted by MLS teams, and 33 earned Big West All-Academic honors.

Prior to his time at UC Irvine, Volk was the men's assistant coach at San Diego State, the assistant coach and goalkeeper coach at San Diego Mesa College, an assistant in the California Soccer Association South, and a Region IV ODP/Coach and Instructor. He also served as the head coach of the Orange County SC U23 USL PDL, and currently is the DOC for North Huntington Beach FC.

Volk received his bachelor's degree in social science with a minor in Spanish from San Diego State in 1992.

Tony Huerta

Assistant Coach

Cal Baptist

Division 1

Tony Huerta joins the UC Riverside Men's Soccer staff as an assistant coach for his first season in 2024.

Huerta brings a lifetime of soccer knowledge to UCR, currently holding a USSF C license while working towards his USSF B license. He has over 10 years of experience coaching locally at Riverside Poly and with local youth soccer clubs, currently serving as Legends FC Director and coach. Huerta joins UCR after spending two seasons as an assistant coach with California Baptist men's soccer.

Huerta helped CBU win back-to-back Western Athletic Conference (WAC) championships and advance to the NCAA Tournament in each of its first two seasons of eligibility as a Division I program. In 2023, he helped the program advance in the NCAA tournament with an opening round win at San Diego on penalties. Huerta's time at CBU also included assisting in the development of Luis Mueller's (LAFC) and Antonio Gomez's (Austin FC II) path to professional soccer.

Prior to getting into the coaching side of soccer, Huerta spent time with the Riverside Coras in the National Premier Soccer League after splitting his college career between San Bernadino Valley College (SBVC) and Hope International in Fullerton. Huerta led SBVC to back-to-back postseason appearances before transferring to Hope International, where he appeared in 21 games for the Royals as a defender while scoring one goal.

Huerta, both a native of and a current resident of Riverside, credits his close community ties and the program's history as reasons to join the staff at UCR.

As a kid, Huerta always attended community events that UCR would participate in and dreamed of being at UC Riverside competing for a national championship.

Mitch Legro

Assistant Coach

Creighton

Division 1

Former Player for Creighton University

Current Graduate Assistant for Creighton Men's Soccer

Brady Moody

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Tulsa

Division 1

Goalkeeper coach at the University of Tulsa, where I also played my college soccer at




Additionally, serve as the Director of Goalkeeping for Tulsa Soccer Club

Eion Hurley

Graduate Assistant Coach

Evansville

Division 1

Joining the Aces coaching staff in his first season as an assistant is Eoin Hurley.

The Dublin, Ireland native comes to Evansville after one year as goalkeeper coach and sport performance analyst with Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pa.

Prior to coaching at Drexel, Eoin worked for two seasons as the top assistant at Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania.

Hurley enjoyed an impressive playing career, most recently at Montana State University - Billings, where he holds the record for most career shutouts and was named all-Great Northwest Athletic Conference twice. Before coming to the US, Hurley was a youth international for Ireland, competing for the U15 and U17 teams. Hurley also competed in youth academies for Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City in England and Bray Wanderers U21 in his home country of Ireland.

Zachary Weidman

Volunteer Assistant Coach

American

Division 1

Coach Weidman joins American after previously spending two seasons as an assistant at the University of the Cumberlands. During the spring 2021 season, Weidman led the Patriots to their first Mid-South Conference title and an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinals. UC finished the spring with a No. 6 ranking in the final national poll, the highest ranking in program history.

Primarily responsible for the goalkeepers, he directed the unit to one of their most successful seasons between the posts. In the spring 2021 campaign, the keepers recorded nine shutouts (seventh-most in NAIA) and 14 wins, which was the most since 2010 for the program. He also coached an NAIA All-American.

A native of Concord, Mich., Weidman played at Spring Arbor University. He played four seasons with the Cougars and boasted an .833 record as a goalkeeper.

Matthew Cureton

Assistant Coach

Presbyterian

Division 1

Matthew Cureton enters his second season with the Presbyterian College men's soccer team. In 2017, Cureton was an integral part of the team's first Big South Conference Tournament title and NCAA Tournament appearance. Cureton, a 2015 graduate of Lees McRae College, made 65 appearances and 59 starts during his career with the Bobcats. He has been coaching since 2012 as a camp counselor, youth club coach, and will be working with South Carolina ODP this year. From January May of 2016 he worked as an assistant coach with Lees McRae College. He worked with the day-to-day operations, training with the team and assisted in recruiting efforts for the program.

Jake Feener

Goalkeeper Recruiting Coordinator

Seattle

Division 1

Seattle University mens soccer has announced the hiring of Jake Feener as an assistant coach for the 2018 season. Feener, a 2014 graduate, joins Coach Pete Fewings staff.



Feener has been the goalkeeper coach at Oral Roberts for the last three years. He helped the team advance to the 2015 Summit League finals. 



Feener appeared in 51 matches as SUs goalkeeper. As a senior in 2013, he was named All-WAC First Team after leading the nation in saves with 162. The Rocklin, California, native recorded a 1.38 goals against average in 24 starts. Feener compiled an .821 save percentage and five shutouts. He was chosen WAC Tournament MVP, leading the Redhawks to their first WAC Championship title.



For two seasons, Feener played for the Tulsa Roughnecks of the United Soccer League. He started 28 matches and picked up a USL Player of the Week award.



In 2017, Seattle U won its third WAC Championship in the last five years. It won, 3-2 in overtime, at Washington in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Fewing has guided SU to at least 11 wins in each of the last five seasons-one of five Division I programs to achieve the feat

