Joey Blasetti

Assistant Coach

Columbia (NY)

Division 1

Joey Blasetti is in his first year as an assistant coach on the Columbia men's soccer staff. Blasetti was hired in August of 2022 after serving as the assistant and goalkeeper coach at the College of Mount Saint Vincent since January of 2021.

Blasetti helped coach Mount Saint Vincent to the 2021 Skyline Conference Championship. On the way to the title, the Dolphins posted a record of 14-2-2, 9-1-1 Skyline, winning the schools first conference title in mens soccer. The Mount defeated No. 1 seed Manhattanville, 2-0, in the championship game, rolling into the NCAA Tournament with nine consecutive wins.

Blasetti brings coaching experience from multiple NCAA levels, the semi-pro ranks, club and high school. He has served as the assistant for the Westchester Flames in USL 2, Iona College, NY Cosmos Academy and Rye Country Day School. At all of those stops, Blasetti specialized with goalkeepers, overseeing tactical and technical development, conducting daily training sessions, breaking down film and teaching the physical and mental skills to succeed.

On the playing circuit, Blasetti was a collegiate goalkeeper for Adelphi University in 2016. He went on to play semi-professionally for FC Bruchsal in Germany. Those experiences took him on to Westchester United in the UPSL and the aforementioned Westchester Flames.

Blasetti holds a Bachelor of Science in recreation education from Lehman College. He currently resides in Yonkers.

Ade Taiwo

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Wake Forest

Division 1

Wake Forest head men's soccer coach Bobby Muuss announced the hiring of Matt Poplawski as the program's new Volunteer Assistant Coach prior to the 2017 season. He enters his second year in 2018.

In his first year in Winston-Salem, he helped the Deacs to a 19-2-2 overall record and 7-0-1 mark in the ACC. By winning the ACC Championship, Wake Forest became the first team in the league to finish the ACC regular season and Championship undefeated since 1999. The Deacs were rewarded with ACC Offensive Player of the Year (Jon Bakero) and Defensive Player of the Year (Kevin Politz) honors, as each was also named an All-American.

Poplawski is part of a staff which earned the United Soccer Coaches Region Staff of the Year honors in 2017. He helped coach MAC Hermann Trophy winner Jon Bakero and CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year winner Kevin Politz, who became two of the seven Deacons to head to the MLS ranks following the season.

Poplawski joined the Demon Deacons from Penn, where he was a 2017 graduate of the Wharton School of Business, and a two-sport varsity athlete.

On the pitch, Poplawski was a two-time All-Ivy League honoree and two-year team captain. He also played basketball for two seasons, appearing in 17 games.

Danny Jarosz

Assistant Coach

Marquette

Division 1

Danny Jarosz is currently the Assistant Coach for the Marquette University Men's Soccer team. After serving as a Head Coach at the Division III level,  Jarosz returned to his alma mater in 2020. In 2021, Marquette won the Big East Midwest regular season Championship, and advanced to the Sweet 16. While playing at Marquette, he started at Center Back before an injury ended his playing career. He earned his Master's Degree in Leadership from Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Ryan Sandell

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Pennsylvania

Division 1

Ryan Sandell is in his first year on the men's soccer staff at the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Penn, Ryan was the first assistant at Muhlenberg College in 2020, and was the goalkeeper coach at Drexel University in 2018. In 2019, Ryan played overseas in Sweden, and Northern Ireland. As a college player at Elizabethtown College, Ryan was a First Team All-Conference Selection, and NSCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region Second Team selection, as well as helping Etown to a third conference final in four years,  and an NCAA tournament appearance and first round win.

Gaye Diadie

Assistant Coach

Northwestern

Division 1

Diadie arrived in Evanston by way of Chicago State, where he served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for nearly two years. Diadie also served as an assistant coach for Texas United FC in USL 2 since December 2022.

In his time with the Cougars, Diadie, a former defensive midfielder during his playing career, worked primarily with the midfield and defensive corps. His other responsibilities included scouting student-athletes in the United States and internationally, developing tactical analyses for games and assisting team travel. He also oversaw the progress of the team's student-athletes, with seven players named to the Academic All-MAC Team.

Diadie's collegiate playing career featured four stops in the United States after traveling across the pond from Paris, France. He spent two seasons at Illinois Central College, tallying three goals and two assists before transferring to Saginaw Valley State. In his lone year with the Cardinals, he started all 18 games as a junior in 2019, recording one assist. As a senior in 2020, Diadie started in eight of his nine appearances for Georgia Southern, bagging one goal.

He concluded his playing career as a graduate student at Chicago State in 2021, where he logged the fifth-most minutes on the team (1,457). Diadie served as the team's primary captain, making 16 starts in 17 appearances for the Cougars, while tallying two goals and one assist on the season.

Diadie graduated from Georgia Southern with a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies and earned a Masters in Business Administration at Chicago State. He is currently pursuing his UEFA B Coaching License.