Brian Jaworski

Head Coach

Grinnell

Division 3

Coach Jaworski  has served as coach of the Pioneer men's soccer team since 2004. The 2009 Pioneer squad won the Midwest Conference Tournament title and earned the schools first-ever NCAA Tournament appearance as Jaworski was voted MWC Coach of the Year. Jaworski has helped build the Pioneer program into a consistent winner. After his first two teams went 10-19-2 overall and 5-13 in Midwest Conference play, Grinnell has posted a combined overall mark of 67-61-12 and league record of 45-22-7 in the past eight seasons. The Pioneers have posted winning records six of the last eight years and qualified for the MWC Tournament six times in that span. Under his guidance, Grinnell also boasted its first-ever MWC Player of the Year in 2010, Mark Rosenberg. Overall, Jaworski has developed six All-Region selections while at Grinnell and 10 Academic All-Region selections. Jaworskis 2014 team was one for the history books. Grinnell emerged as the NCAA Division III national leader in three categories. Isaiah Tyree led the nation in goals against average at 0.218 and save percentage at .959, while the Pioneers were also tops in team save percentage with a mark of .916.   Grinnell also tied or set five MWC records in 2014, including Tyree in goals against average and save percentage. The Pioneers established new league marks in goals allowed with eight and team goals against average at 0.44, with the latter mark ranking fourth nationally. Grinnell tied the MWC record for shutouts in a season with 11. Jaworski arrived at Grinnell in August of 2004, following a long and successful career as an assistant coach at DePauw University that spanned from 1991-2003. During his tenure as an assistant coach, the Tigers went 167-58-12 (.704) and made four NCAA Tournament appearances. In May 2003, Jaworski was named Aflac National Assistant Coach of the Year in recognition of his hard-work and dedication to the DePauw University men's soccer program. The award is based on a coach's longevity and expertise, as well as contributions to the school and community, and special achievements throughout their careers. In addition to his work with the men's soccer program at DePauw, he also was an assistant coach for the DePauw women's soccer team that advanced to the NCAA Final Four in 2003. Jaworski was a standout soccer player for the DePauw men's team from 1984-1988, and he became the first player in the school's history to earn all-America honors in men's soccer, earning the distinction in 1988. He currently ranks seventh all-time in career goals scored with 31, and is eighth all-time in career points with 75. Jaworski, a 1989 graduate of DePauw, was inducted into the DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002. As a head coach, Jaworski has coached two separate club teams to Indiana state championships. In 2002, his under-17 Dynamo FC Indianapolis club team claimed the state championship, and in 2000 his under-18 Dynamo FC Indianapolis squad won the team title. In 2004, Jaworski guided his Carmel United under-18 club to the final four of the Indiana state championship, where his team lost to the eventual state champion. He and his wife Leslie (a staff member of the Colleges psychology department), with the assistance of College coaches Tim Hollibaugh and Andy Hamilton, began the Grinnell Sports Camp in 2005. The camp allows participants to learn fundamentals and participate in drills in a variety of sports while also learning the values of sportsmanship and enjoyment of several activities. Jaworski resides in Grinnell with his wife and they have three children: Ann Marie (25) is a former three-year captain of the Boston University Women's Soccer Team, a former member of the U-19 US Women's National team, and now Head Soccer Coach at Simmons University in downtown Boston.  John (23) attends Sacred Heart University and play Division I hockey.  Calvin (19) is a second-year football player (free safety) at the University of Northern Iowa.

Brad Williams

Head coach

Beloit

Division 3

Williams brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Beloit College. A goalkeeper for Division I Saint Francis University in Pennsylvania, Williams set multiple program records during his playing career. He has playing experience internationally with Team Bath F.C. in Bath, England, as well as domestically in the United Soccer League. Williams entered the coaching ranks in 2009 as an assistant coach for the men's and women's soccer programs at Division II California State University, Chico. The following year he transitioned to an assistant coaching role at California State University, Bakersfield, an NCAA Division I institution, working with both the men's and women's programs. Williams has served more recent coaching stints at Napa Valley College (head women's coach), Feather River College (assistant men's and women's coach), and Southwestern Oregon Community College (head men's coach and recruitment specialist) before landing the head role at Beloit. Additionally, Williams holds years of experience coaching for premier clubs and has served as an associate staff instructor for the National Soccer Coaches Association of America/United Soccer Coaches. 

Williams holds a Masters Degree in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine, a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Saint Francis University and a Higher National Diploma in Coach Education and Sport Performance from University of Bath.

Tate Spivey

Assistant Coach

Centre

Division 3

I am going into my third year as the Head Assistant Mens soccer Coach at Centre College 

Michael Tringali

Men's Soccer Assistant Coach

Rochester

Division 3

Michael Tringali joined the University of Rochester mens soccer coaching staff during the spring of 2020.
 
He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the River Campus, as he had previously been a player at Division III, participated semi-professionally in the USL Division II and worked as an assistant at multiple Division I programs.
 
Prior to joining the Yellowjackets staff, Tringali served as goalkeeping coach at Northern Illinois University in 2019.  In his lone season at NIU, four Huskies were named to the Mid-American All-Conference team.  In addition, freshman goalkeeper Martin Sanchez was voted the second best mens U20 goalkeeper in the country by Everybody Soccer.  
 
During the 2018 season, Tringali worked as an assistant coach at Virginia Military Institute, and under his tutelage, freshman goalkeeper Broden Schull was named a Southern Conference All-Conference selection.
 
His Division III coaching experience comes from a season assisting the Goucher College mens program in 2017.  While there, he assisted with all aspects of the program, including recruiting, scouting, team travel and player evaluations in addition to being the director of goalkeeping.
 
Tringalis playing experience features a four-year stint with Division III Stevenson University.  He was a team captain his senior season and appeared in 31 total games (25 starts) for the Mustangs.  In goal he had a 1.99 goals against average and had a career save percentage of .734.
 
He graduated from Stevenson with a Bachelors degree in Business Administration in 2017.  He holds a USSF D License and earned his Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma from the NSCAA (Now United Soccer Coaches).

Patrick Johnston

Assistant Coach

University of the South

Division 3

Sewanee Womens Soccer Head Coach Patrick Johnston is entering his 11th season on the Domain.

The 2018 campaign ended with a 6-11-2 record and a quarterfinal appearance in the SAA Tournament. Three were named All-SAA selections. 

In 2017, the Tigers finished in the semifinals of the SAA Tournament with a 6-9-2 record. Two Tigers were selected as All-Conference members.  

During the 2016 season, Johnston led the Tigers to an 8-9-2 overall record and a semifinalist in the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) Conference Tournament.

In 2015, Johnston led the Tigers to one of their best years in program history. Sewanee finished the season with an 11-4-3 overall record. During the regular season, the Tigers earned a share of their first-ever SAA Regular Season Championship. The Tigers finished with an unbeaten 6-0-1 SAA record while Johnston earned his first-ever SAA Coach of the Year award. Both win totals were the most overall and conference victories for Sewanee since 2010.

In the previous three seasons, Johnston led a young Tigers' team to 15 all-conference awards and 32 victories, while consistently having the toughest schedule of any team in the conference. That includes a 13-6 record in 2014. That win total was the most for Sewanee since 2010.