Stewart Flaherty

Assistant Coach

Dartmouth

Division 1

https://dartmouthsports.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/coaches/stewart-flaherty/9376

Nick Finotti

Assistant Coach

Wofford

Division 1

*  Wofford College Mens Assistant Coach

*  USYS ODP South Region Head Coach 

*  Former ECNL Director, Carolina Elite Soccer Academy

*  Former Mens Assistant Coach, Lander University

jon atkinson

Head Coach

Longwood

Division 1

Jon Atkinson is set for his 17th year at Longwood University during 2019-20 academic year and his 15th year as head coach of the mens soccer program following his appointment in February 2005. Atkinson, the 2013 Big South Coach of the Year, owns an overall record of 84-149-34 in his 14 seasons as Longwood head coach, including 55-51-16 at home.

Before he become the head boss of the Lancers, Atkinson previously served as an assistant coach on the mens soccer coaching staff beginning in 2003 after spending time in the professional ranks playing with premiership outfit Sunderland and Darlington FC, managing 18 appearances for the Quakers before coming to the United States. Due to a career-ending injury, Atkinson turned his hand to coaching while gaining his FA Badge during his time with the Black Cats. He currently holds US Soccer Coaching A License and serves on the Board of Directors for the local Thunder FC club soccer program. 
 
Atkinson has had 15 players earn Big South All-Conference accolades in Longwoods six seasons as a Big South member and he guided his program to the 2016 Big South Championship game, as one of four programs to reach the Big South final.  
 
The 2017 season saw an injury-plagued Longwood squad go 1-15-2, missing the Big South Tournament for the first time since joining the league. The Lancers played a difficult out-of-conference schedule, playing four ACC opponents, as well as then-ranked No. 9 UNCW. Longwood was led by its senior center back tandem of Marten Pajunurm and Tom Devitt, who anchored the back line. The Lancers played in 11 one-goal games with four of those games being decided in overtime.

After a golden goal victory over rival Liberty in the 2016 regular season finale to clinch a spot in the Big South Tournament, Atkinson and the Lancers rode a hot streak to the finals before eventually falling to top-seeded Radford. In that run, the Lancers knocked off UNC Asheville and High Point on the road to take the league by storm.

Longwood men's soccer finished the 2016 season with an 8-12-1 record behind the dynamic duo of Finnlay Wyatt, who scored six goals and added six assists, and Dan Campos, who led the NCAA with 12 assists from his midfield position. After success with the Lancers, Wyatt signed a professional contract with the Richmond Kickers while Campos returns for his senior campaign.

Atkinsons Lancers enjoyed a breakout 2015 campaign, doubling their wins and improving to an overall record of 9-9-1 and 4-4-1 in Big South play. The team ranked amongst the Big Souths top-three for goals scored after the squads group of freshman accounted for nearly half of Longwoods total. The storm of scoring was led by All-Big South second team selection and redshirt-freshman Willy Miezan, who finished the season nationally-ranked as one of the top scorers in Division I.

The 2014 campaign saw the Lancers run into a string of tough losses on the way to a 4-14-1 record. Longwood lost eight one-goal games but managed three Big South wins, including back-to-back victories over Presbyterian and Campbell. Despite the hard-luck season, Longwood still managed to qualify for the Big South Tournament with a seventh-place finish thanks to the emergence of first-year standouts Dan Campos and VCU transfer Finnlay Wyatt, who combined for six goals in their inaugural seasons in Farmville.  

Longwood finished 7-9-4 overall in 2013, including an impressive 6-3-1 record in the Big South Conference, while advancing to the league tournament semifinals. In their first year as part of the Big South in 2012, Atkinson's Lancers compiled a 3-12-3 overall mark, including a 2-7-1 record in league play. The squad's first-ever Big South victory was a 1-0 decision at UNC Asheville on Sept. 9. 
 
Atkinson led Longwood to an overall record of 11-6-3 throughout the 2011 season, including 6-2-1 at home and a 2-2 mark in the Atlantic Soccer Conference (ASC) while winning the ASC Tournament Championship for the second time in four years. It was the most wins for the program since 2002. He led the Lancers to a record of 2-13-4 during 2010, including 0-3-1 in the ASC, following a record of 6-12-2 during 2009, including 2-2 in the ASC while finishing as ASC Tournament runners-up. Atkinson led Longwood to its first ASC Tournament Championship in 2008, finishing 8-8-4 overall, 2-2 in the ASC while going 4-2-2 at the Athletics Complex where the program is 26-14-5 since 2006 when competition first began at the facility. 
 
Atkinson and the Lancers have averaged over six wins per season in one of the toughest regions in the nation over the past eight years. He led the program to an overall record of 7-10-2 during his first season in 2005, including 3-2-1 in the ASC while playing a schedule that included five Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) members. It was a dramatic turnaround from the year before when the squad finished 1-16 (2004), and even more impressive was Longwood finishing second during its first year competing in the ASC, though unable to participate in the ASC Tournament due to the Division I Reclassification. 
 
Longwood was 7-8-2 overall in 2007, including 3-2 in the ASC while advancing to the ASC Tournament Championship match for the first time before falling on penalty kicks to finish as runners-up for the first time. The Lancers were 6-8-4 overall in 2006, 2-2-2 in the ASC. 
 