In his inaugural season, 2009, the Tigers finished 11-3-3 and posted the highest win percentage in the programs history. After a second place SCAC finish, the Tigers ended the year with a ranking in the NCAA Regional rankings for the first time since 2005.  The 2010 team earned Sewanees highest ranking ever by being recognized fourth in the South Atlantic Regions mid-season polls.

Johnstons 20-plus years of coaching experience includes stops at Illinois State University, UNC Greensboro, Barry University and James Madison University, among others. He also coached professionally with the New Orleans Gamblers in the A League.

As a player, Johnston was a High School All-American and a member of the U.S. National Youth Team. He played four years for Duke University and was an All-ACC selection for three years. He was selected to the NSCAA All-American Team during his senior season. Johnston went on to play professionally in England for Newcastle United (English First Division) and in the United States for the Miami Sharks, the Maryland Bays and the Miami Freedom (ASL, APSL).

Johnston has been active in youth soccer in the US for over 30 years. He has coached or served as a Director of Coaching at clubs all across the south and was a Region III ODP staff coach for two different directors.  He is currently a lecturer for the NSCAA and represents the organization in the Club Standards project.  He reviews youth clubs nationwide, assisting them to improve in his role as a consultant.  Johnston is a contributing writer for Success in Soccer and other publications and has traveled abroad extensively in this role visiting professional and amateur academics in Europe and South America.  His focus in his journalism has been the topic of club structure and player development.

In the summer of 2014, Johnston released The Odyssey of a Soccer Junkie. The book takes readers along the evolving journey from a startling innocence into a pragmatic adventurer chasing the beautiful game. This heroic journey promises to entertain you with facts, feats, and levity while displaying adventurous escapism at its finest. 

With that, Johnston has appeared a numerous national media shows and interviews.

Coach Johnston received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Duke University in 1986 and a Masters in Fine Arts from The University of the South and is married with four children, Corinne, Nikki, Kyle C'19 and Robbie.

Bill Garno

Head Coach

Rochester Institute of Tech

Division 3

Garno begins his 21st season at the helm of the Rochester Institute of Technology mens soccer team in 2016. In that time, Garno has led the Tigers to three appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament (2000, 2001 and 2004), a spot in the 2011 Liberty League title game and three Empire 8 championships. In 2000 and 2006, Garno earned Empire 8 Coach of the Year honors. Over the past 20 seasons, Garnos teams have compiled a 167-152-34 record (.521). He is one of only two coaches to eclipse the 100-win plateau in RIT mens soccer coaching history, and sits second in wins behind the late Doug May, a member of the RIT Athletics Hall of Fame, whom Garno played for. Under Garnos tutelage, 43 different Tigers earned All-Empire 8 honors from 1999 to 2010. Eight Tigers were named All-Liberty League honors since the Tigers joined the conference in 2011, including Scott Fishel, Gene Sicoli, Raul Silva and Rueben Marquez who were 2015 selections. Garno has coached three different Empire 8 Players of the Year and three Rookies of the Year, along with numerous academic honorees, including Sean Coots who was a 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-Region selection and a NSCAA Academic All-Region honoree. In 2015 Fishel and Luke Dorsey earned CoSIDA Academic All-Region honors. Dorsey was also named the winner of RITs prestigious Ellingson Award for academic excellence. Mike Lawson, who recently had a scholarship named in his honor at RITs National Technical Institute for the Deaf, was a two-time NSCAA Academic All American (2004 & 2005) and a two-time Empire 8 Player of the Year. The Tigers placed eight players on the Liberty League All-Academic squad in 2015. From 1983 to 1986, Garno was a defender for the Tigers, helping RIT to an impeccable 59-8-6 record, four conference titles and four appearances in the NCAA Tournament. After a successful collegiate career at RIT, Garno turned to coaching. Prior to taking over at RIT, he served as an assistant coach at the University of Rochester from 1992 to 1995. Garno is active in the local youth soccer scene, currently coaching for FC Dynamo ROC, and also having coached in the Empire United Soccer Academy, Hilton Heat, and Rochester Junior Rhinos, soccer clubs. He also has served as a head coach for the New York State West Olympic Development Program. A 1988 graduate of RIT, Garno was the Director of the Printing Applications Laboratory in RITs Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies for 21 years before being named the full-time mens soccer coach in Oct., 2012. He lives in Hilton, N.Y., with his wife, Marcey. They have three children, Bailey (23), Ellie (21), and Simon (18), who will begin his first year at RIT in the fall of 2016.  


Bill Garno
Head Coach




Bill Garno begins his 21st season at the helm of the Rochester Institute of Technology mens soccer team in 2016. In that time, Garno has led the Tigers to three appearances in the NCAA Division III Tournament (2000, 2001 and 2004), a spot in the 2011 Liberty League title game and three Empire 8 championships. In 2000 and 2006, Garno earned Empire 8 Coach of the Year honors. Over the past 20 seasons, Garnos teams have compiled a 167-152-34 record (.521). He is one of only two coaches to eclipse the 100-win plateau in RIT mens soccer coaching history, and sits second in wins behind the late Doug May, a member of the RIT Athletics Hall of Fame, whom Garno played for. Under Garnos tutelage, 43 different Tigers earned All-Empire 8 honors from 1999 to 2010. Eight Tigers were named All-Liberty League honors since the Tigers joined the conference in 2011, including Scott Fishel, Gene Sicoli, Raul Silva and Rueben Marquez who were 2015 selections. Garno has coached three different Empire 8 Players of the Year and three Rookies of the Year, along with numerous academic honorees, including Sean Coots who was a 2012 CoSIDA Academic All-Region selection and a NSCAA Academic All-Region honoree. In 2015 Fishel and Luke Dorsey earned CoSIDA Academic All-Region honors. Dorsey was also named the winner of RITs prestigious Ellingson Award for academic excellence. Mike Lawson, who recently had a scholarship named in his honor at RITs National Technical Institute for the Deaf, was a two-time NSCAA Academic All American (2004 & 2005) and a two-time Empire 8 Player of the Year. The Tigers placed eight players on the Liberty League All-Academic squad in 2015. From 1983 to 1986, Garno was a defender for the Tigers, helping RIT to an impeccable 59-8-6 record, four conference titles and four appearances in the NCAA Tournament. After a successful collegiate career at RIT, Garno turned to coaching. Prior to taking over at RIT, he served as an assistant coach at the University of Rochester from 1992 to 1995. Garno is active in the local youth soccer scene, currently coaching for FC Dynamo ROC, and also having coached in the Empire United Soccer Academy, Hilton Heat, and Rochester Junior Rhinos, soccer clubs. He also has served as a head coach for the New York State West Olympic Development Program. A 1988 graduate of RIT, Garno was the Director of the Printing Applications Laboratory in RITs Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies for 21 years before being named the full-time mens soccer coach in Oct., 2012. He lives in Hilton, N.Y., with his wife, Marcey. They have three children, Bailey (23), Ellie (21), and Simon (18), who will begin his first year at RIT in the fall of 2016.  