Prior to Longwood, Atkinson was an assistant coach at West Virginia Wesleyan College from 1999-2002; helping guide WVWC to a pair of West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) titles and a runners-up finish in three years. He was also the WVIAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year as a senior student-athlete with the Bobcats, scoring a school-record 29 goals during 2001. Atkinson was the head coach of both the boys and girls soccer programs at Lewis County (W.Va.) High School during 2001-02, leading the two teams to appearances in the state finals, for the first time in school history. 
 
Atkinson is dedicated to soccer and spends much of his free time improving the college game while giving back to the local community with numerous off-season and summer camps and clinics. He has served as a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) regional ranking committee member, the ASCs Major League Soccer (MLS) Combine Selection representative, and an Olympic Development Program (ODP) Region I coach since 2008. 
 
A native of Newcastle, England, Atkinson earned his Bachelor of Science degree in sports management from Wearside College in Sunderland, England, his Bachelor of Arts degree in business administration from Sunderland University, and his Master of Business Administration degree from West Virginia Wesleyan.

Mitch Legro

Assistant Coach

Creighton

Division 1

Former Player for Creighton University

Current Graduate Assistant for Creighton Men's Soccer

Giuliano Daniel

Air Force

Division 1

Volunteer assistant coach for Air Force Fall 2022

Aaron Lewis

Head Coach

Gonzaga

Division 1

Lewis moved into the head coaching role at Gonzaga on April 21, 2021. He was named an assistant coach on the Bulldog staff heading into the 2019 season. Lewis came to GU after six seasons as the men's soccer head coach at Corban University.

During his six seasons at Corban, Lewis has led his squad to six straight appearances in the NAIA Championships, three Cascade Collegiate Conference Tournament titles and two CCC regular-season championships. In both 2016 and 2018, Corban won its national tournament opening-round match and advanced to the NAIA Championships final site. Also during that time, Lewis spent three full seasons leading the Portland Timbers U23 squad and won a Northwest Division championship in 2017. With the Timbers, he coached numerous players that went on to sign professional contracts, including the No. 2 overall pick in the 2019 MLS SuperDraft, Siad Haji.

Prior to coaching at Corban, Lewis worked for the Portland Timbers organization from 2010-2013. Lewis' main role was directing the Timbers U-23s program, helping it become one of the elite PDL programs in the country. Seven players from the Timbers U-23s program entered Major League Soccer camps during the 2013 offseason alone. Lewis also coached at Portland Christian High School, where he led the program to the 2008 state title.

Lewis, who also played collegiately at Corban, was inducted as part of the first-ever Warrior Hall of Fame Class in 2010. During his time at Corban (Western Baptist), he helped the program secure four-straight CCC Titles in 1995-1998 and was named the CCC Player of the Year in both 1996 and 1998. Lewis also earned three All-CCC 1st Team honors (1995, 1996, & 1998), while helping lead the Warriors to the 1996 National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association (NCCAA) National Championship. Lewis was the first player in program, and NAIA history, to be drafted into Major League Soccer when the Dallas Burn (FC Dallas) selected him with the 35th overall selection in the 1999 College Draft. After his time in Dallas, Lewis played professionally indoors for the Portland Pythons of the World Indoor Soccer League.

Noah Riskind

Interim Head Coach (Second Email)

Bates

Division 3

Noah Riskind 16 of Bethesda, Md., returns to Bates after working as a teacher for the past four years. Riskind first worked as a seventh-grade math teacher in New Bedford, Massachusetts, as a Teach For America corps member, and then taught English in Colombia for two academic years on back to back Fulbright grants.

A member of the varsity soccer team for all four of his years at Bates, Riskind served as captain for two years and earned a First Captains Award, as well as Bates George L. Wigton Scholar Athlete Award. Riskind, a defender, started 54 games during his time at Bates, including all 40 NESCAC regular season games. Riskind was also a member of the 2015 northeast division champion Portland Phoenix PDL team.

Before Bates, Riskind played for Bethesda Soccer Club and was a member of the Region I ODP team. Riskind, an economics major and Spanish minor, also holds a Masters degree in education from Boston University.

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.

Jeremiah Kneeland

Head Coach

Skidmore

Division 3

Jeremiah Kneeland enters his 13th season as a head coach and seventh at the helm of the Skidmore men's soccer program in 2019.

Kneeland has guided the Thoroughbreds through one of its most successful runs in program history, compiling a record of 54-35-19 while reaching the Liberty League Championship game three times in five years. In the 2015 season, the team broke into the Top 25 at No. 22; something that had not been done in nearly a decade. He repeated the success in 2017 as the Thoroughbreds rode a 4-0-2 start to a No. 22 United Soccer Coaches ranking.
 
In his first season at the helm, Kneeland led the Thoroughbreds to an overall record of 12-6-2 and an appearance in the Liberty League championship game for the first time since 2006. 

Kneeland compiled a 58-45-7 record at Elmira. The 2009 Empire 8 Conference Coach of the Year, his teams have been to four consecutive Empire 8 tournament semifinals, including a championship appearance in 2011. The 2012 team tied a program record with 13 wins.
 
In 12 seasons, he has coached 34 all-conference players, nine NSCAA All-Region players and three NSCAA Scholar All-Region student-athletes. Additionally, he coached two NSCAA All-Americans, Adam Beek in 2014 and Adabare Oyeniyi in 2016. On Sept. 15, 2017 against 23rd-ranked Union, Kneeland won his 100th career match as head coach. He sports a 103-74-23 overall record heading into the 2018 season.
 
A 2005 graduate of Elmira, Kneeland was a three-year starter for the Soaring Eagles, earning all-conference honors twice and serving as team captain his junior and senior years.  He received his Master of Science degree from Elmira in 2011.

Kneeland is a member of the United States Soccer Federation and holds his Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA. He also holds NSCAA regional, and national goalkeeping diplomas.

Brian Wright

Assistant Coach

Occidental

Division 3

Brian Wright enters his tenth year as Occidental College's men's soccer head assistant coach in the 2025-26 season.

Prior to joining the Occidental staff, Wright was an assistant coach for Caltech's men's soccer team for two seasons from 2014-2016.

A former Olympic Development Program (ODP) standout in southern California, Wright has been playing soccer since the age of five. He quickly knew soccer was his passion. His passion, combined with discipline and dedication, became the motivation to earn him a division 1 soccer scholarship to San Jose State University. Wright has played in several youth tournaments throughout Europe and has received world-renowned training from some of the best coaches at the professional level. This influence helped shape his personal philosophy and style of coaching. At the age of 17, he was offered a professional contract with Belgian side Club Brugge. Wright received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Cal State University, Northridge in 2007.

After capping off his collegiate career, Wright went on to train with the Los Angeles Galaxy as a reserve, followed by a stint in USL League One. In 2016, he completed his master's in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University in Irvine. He currently holds a U.S. Soccer Federation A-Senior Coaching License.

John Powell

Head Coach

Northwest Nazarene

Division 2

John Powell enters his second season as Head Men's Soccer Coach at NNU in the fall of 2022.

In his first year at the helm of the Nighthawks in the fall of 2021, Powell led NNU to an 8-8 overall mark and 5-5 GNAC record, capping the year with a 1-0 win over No. 22 Seattle Pacific. NNU had four players earn All-GNAC honors, including Lukas Juodkunaitis as the Freshman of the Year. Lorenzo Valentini, a first team all-conference selection, also earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors and CoSIDA Academic All-American honors.
 
Powell came to NNU after spending a year at Arizona Christian University, first named an assistant coach in June 2020 before being promoted to Head Coach of the Firestorm in November 2020.
 
Prior to ACU, Powell was the Associate Head Coach at California State University - Stanislaus from 2013-2019. After playing for the Warriors, Powell twice served as a coach for his alma mater. His favorite highlights on the pitch as a coach were helping the Warriors advance to the NCAA Division II Tournament in 2015 and play in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) championship match in both 2014 and 2015.
 
During his time at Stanislaus State as the top assistant, Powell was the lead recruiter and academic coordinator. The Warriors produced 16 All-CCAA players, six All-Region honorees, and one NCAA Division II All-American with Powell on the staff. The 2015 squad owns the Warrior record for goals (54), assists (51), and shutouts (10) in a season.
 
In between his stints at Stanislaus State, Powell spent time at Modesto Junior College as an assistant coach.  The Pirates qualified for the California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) playoffs and were ranked as high as seventh in the state of California.
 
Along with his collegiate coaching, Powell has spent the last nine years working with the San Jose Earthquakes Regional Academy Center, Academica FC (CA), and the CCV Stars (AZ).
 
Thanks to his work in the classroom and on the pitch, Powell was named the 2010-11 Cal State Stanislaus Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.  He was a three-time member of the CCAA All-Academic team.
 
Graduating with honors in 2011, Powell earned a degree in business administration with a double concentration in human resources and marketing along with a minor in communication studies.
 
Powell and his wife Megan, who works in the NNU Athletic Department as the Athletics Office Manager, have a daughter named Harper Jane.

Miguel Mendoza

Graduate Assistant

Concordia (CA)

Division 2

Miguel Mendoza is in his second season as a assistant coach with the Concordia University Irvine mens soccer team.
 
Mendoza played for the Eagles from 2014-2017 and earned his bachelors degree in exercise sports science (ESS). As a player, he was named 2016 PacWest Newcomer of the Year and was voted Second Team All-PacWest that same season.
 
As a Graduate assistant Mendoza has just finished his Masters in Coaching and Athletic Administration (MCAA). Mendoza serves as the Technical coach for both the Mens and Womens Soccer Teams at CUI. 

Cody Carlson

Assistant Coach

Redlands

Division 3

Cody Carlson
Title: Assistant Men's Soccer Coach Email: [email protected] Previous College: Redlands '12 '16





[Bio](http://goredlands.com/sports/msoc/coaches/Carlson-Codyview=bio)



Cody Carlson stepped into the newly formed role of full-time Assistant Mens Soccer Coach under the direction of Head Coach Ralph Perez in July 2018. 