George Nazario

Head Coach

College of New Jersey

Division 3

Nazario has compiled an overall record of 209-153-43. He captured his 200th career coaching win last fall with a 5-0 victory over York College (NY)/ Nazario has enjoyed consistent success, commandeering TCNJs soccer program to 13 winning seasons during his tenure. The Lions have tallied double-digit wins in nine of those years and won 17 games in back-to-back seasons in 1996 and 1997. In 2015, the Lions posted a 10-5-2 overall mark, defeating three teams ranked in the top 25. TCNJ has competed in four NCAA Division III Championship tournaments during Nazarios reign, including a national championship title in 1996. The Lions boast a record of 14-3 in the NCAA tournament during those four trips and were national runner-up in 1997. In 2010, TCNJ posted a record of 9-6-4 (7-1-1 NJAC) and finished first in the conference regular season standings. As a result, Nazario was named the 2010 NJAC Coach of the Year. The Lions advanced to the NJAC tournament championship game before falling to Kean University 1-0 in double overtime. Nazario has twice been named NCSCAA Metro Regional Coach of the Year, making him a candidate for the NSCAA National Division III Coach of the Year. The first was in 1996 when Nazario guided his troops to capturing the schools first-ever mens soccer NCAA national championship. He won the award a second time in 2005 when the Lions went 16-3 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal match. In October of 2011, the 1996 mens soccer team that captured the NCAA national championship title was inducted into TCNJ's Athletic Alumni Hall of Fame. Nazario had an exceptional playing career earning All-American honors at Union High School and winning a national championship with the Union Lancers Under-19 Team in 1987. In college, he led Seton Hall University to three Big East Conference championships and four NCAA Division I Championship tournament appearances in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990. He was twice named Big East Player of the Year in 1987 and 1990 and served as the Pirates team captain in 1990. Following his collegiate career, Nazario was a member of the Puerto Rican National Soccer Team from 1992 to 1998. Prior to taking over TCNJs mens soccer program, Nazario served as an assistant mens soccer coach for Seton Hall University for three seasons. He served as the athletic director of the Union Lancers Youth Club from 1995 until 1997 and also served as head coach of the Union Lancers Under-16 Youth Team. Nazario is currently head coach of the Under-18 PDA Larsson Team affiliated with the Players Development Academy (PDA). In January of 2007, Nazario was married to Carol Pierce. The couple resides in Hightstown, NJ.  


George Nazario
Head Men's Soccer Coach


Seton Hall University 91 Year of Service: 22nd Hometown: Union, NJ Education: BA, Communications Entering his 22nd season as head coach of The College of New Jersey mens soccer program, George Nazario has compiled an overall record of 209-153-43. He captured his 200th career coaching win last fall with a 5-0 victory over York College (NY)/ Nazario has enjoyed consistent success, commandeering TCNJs soccer program to 13 winning seasons during his tenure. The Lions have tallied double-digit wins in nine of those years and won 17 games in back-to-back seasons in 1996 and 1997. In 2015, the Lions posted a 10-5-2 overall mark, defeating three teams ranked in the top 25. TCNJ has competed in four NCAA Division III Championship tournaments during Nazarios reign, including a national championship title in 1996. The Lions boast a record of 14-3 in the NCAA tournament during those four trips and were national runner-up in 1997. In 2010, TCNJ posted a record of 9-6-4 (7-1-1 NJAC) and finished first in the conference regular season standings. As a result, Nazario was named the 2010 NJAC Coach of the Year. The Lions advanced to the NJAC tournament championship game before falling to Kean University 1-0 in double overtime. Nazario has twice been named NCSCAA Metro Regional Coach of the Year, making him a candidate for the NSCAA National Division III Coach of the Year. The first was in 1996 when Nazario guided his troops to capturing the schools first-ever mens soccer NCAA national championship. He won the award a second time in 2005 when the Lions went 16-3 and advanced to the NCAA quarterfinal match. In October of 2011, the 1996 mens soccer team that captured the NCAA national championship title was inducted into TCNJ's Athletic Alumni Hall of Fame. Nazario had an exceptional playing career earning All-American honors at Union High School and winning a national championship with the Union Lancers Under-19 Team in 1987. In college, he led Seton Hall University to three Big East Conference championships and four NCAA Division I Championship tournament appearances in 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1990. He was twice named Big East Player of the Year in 1987 and 1990 and served as the Pirates team captain in 1990. Following his collegiate career, Nazario was a member of the Puerto Rican National Soccer Team from 1992 to 1998. Prior to taking over TCNJs mens soccer program, Nazario served as an assistant mens soccer coach for Seton Hall University for three seasons. He served as the athletic director of the Union Lancers Youth Club from 1995 until 1997 and also served as head coach of the Union Lancers Under-16 Youth Team. Nazario is currently head coach of the Under-18 PDA Larsson Team affiliated with the Players Development Academy (PDA). In January of 2007, Nazario was married to Carol Pierce. The couple resides in Hightstown, NJ.

Tom Gillette

Head Coach

Lincoln Memorial

Division 2

Director of Athletics Don Grigsby announced the promotion of Tom Gillette to Head Mens Soccer Coach on Friday, April 7, 2023. In his first year, Gillette led the railsplitters to 11-5-3 season in and the second round of the Division II National Tournament for the first time since 2013. Forward Daniel Burko was named SouthEast Region Player of the Year and a First Team All-American.  
 
The coaching staff of Gillette and Parker helped turn around a program that went 2-13-2 (1-9-1 South Atlantic Conference) in 2021 to improve to 10-8-1 (6-5 SAC) and a SAC Tournament Final appearance in 2022. Gillette coached forward Harry Cooke, who was named the SAC Player and Freshman of the Year and Second Team All-America by the D2CCA.