Most recently, Carlson served as the Director of Operations for Mens Soccer at the University of Portland.  He contributed to the Pilots tied-for-second-place showing in the West Coast Conference by assisting with equipment management, video analysis, camp development, team travel, among other things. He also coached the U-12 and U-15 boys age groups at FC Portland and won the 2018 Presidents Cup in Oregon with the U-15 team. 

A student of the game, he currently holds his United States Soccer Federation B Coaching License and was recently named the Head Coach for Redlands F.C., which competes in USL League 2.

Carlson originally worked with the Bulldogs from 2014 to 2017, both as a graduate assistant and then in a part-time role.  While at Redlands, he helped the squad gain its highest national ranking ever when it reached No. 7 upon conclusion of the 2016 campaign.  The Bulldogs captured the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) regular-season championship each of his three seasons while also securing the SCIAC Postseason Tournament title in 2015 and 2016.  The Maroon and Gray advanced to the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals in 2016 to better the squads second-round appearance from the previous year. Carlson was among the 2015 SCIAC Coaching Staff of the Year and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-West Region Staff of the Year in 2015 and 2016. 

Overall, Carlson assisted in the development and success of 12 All-SCIAC players, one SCIAC Athlete of the Year, and eight NSCAA All-West Region selections.  With academics as a priority, he also coached three NSCAA Scholar All-Americans and a pair of College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District honorees.

In addition to coaching, Carlson completed his Master of Arts in Management through the School of Business at the University of Redlands.

In 2016, Carlson also served as the Head Coach of the Redlands High School boys varsity team.  In that one year, he elevated the Terriers from eighth place in the Citrus Belt League to third place while also making the CIF playoffs.  Finally, he gained coaching experience by leading the IER Pateadores B2000s and Riverside Coras of the NPSL.

Carlson earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Redlands in 2012. As a four-year student-athlete, he competed for the Bulldog mens soccer program and earned significant awards along the way. His presence on the field was unmatched during the 2011 season, as the Bulldog forward earned the 2011 SCIAC Athlete of the Year award.   In addition, he was a three-time First-Team All-Conference selection and landed on the NSCAA All-West Region team on three occasions.  After the 2010 season, he became an NSCAA All-American.

During his tenure, the Bulldogs won the SCIAC Championship in three of his four seasons and twice advanced to the NCAA Championships.  As a senior, Carlson played an integral role in the teams 16-game win streak en route to an NCAA Sweet 16 run.

Furthermore, he shined in the classroom, earning 2011 CoSIDA Academic All-District honors and 2011 NSCAA Scholar All-America accolades.

He currently resides in Redlands.

Will Finnie

Volunteer Assistant Coach

Dominican (CA)

Division 2

Will Finnie joined the mens Staff as a volunteer assistant in 2020. Finnie brings experience working with elite youth soccer players in Marin County, in addition to his playing experience. 

Finnie graduated from Dominican University in 2019 and was a goalkeeper for the mens soccer team for two seasons. Finnie accumulated 15 appearances for the Penguins, earning PacWest defender of the week honors in the 2019 season. 

Prior to attending Dominican, Finnie tended the net for College of Marin in Kentfield for two seasons. In his first season, he led the Mariners to their first ever postseason tournament berth and highest ever finish in the Bay Valley Conference, second place. In his second season he led the state in total saves while maintaining an 85% save percentage. 

Today, Finnie lives in San Rafael and continues to coach elite youth teams and goalkeepers at Marin FC and Redwood High School.

Adam Skolnick

Assistant Coach

Millsaps

Division 3

Adam Skolnick joins the Millsaps men's soccer program for his first season as assistant coach. Skolnick started his playing career in Plant City, Fla. where he grew up playing under coaches Jose Rodriguez, Greg Peterson, and Stephen Rossiter.  Adam Continued his playing career in college at Webber International University, before joining the coaching staff in 2013 as a student assistant, then with the womens team in 2016 for his graduate work.

Before his arrival at Millsaps, Skolnick worked with semi-pro club Winter Haven United as a director and coach. Adam has also worked with the Florida Tropics professional indoor soccer team where they won the 2019 UPSL National Championship and the 2019-2020 MASL Championship in the same year. Adam holds a USSF National D License. Adams family currently resides in Florida and New York, with a older brother serving in the Army.

I am excited to be a part of a program that is willing to put the work in to be better on and off the field," Skolnick said. "I hope that my knowledge and experience can be of use to the team as they grow. My goal is to make sure that these young men have everything that they need to be successful on and off the pitch.  My hope is that every one of them can become great professionals in any field that they choose.

Skolnick received his Bachelors Degree in Marketing and he earned an MBA in Sport Management at Webber International University.

Lucas Vaz

Assistant Coach

Texas A&M-Int'l

Division 2

More than 20 years playing football with professional appearances in Brazil. Clubs played São Paulo F.C (8 years in the academy) S.E Palmeiras (1 year in the academy) and Ponte Preta (Professional). 4 years experience in college soccer through 3 different universities. NJCAA national championship runner-up (2016).  

Andy Kohel

Head Coach

Johnson & Wales (CO)

Division D3

Andy Kohel was named head men's soccer coach at Johnson & Wales University in January 2018. Kohel comes to JWU after serving as an assistant coach at Colorado College for the last three seasons.

While a member of the Tiger's coaching staff, Kohel helped coach the squad to a 41-10-9 record over three years and saw numerous players recognized for Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and United Soccer Coaches (USC) honors. As an assistant for Colorado College, Kohel was charged with video analysis, scouting, planning trainings and coordinating on-campus visits for recruits among other tasks. He has also worked with Rush Pikes Peak Soccer Club since January 2016, overseeing youth player development as part of the coaching staff.

Before joining the CC coaching staff, Kohel spent four seasons as an assistant at his alma mater, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh. During his tenure, the Titans went 48-18-11 and captured the 2014 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) championship and earned a spot in the 2013 NCAA Division III Championship.

Alongside his work with the Titans, Kohel also worked with FC Green Bay Soccer Club as a member of the coaching staff.

Kohel played his undergraduate career at UW-Oshkosh and was a four-year starter for the Titans. UW-Oshkosh went 52-16-11 in his career and as a senior advanced to the national semifinals of the NCAA tournament after going 20-1-3.

He holds a USSF 'B' Coaching license and earned his bachelor's degree in History.

Johnson & Wales University's Director of Athletics Tom Byrnes said of the appointment, "we are thrilled to have a coach of Andy's caliber lead our program.  He has seen the intricacies of successful programs and has seen first-hand the quality of play within the SCAC as we move towards membership in the conference. He has shown he can achieve at a high level due to his work ethic, competitive spirit and "all-in" attitude; he will bring these traits to our program as our coach as well. "

Ali Simmons

Associate Head Coach

Elon

Division 1

Elon Associate Head Coach 

Jamie Cleland

Assistant Coach (Goalkeepers)

Delaware

Division 1

Jamie Cleland began his first season as an assistant coach on the Delaware men's soccer staff during the 2022 season.

Cleland serves as the Blue Hens goalkeepers coach after spending the last three seasons in the same role at Monmouth University.

Cleland achieved great success in coaching the Blue Hens' goalkeepers in 2023. Clelands ability to succeed with multiple personnel in net was quite apparent. The assistant coach featured three different goalkeepers throughout the season as the result of injuries, having success with all of them. Each goalkeeper finished with at least one win and one tie. On average, Blue Hens goalkeeping only allowed 1.77 goals per game. Combined, the Hens goalies combined for 49 saves, which resulted in a 59% save rate. The Hens also shut out opponents in three matches. Clelands work with the goaltenders and team as a whole heavily contributed to the Hens nine-win season as well as moving onto the semi-finals in the CAA Tournament.

Cleland helped guide Monmouth to one of the best seasons in program history in the spring of 2021. The Hawks won the MAAC Championship as the No. 6 seed, and defeated Bowling Green in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. By the end of the season, Monmouth was receiving votes in the United Soccer Coaches Poll and had an RPI as high as nine. The team won four straight road games en route to the conference championship, including a victory at No. 1 Quinnipiac. Under Cleland's guidance, Sean Murray was tabbed the MAAC Co-Goalkeeper of the Year.

Monmouth won eight matches last fall, and advanced to the MAAC Tournament Semifinals. Murray led the conference with a 1.06 goals against average while earning Second Team All-MAAC recognition.

Cleland has also been the director of goalkeeping at TSF Academy in Lincoln Park, N.J. during the last two years. Additionally, he previously served as head goalkeeper coach at Cedar Stars Academy and Arsenal Soccer Schools USA.

Cleland was a two-year starter at St. Peters University, where he earned his degree in sports management in May, 2017.

Toney Anderson

Assistant Coach

Evansville

Division 1

Current Graduate Assistant coach at the University of Evansville.

Sean Reilly

Assistant Coach

Manhattan

Division 1

Sean Reilly has been heavily involved in soccer in the high school, club, collegiate and professional ranks. He most recently served as a trainer and youth coach for the New York Red Bulls in 2017, where he groomed players at Regional Development schools. In addition, he also served as an assistant coach for the Concordia College women's soccer team.
 
In 2016, Reilly played professional soccer for the Rochester Rhinos in the USL. As a midfielder, he appeared in eight games, tallying a goal on five shots. In the fall, he was an assistant coach for the Brockport University men's soccer team.
 
Before his coaching stints in college, Reilly spent time coaching at the Primo Sports Center, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, GB Soccer and the Ramapo Valley Soccer Club.
 
Reilly began his collegiate soccer at Bryant University before transferring to St. Thomas Aquinas College. He graduated from St. Thomas Aquinas with a Bachelor's degree in sports management. After his time in college, Reilly pursued professional soccer in Ireland, suiting up for Finn Harps and Institute FC.