Gillette came to Harrogate following five seasons as an assistant coach apart of Tim Chastonays staff at NCAA Division I Bellarmine of the Atlantic Sun Conference.
 
In the fall 2021 season, Gillette and the Knights finished with a bid to their second straight ASUN Championship while placing three student-athletes on the all-conference teams.
 
In the spring of 2021, Bellarmine's first in Division I and the ASUN Conference, Gillette and the Knights wasted no time in making their mark. Bellarmine secured the top seed from the North Division in the ASUN Championship after going 3-1 in league play while finishing the season ranked No. 9 in the Atlantic Region by the United Soccer Coaches. The memorable inaugural season in D1 included an ASUN Coach of the Year nod for Head Coach Tim Chastonay, four All-Conference acknowledgements and an All-Region laurel (Jonas Skulstad).

The 2019 campaign marked the most successful in program history for Bellarmine, which did not lose a match until the Sweet 16 of the NCAA II Tournament. The Knights went 16-1-5 overall and 10-0-4 in the GLVC. Both win totals set new program records. Along with an undefeated regular season, Bellarmine captured the GLVC Tournament title following a 3-2 victory over McKendree and secured its first-ever NCAA II Tournament berth. The Knights built a 30-game unbeaten streak bridging the 2018 and 2019 seasons and finished the year with a No. 13 national ranking. Tomas Bernedo, Micah Linscott and Eddie Williamson earned All-America accolades from the D2CCA, and Bernedo became the program's first GLVC Offensive Player of the Year.

Bellarmine finished 12-5-2 in 2018. At the time, the Knights tied both the most overall wins and the most conference victories (nine) in program history. Bellarmine finished second in the league and earned the No. 2 seed in the GLVC Tournament, where the Knights advanced to the finals. Jonas Skulstad became the program's first GLVC Defensive Player of the Year honoree.

In 2017, the Knights tied a then-program record with nine GLVC wins. Bellarmine's 11 overall victories were one shy of the program record at the time. The biggest highlight of the season came when Bellarmine defeated second-ranked and Final Four-bound Rockhurst 2-1. Williamson was named GLVC co-Freshman of the Year.

Gillette has served as the Director of Coaching at Oldham Soccer Club. He holds a USSF B license and a Director of Coaching Diploma. He has also coached in the Kentucky Olympic Development program.

Gillette played three seasons (2012-14) at Francis Marion University in South Carolina and captained the team his senior season. During his summers in college, he played for National Premier Soccer League and Premier Development League teams Myrtle Beach Mutiny, Tampa Bay Marauders and Derby City Rovers. He began coaching in South Carolina while in college.

A native of London, England, Gillette attended the University of Nottingham in England and earned a bachelors degree in politics. He earned a masters degree while playing at Francis Marion.

Carlos Trevino

Assistant Coach

La Sierra

NAIA

Coach Trevino enters his 4th year as an assistant coach with the men's soccer program and his 3rd year as an assistant with the women's soccer program at La Sierra University. 

Adam Butler

Head Coach

Eastern Florida State

Junior College

Adam Butler took over the men's soccer program in 2022 and has taken the Titans back to the NJCAA Division I National Tournament after just two seasons.

The Titans just missed the postseason in his first season, losing in penalty kicks for a bid to the district tournament, finishing the season 7-5-2 after forfeiting the first four matches due to a clerical error. 

Last season Butler's Titans won the Region 8 Tournament title as well as the Southwest District title, clinching a spot in the NJCAA Division I National Tournament. The team finished the season 15-3 after failing to make the semifinals of the national tournament.

Butler is the third head coach in program history, taking over for Jeff Carr who took over the program last season.

The London, England native comes to the Titans from Coastal Bend College where he led the team to its first NJCAA Division I National Championship Tournament in 2021, won the programs first-ever Region XIV regular season championship.

Butler was a standout for Southwestern Christian University, earning Sooner Athletic Conference First Team All-Conference honors in 2014 and 2015, National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region Second Team 2014.  Butler became SCU's first NAIA All American in 2015.

After graduating he became the top assistant coach for the Eagles as they captured the 2016, 2017 and 2018 National Christian College Athletic Association National Champions while posting a 54-14-7 record.

Butler also played with the Vermont Voltage, Laredo Heat, and Mississippi Brilla, before serving as an assistant with the UPSL's Oklahoma City 1889.  He holds a USSF National B Coaching License. 

Butler holds a B.S. in Health, Physical Education and Sports Management and M.A. in Leadership both from Southwestern Christian University.

Dejan Mladenovic

Head Coach

John Carroll

Division 3

Dejan Mladenovic enters his 15th season as a member of the John Carroll men's soccer coaching staff in the 2020-21 school year.  

He is currently the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Blue Streaks as well as a visible member of the Sports Information Department.  

Mladenovic is also the director of the Summer and Winter JCU Men's Soccer ID Camps, Bernot Memorial Golf Outing and Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism clinics.

Career Accomplishments
7 NCAA Tournament Appearances (2003, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)6 OAC Tournament Championships (2003, 2005, 2007, 2016, 2018, 2019)6 OAC Regular Season Championships (2003, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019)USC Great Lakes Coaching Staff of the Year (2019)

Coaching Career
2016-present:  John Carroll University Associate Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator2006-15:  John Carroll University Assistant Coach

Playing Career
2002-05:  John Carroll University2003-2005:  Cleveland Internationals PDL2005 OAC Midfielder of the Year2003 OAC Tournament Champion2005 OAC Regular Season and Tournament Champion2005 All-OAC 1st Team2005 NSCAA All-Region 2nd Team80 games played51 career points, 19 goals, 13 assists7 game-winning goalsLed the OAC in 2005 in goals (8) and points (18)

Personal
Mladenovic graduated from JCU with a degree in Business Management in 2006 and is a USSF National "C" licensed coach.  He currently resides in Parma, Ohio with his wife Catherine (O'Shaughnessy). 

Jovin Grewal

Assistant Coach

McKendree

Division 2

McKendree University

Tom Ardron

Graduate Assistant

Clark (MA)

Division 3

Clark University Graduate Assistant 

Played 4 years NCAA Division 2 

Represented Liverpool, Manchester United and Preston North End youth academies

Represented England at national level for independent schools

Andrew Storton

Head Coach

Connecticut College

Division 3

Andrew Storton is entering his seventh season as an associate men's soccer coach at Connecticut College in 2025. He assists head coach Reuben Burk with all aspects of the program.