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

Brandon Bianco

Head Coach

Denison

Division 3

Brandon Bianco enters his second season as the head men's soccer coach at Denison in 2021. He became the program's ninth head coach in the 68-year history of the program on March 18, 2020. Coach Bianco's first season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

He comes to Denison after seven seasons as the head mens soccer coach at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio where he posted a career record of 61-47-21 (.554).

We are beyond thrilled to add Brandon Bianco to the Denison family, said Carney-DeBord.  He is someone I have been associated with going back to my time as the head womens basketball coach and faculty member at Ohio Wesleyan University. Brandon displayed elite leadership skills as a student-athlete and as an assistant coach while being mentored by one of the games finest coaches in Jay Martin.  He has continued to grow as a leader and mentor at Case Western Reserve.  We believe Brandon is an expert in developing team culture while creating an environment for each individual to have the opportunity to reach his performance potential. We are very excited that the next chapter of his journey will be at Denison leading our student-athletes.

I feel extremely grateful and humbled to be selected to lead the Denison University men's soccer program as the next head coach, said Bianco. I want to thank Nan Carney-DeBord, Dr. Gregory Lott, and the entire search committee for their faith in me. I also want to acknowledge Rob Russo and Steven McCarthy for their dedication to the program and for leaving it on a solid foundation for the future. I'm so excited about the direction of our program and look forward to creating a transformative student-athlete experience for our players. The men's soccer program will strive for excellence in the classroom and on the field and will work extremely hard to achieve our ambitious goals. I know that we can accomplish special things in the men's soccer program, and I can't wait to get started working with our players. 

Bianco quickly turned around a Case Western Reserve program that was coming off a 3-14-1 season in 2012.  By 2018, Bianco had Case playing for a trip to the NCAA Division III Final Four.  That season, the Spartans went 16-4-1 and were 5-0 against nationally-ranked opponents during the regular season. On Senior Day, CWRU handed top-ranked University of Chicago its first loss of the season.  Case Western Reserve was selected to host the opening rounds and the sectional rounds of the NCAA Division III Tournament that season.  In the Round of 16, Case advanced via penalty kicks in a 2-2 tie against Kenyon College before falling to Calvin, 3-1, in the national quarterfinals. That season Zachary Senft was named to the D3soccer.com All-America team

Case finished the 2018 season ranked seventh in the nation and Bianco and his staff were named the United Soccer Coaches Great Lakes Regional Coaching Staff of the Year. That season Bianco was named the Ohio Collegiate Soccer Association Mens Coach of the Year and the University Athletic Association tabbed them with Coaching Staff of the Year accolades.

In 2015, Bianco led the Spartans to a 13-4-1 record which was the third-most wins in program history at the time.  That squad was ranked as high as No. 16 in the D-III rankings and midfielder Chris Cvecko was named an All-American and the UAAs Most Valuable Player.  In all seven seasons at Case, Biancos teams have earned United Soccer Coaches Academic honors.

Since his arrival at Case Western Reserve, his mens soccer teams have posted team GPAs of 3.30 or better each semester and in 2015-16 his program posted the highest team GPA in Division III at 3.63.  From 2015-18 he served on the NCAA Division III Championship committee and from 2017-18 he served as the chair of that committee. 

Bianco is no stranger to Denison or the North Coast Athletic Conference. Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Case Western Reserve, he spent five years as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Ohio Wesleyan.  A 2007 graduate, he was a four-year letter winner as a midfielder for a Battling Bishop squad that won three NCAC championships and advanced to the NCAA Division III Final Four.

As an assistant coach under legendary head coach Jay Martin, Ohio Wesleyan compiled a record of 91-14-20 with five conference titles. In 2011, Ohio Wesleyan won the NCAA Division III mens soccer national championship. That year he was named the Great Lakes Region Assistant Coach of the Year which spanned all three divisions of the NCAA. The Bishops qualified for the NCAA Division II Tournament in all five seasons with Bianco on board while achieving a No. 1 national ranking on numerous occasions.

Bianco graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in health and human kinetics from Ohio Wesleyan in 2007 and is on track to receive his Master of Science in Organization Development and Change from Case Western Reserve in the spring of 2020.

In addition to his head soccer coaching duties, Bianco will serve as an assistant professor in Denisons Department of Physical Education.

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.

Scott Martin

Assistant Coach

Pfeiffer

Division 2

Scott Martin is in his 4th season as the men's soccer assistant coach at Pfeiffer University.

With over a decade of coaching experience at the youth club ranks, he returns to the college game for the first time since 2015. Previously a member of John Keating's staff at Belmont Abbey College, Martin was a first-team assistant and led the reserve team program.

Martins's soccer career and exposure to the top levels of the game received a boost when he joined Total Football Analysis as a tactical analyst.

Since joining TFA in September 2019, he has made a meteoric climb to senior status, featuring in the magazine each month and working on many client projects, including for EPL, MLS, and A-League clubs.

In addition to coaching and Total Football Analysis content, Martin was also a Match Analyst for Vélez Club de Fútbol for three years, helping them earn promotion from the Spanish Tercera División to the Segunda División RFEF. His time at Vélez CF has also included contributions to the scouting department.