In 2024, Storton helped lead the Camels to the NESCAC Title, a 14-3-7 record, and a return to the Men's Soccer National Title game. In the NESCAC Championship, the Camels defeated hosted Middlebury 3-1, to hand the Panthers their first loss of the season, while bringing home the first NESCAC Championship for a men's team. Following the season, Storton and head coach Reuben Burk were named NCAA Men's Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year for the second time by United Soccer Coaches.


Storton was an integral part of the most successful season in school history, as the Camels went 19-4-1 and captured the 2021 NCAA Division III Men's Soccer National Championship, joining Burk in being named USC National Coaching Staff of the Year. After securing an overtime victory against Washington & Lee in the semifinals, Conn College prevailed over Amherst in penalty kicks in the title game. It marked the institution's first team national championship in any sport. 


In addition to their NCAA success, the Camels finished atop the NESCAC regular season standings, hosted the league's championship weekend for the first time, and advanced to the championship match of the NESCAC Tournament for the first time in program history. The team's 19 victories were also a school record and bettered the previous mark of 14 established in 1978. For their efforts, Burk and Storton were named the 2021 NCAA Men's Division III National Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches.


In his first season at Conn, Storton helped lead the program to a successful postseason run that included wins over Catholic, then-No. 3 Johns Hopkins, and Swarthmore. At the time, the Elite Eight appearance marked only the third time a Connecticut College program had advanced to the quarterfinal round of an NCAA Tournament in any sport.


A native of Oxford, England, Storton has a wealth of coaching experience and has been heavily involved with coaching soccer at various levels in Southeast Connecticut since his arrival in the country in 2009. On the scholastic level, he served as the head boys soccer coach at Bacon Academy in Colchester and led the program to a 100-30-13 overall ledger in seven seasons from 2012-18. Storton was named the ECC Large Division Coach of the Year three times, the Norwich Bulletin Coach of the Year twice, and helped the team win four ECC Division championships, an ECC tournament title, while also advancing to the finals of the Class M State Cup on two occasions during his successful tenure.


Storton is currently working towards his Masters in Sport Management at University of Florida and graduated magna cum laude in three years from Mitchell College in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in sports and fitness management and a minor in psychology. He holds a UEFA "B" License along with several other coaching licenses and resides in Niantic with his wife, Hannah, and sons, Oliver and William

Brendan Ujvary

Assistant Coach

Hamilton

Division 3

Ujvary is in his second year as an assistant coach for the Hamilton College men's soccer program. He was an assistant with the Utica College men's team in 2013 and 2014.
Ujvary helped guide the Pioneers to a pair of Empire 8 playoff appearances, including the program's first trip to the championship game in 2013. Utica players received eight all-conference team honors and one Empire 8 rookie of the year award during his time at the school. Ujvary recently obtained his National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) National Diploma.
Prior to Utica, Ujvary coached youth soccer from the Hudson Valley to Long Island. His time spent with Coerver Soccer Coaching and the Long Island Rough Riders ages U10 to U13 was a great experience.
Ujvary played college soccer at SUNY New Paltz. The defender appeared in 53 games with 41 starts over the course of three seasons. As a senior, he helped lead the Hawks to the SUNYAC quarterfinals in 2011. Ujvary was a member of the Dean's List all four years, made the NSCAA all-academic team and represented the soccer program on the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee.
Ujvary graduated with a degree in adolescent education with a specialization in social studies and a geography minor. He also has a master's degree in special education from Utica. He is from Kings Park, N.Y., and played soccer at Kings Park High School.

Alun Oliver

Head Coach

St. Mary's (MD)

Division 3

Alun Oliver was hired as the ninth head coach of the Seahawk mens soccer program in February 2011. Oliver's background includes more than a decade of playing and coaching experiences both in the United States and overseas. He served as a St. Mary's assistant coach for five seasons (2004-07, 2010) before taking over the head coaching duties.

AT ST. MARY'S
58-63-6 in seven seasonsCurrently ranks second all-time in winsFive CAC Tournament appearances2015 CAC Runner-Up (tournament)Set school record for most conference wins with seven in 2017Received four consecutive NSCAA Team Academic Awards between 2011 and 2014 after maintaining at least a 3.0 cumulative team GPA
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
22 All-CAC selections (through 2017)Four NSCAA All-Region players (through 2016)Khalid Balogun '20 - 2016 CAC Rookie of the YearNick Tait '17 - 2015 CAC Player of the YearAlessandro Burlew '18 - 2014 CAC Rookie of the YearZack Haussler '18 led CAC in save percentage (.840) in 2016Nick Tait '17 led CAC in goals (15), assists (11), and points (41) in 2015Austin Brown '14 led CAC in saves (98) in 201267 student-athletes named to CAC All-Academic Team since 2011 (through 2016)
PLAYING CAREER
St. Mary's Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2010CAC Silver Anniversary Men's Soccer Team (2014)School's all-time assists leader with 412002 CAC Player of the Year2000 CAC Rookie of the YearTwo-time NSCAA All-Region selectionFour-time All-CAC selectionYouth and reserve team player with Oldham Athletic Football Club (England)Only Division III player on the Sioux Falls Spitfire of the USL Premier Development League (2001 and 2002)Helped Spitfire to 2001 PDL Heartland Division Championship
CLUB COACHING EXPERIENCE/CAMPS
Assistant coach for the boys' Maryland Olympic Development Program since 2011Director of [Seahawks Soccer Camp](http://www.seahawksoccercamp.com/index.cfm)
CERTIFICATIONS
U.S. Soccer Federation National B License (January 2013)
EDUCATION
B.S. in economics from St. Mary's (Md.) (2004)M.A. in teaching from St. Marys (Md.) (2009)

Kyle Clark

Assistant Coach

Ursinus

Division 3

Kyle Clark joined Ursinus as an assistant coach prior to the 2019 season.

Clark spent the prior year as an assistant at Penn State-Abington, which won the NEAC championship and made an appearance in the NCAA Tournament. He was responsible for film breakdown and review as well as assisting with daily preparations for training and matches. Abington produced seven all-conference players in the 2018 campaign, including the NEAC player of the year.

Clark also served as coach of the U12 Boys D and U10 Girls B teams of Lower Merion Soccer Club, developing and conducting training sessions and handling all operations.

Before his time at Penn State-Abington, Clark spent a year as an assistant for Homer Soccer Club in New York and completed a pair of stints as an assistant for his alma mater, Tompkins Cortland Community College. In 2013, the squad posted an undefeated regular season, won the MSAC title, and produced a pair of NSCAA All-Americans. Clark was a starter and NJCAA Region III All-Tournament Team selection for the 2012 group that also won the MSAC.

Kyle Schauls

Head Coach

Illinois Wesleyan

Division 3

Schauls, a former goalkeeper at Division III Wartburg College and assistant coach at Division I Western Michigan, was named the mens head soccer coach at Illinois Wesleyan University on July 7, 2014.

In his two seasons his teams have compiled an overall record of 13-21-2 (.389) with a mark of 3-11-0 (.214) in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
In his first season at IWU, Schauls's team was 7-12 with six games against teams that qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament.

In 2013 Schauls was an assistant coach at the University of Rochester with a team that finished 15-3-2, went 10-0-1 at home, won the University Athletic Association championship and lost 1-0 to Montclair State in the round of 16 of the NCAA Division III tournament.

From 2010 to 2012 Schauls was an assistant at Western Michigan, where teams were a combined 27-26-7 and were regular contenders at the top of the Mid-American Conference. The WMU 2012 team posted an 11-6-2 record, spent 12 straight weeks in the top 10 of the NSCAA Great Lakes Regional rankings, and received votes for the national top 25 for three weeks during the season.

Schauls worked closely with the Bronco goalkeeping unit, which posted a .91 GAA on the season, the Broncos lowest mark since 1989. His other responsibilities included overseeing the areas of compliance, recruiting, travel, academics, equipment, video analysis, camps, community outreach, and scouting.

In 2011, WMU made its second straight appearance in the Mid-American Conference championship game as the Broncos ousted defending national champion Akron in the semifinals. WMU also posted a signature regular-season win over in-state rival Michigan, beating the Wolverines for the first time ever in Ann Arbor.

Schauls previous coaching experience includes four seasons (2007-10) as the varsity assistant at West High School in Waterloo, Iowa, where he participated in all phases of coaching and specialized in goalkeeper instruction and training. West High produced an all-conference goalkeeper in both 2008 and 2009, and Schauls was a member of the 2009 Mississippi Valley Conference Coaching Staff of the Year. He has also coached at the No. 1 Soccer Camps in Fulton, Mo., and Kenosha, Wis. Additionally, he founded the Cedar Valley Goalkeeper Camp for youth goalies in Waterloo, Iowa.

At Wartburg, Schauls was a goalkeeper and a member of three consecutive NCAA Division III Tournament qualifying teams. He was also an Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Academic All-Conference selection in his senior season.

Schauls earned a bachelors degree in physical education from Wartburg in 2010 and a masters degree in sport management from Western Michigan in 2012. He has earned both the National Coaching Diploma and National Goalkeeping Diploma from the NSCAA.

                                                                                                                
 
 

Noah Rhodes

Assistant Coach

Washington and Jefferson

Division 3

Noah Rhodes joined the W&J men's soccer program in August 2021 as its intern assistant coach.

Rhodes was recognized by the United Soccer Coaches as part of the 2022-23 Class of the 30 Under 30 Program. 

Rhodes has recently held coaching positions at the Pittsburgh Soccer Academy as a summer camp coach. Additionally, he held recent coaching positions with the Pittsburgh Football Club Boys 2003 Team and served as a assistant varsity/goalkeeper coach with Avonworth High School & the Avonworth Soccer Association. 

He held a variety of coaching positions with the soccer and tennis programs at Mingo Central High School from 2016-19. He was named Southern WV Boys Soccer Coach of the Year in both 2018 and 2019. He led Mingo to its first and only Sectional Championship appearance in team history.

Rhodes holds his US Soccer C License, United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma, United Soccer Coaches Performance Analysis Diploma, United Soccer Coaches Goalkeeper Level 2 Diploma and a WV/PA Interscholastic Coaching License. 

Matt Vogel

Head Coach

Transylvania

Division 3

Transylvania alum and former All-American Matt Vogel enters his seventh season at the helm of the Transylvania mens soccer program for the 2020 season.



Over the course of Vogels previous six years, the Pioneers mens soccer program has made a return to glory, a resurgence which hit its latest peak over the past several seasons. In the 2017 season, Vogels fourth as head coach, Transylvania won its first HCAC regular season title in three years and first HCAC tournament title in five years, advancing to the NCAA Tournament for the first time in the Vogel era as well as for the first time since 2012.



In 2018, the Pioneers made back-to-back trips to the NCAA Tournament as they hit their stride at the right time of the season, winning their second straight HCAC Tournament title with the 2018 conference crown.



2017 reaped dividends for the Transylvania mens soccer program from a foundation Vogel established upon his return to Transy in 2014. Under Vogels eye, the Pioneers produced the HCAC Offensive and Defensive Most Valuable Players in Riley Calhoon and Tyler-Joy Brandon.



Vogel was awarded the 2017 HCAC Coach of the Year for his efforts, becoming the first men's soccer coach to be awarded both the HCAC Player of the Year and Coach of the Year during their careers.



Vogel designed a back line in 2017 which became a nationally-regarded defensive juggernaut, ranking fifth nationally during the regular season in goals-against average (0.37 GAA) while sophomore goalkeeper Drew Grisham ranked eighth in the country in goals-against average. The Pioneers produced 12 clean sheets in the 2017 season, culminating in Joy-Brandon earning United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-American honors. The Pioneers won their first 11 games of the 2017 season, which eventually led to an 8-1 run through the HCAC slate and a regular-season championship.



The Pioneers continued their streak through the HCAC Tournament, earning a 2-1 victory over Rose-Hulman for their first HCAC Conference Tournament title since 2012. The Pioneers advanced to the first round of the NCAA Tournament, falling 1-0 to Kenyon in a tightly-contested defensive performance. While the Pioneers run to the NCAA Tournament ended in the first round last season, their 2017 run has set the tone for the next step in the programs evolution.



The first four years of his tenure at his alma mater have enabled Vogel to make his own personal imprint upon the program, much in the same way he did during his decorated playing days at Transylvania.



The hallmark 2017 campaign built upon a 2016 run that witnessed Transy post its best regular season in four years, finishing 12-3-3 and going 7-1-1 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play.  With a young and talented squad boosted by a backbone of a few key upperclassmen, the Pioneers became regionally ranked by the NSCAA for the first time in five years and finished 2nd in HCAC play, just short of another conference title.



Ranked nationally in several offensive and defensive categories, the Pioneers went undefeated at home during the regular season and went their first seven games of the season without defeat. At seasons end, 10 Pioneers earned all-conference honors, including freshman Jason Murillo landing Freshman of the Year honors.



Vogels guidance resulted in additional accolades, highlighted by sophomore center back Tyler Joy-Brandon being selected to the NSCAA Great Lakes All-Region Team.



In his first season, Vogel led the Pioneers to a Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season title and fell just short of an NCAA tournament bid, falling in double overtime in the HCAC championship.



Under Vogel, the Transy offense was the most potent in the conference, averaging 2.5 goals per contest and tallying 31 assists. The Pioneer defense was just as effective, limiting opponents to a mere 0.94 goals per contest. The defensive unit recorded six shutouts, tying an HCAC record.



Seven Pioneers earned all-conference honors following the 2014 season, including freshman Riley Calhoon landing Freshman of the Year honors.



In his second season, the Pioneers compiled a 5-1-3 record in conference play, limiting opponents to 0.68 goals-against average, which was ranked first in the conference.  The Pioneers advanced to the HCAC tournament semi-finals while producing five all-conference players during the campaign.



Vogel is a 2008 Transylvania graduate in exercise science and business administration and former Pioneer varsity student-athlete for three seasons. He received the prestigious 2008 Transylvania Male Athlete of the Year award, while also being a two-time All-American selection by NSCAA and D3Kicks.com, the 2007 Heartland Conference Player of the Year, a three-time NSCAA All-Great Lakes Region selection, a three-time All HCAC selection, a three-Time Transylvania Soccer MVP, and led the team to its first-ever NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearance in 2007. He also earned a varsity letter in 2004 from the University of Kentucky.



Vogel also excelled in the classroom while at Transylvania, maintaining an overall 3.7 GPA, receiving Deans list honors on three separate occasions. Using his knowledge and experience from his time at Transylvania, Vogel went on to earn a Masters of Education in Health Promotion and Kinesiology (Exercise Physiology) with a perfect 4.0 GPA at the University of Kentucky in 2012.



Vogel possesses a distinguished coaching resume. In his coaching career, Matt has earned such honors as 2012 NSCAA Div. II KY State Coach of the Year, 2012 KHSAA High School Boys Small Schools Coach of the Year, 2011 Region II Boys Competitive Coach of the Year, and the 2011 Kentucky Boys Competitive Coach of the Year. He has earned these honors as the Head Coach at Mercer County High School, Head Coach at Lexington FC, and Staff Coach with the Kentucky Olympic Development Program. In addition, Vogel earned valuable knowledge as a Graduate Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Kentucky, overseeing several athletics teams during his time there.



Vogel holds an A-Senior License from US Soccer and the Premier Diploma from United Soccer Coaches.

John Ciano

Head Coach

Saint Rose

Division 2

John Ciano will begin his sixth season at the helm of The College of Saint Rose mens soccer program this autumn after being appointed in the spring of 2016. The 11th mentor in program annals, Ciano has meticulously positioned the Golden Knights within the upper echelon of the Northeast-10 Conference and on the precipice of national prominence.
 
Saint Rose has increased its win total throughout each of Cianos previous four years, which culminated in 2019 with the most successful season in the programs 38-year history.
 
The Golden Knights advanced to their first NE10 Championship semifinal and final matches, had a school record five players earn seven different All-Conference awards, recorded the first 10-win campaign in school annals, and on three occasions were ranked as high as sixth in the United Soccer Coaches East Region Weekly Poll. Saint Rose also finished second in the NE10 with a team 1.16 goals-against-average and lost only one home match all year.
 
The future holds promise as well. Three-fourths of last years roster was comprised of freshmen and sophomores.
Looking back, Saint Rose had a breakout season in 2018. The Golden Knights finished 8-7-1 overall and were ranked among the top eight teams in the Region in three separate United Soccer Coaches weekly polls.
 
Three years ago, Ciano guided Saint Rose to a sixth place finish in the NE10, which represented its then best ever finish throughout the programs 18-year NE10 tenure. It also represented the programs first postseason berth under Ciano.
 
Prior to his arrival on Western Avenue, Ciano served as an assistant coach for three years at nearby Siena College where he was engaged in recruiting, tactics and personnel decisions, goalkeeping training, analyzing game film, and running youth and college prospect camps.
 
He helped guide the Saints to the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) semifinals in 2015 and a 10-win campaign in 2014. Sienas 10 wins were tied for the second most in school history. The Saints furthermore put together their first-ever undefeated home schedule (6-0-2) and were among those teams receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches poll for two weeks in mid-September. Ciano, whose duties primarily revolved around the squads goalkeepers, helped mentor 2014 MAAC All-Rookie pick John Weiss who registered six clean sheets, one shy of the school record. In addition, Weiss was a two-time MAAC and ECAC Defensive Player of the Week honoree.
 
Ciano, a four-year starter at Central Connecticut State (2005) and Manhattan (2006-08), previously worked as an assistant for former Siena head coach Cesar Markovic at NJIT in Newark, N.J. He managed the Highlanders goalkeepers who posted a 1.67 goals-against-average in 2012, after recording a 2.03 GAA the previous season; and a 1.44 GAA in 2013. Ciano also helped Markovic lead NJIT to its best ever NCAA Division I record with a 10-9 slate in 2012.
 
Ciano began his coaching career at Manhattanville where he helped direct the Valiants to a two-year 23-11-2 slate in 2009-10 and the 2009 Freedom Conference Regular-Season Championship.
 
Ciano played his freshman campaign at Central Connecticut State before moving on to Manhattan for his final three years. He appeared in 46 matches, with 45 starts, was named to the MAAC All-Academic Team, and graduated cum laude with a bachelors degree in physical education.
 
Ciano, who is originally from Syosset N.Y., has played semi-professional soccer for the Brooklyn Knights of the United States Soccer League PDL.
 
He holds a USSF B License, and United Soccer Coaches Premier and Advanced National Goalkeeping Diplomas. Ciano is a coaching education instructor for Eastern New York and US Soccer, and furthermore has experience with the NY Elite Alleycats FC Soccer Club, and the U.S. Region 1 and Eastern New York Olympic Development squads.