Martin has also published and edited soccer books. His initial contribution to a publication was taking the lead in the "Real Madrid: Preseason Soccer Prospectus 2020/21" project.

Since then, he has penned "Revitalizing Real Madrid: The Tactics and Stats behind Zinedine Zidane's Success" and co-authored "The Soccer Parenting Handbook: Help Your Kids Get Better While Keeping Your Sanity" with Chris Mumford, a UNC-Chapel Hill professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Martin is also a co-founder of The Football Legacy Magazine, which relives the performances of legendary teams through a tactical lens.

While playing philosophies and tactical systems are his soccer passions, it's supporting his players and helping them develop on and off the field that drives his coaching.

Martin believes that culture is the primary driver of performance, which requires close attention to leadership development, identifying internal motivations, and crafting a supportive, yet competitive environment.

Martin currently holds his USSF B License and is an IPSO Foundations of Football Scouting certificate holder. He has experience consulting national and professional teams, as well as top D1s.

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. 

Andrew Green

Assistant Coach

Albion

Division 3

Andrew Green begins his first season with Albion men's soccer in 2020. He previously served two seasons as the assistant coach at MIAA opponent, Olivet College.

Green joined the Olivet staff after spending the 2016 season as an assistant coach with Western Michigan Universitys womens soccer program. The Broncos finished fourth in the Mid-American Conference with a 13-7-1 record. In 2015, Green was an assistant women's soccer coach at Western Carolina University (WCU), where he oversaw the goalkeepers and assisted in recruiting efforts.

Prior to joining WCU, he was at Olivet High School. He spent his first season as an assistant varsity coach for the boys and girls before being promoted to head varsity boys coach for the second season. In 2014, he led Olivet to the district semifinals, a school-record finish, while being named runner-up District Coach of the Year. During his time at Olivet, he coached 11 all-district and 12 all-conference players.
The Pompano Beach, Florida native, Green began his coaching career at his alma mater, Cardinal Gibbons High School. From 2009-2011, he was the head boys junior varsity coach and an assistant varsity coach. During his time at Gibbons, the Chiefs had 18 players on the all-county selections.

Green graduated from Olivet in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Social Science. He was part of the 2011 and 2012 teams, which played in back-to-back MIAA Tournament championship games. The Comets were ranked as high as sixth in the nation in 2012. Green holds a United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma, USSF D license and GK level I license.

Sam Raper

Assistant Coach

Wingate

Division 2

Wingate University Men's Soccer - Assistant Coach and Goalkeeper Coach

UEFA B Goalkeeper License Holder, NSCAA Advanced National GK Diploma

Kris Hall

Assistant coach (Goalkeepers)

San Francisco State

Division 2

Dear VUSC Families and Members,




 


Now that fall season is well underway we wanted to reach out and thank you all for your support and flexibility. It takes a village to run a club and all of your help has been greatly appreciated!




 


We would also like to take this time to reintroduce our new Director of Coaching and Executive Director, Coach Kris Hall.




 


Coach Hall is a Northern California native who has US National, Professional, Collegiate, and youth club Director experience. Coach Hall currently serves as FC Davis Head Coach which competes in the semi-pro National Premier Soccer League. Prior to returning to the Vacaville area Coach Hall served as an assistant coach from 2019 Spring 2021 with the Professional team Oakland Roots of the USL Championship League.




 


Hall grew up in Northern California playing in the local competitive leagues, Super-Y League, and Player Development League (PDL). In his youth career Hall was one of the original classes of Project 20 which we know today as the Olympic Development Program. He rose from the District level to the California State Team, through the Regional Pool to the US Youth National team. Hall played four years of collegiate soccer and finished his professional career in the NPSL and what we know as the USL today!




 


Over the past two decades Coach Hall has coached at three universities; California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly SLO), University of the Pacific, and California State University East Bay (CSUEB). Hall currently serves as a coach for San Francisco State University. In addition to coaching collegiately Coach Hall takes great pride in the development of youth soccer. Hes always created time to give back to the local communities and has served at multiple clubs as a Director of Coaching and Technical Director.




 


In 2012 Coach Hall started Maverick Goalkeeper Academy (MGA) and has grown the business from location performing camps into a powerhouse organizations that has 8 locations throughout the Sacramento area, Bay area, and Central Coast. MGA is a leader in curriculum development, tournaments, individual & groups trainings, and coaches education.




 


In his thirst for knowledge and developing the American game of soccer, Hall has traveled to over 10 countries learning and coaching in soccer clubs throughout Europe. Some note worthy clubs include: Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Ajax, Sheffield Wednesday, Chievo, Valencia, Real Madrid, Borussia Monchengladback, Borussia Dortmund, FC Sparta, FC Utrecht, Twente, Heracles, Sparta Rotterdam, and S.B.V. Excelsior. During Halls travels he has had the pleasure of working with world class coaches such as; Peter Bosz, Frans Hoek, Louis van Gaal, Brad Friedel, Kees Kalk, Edwin van der Sar, and Patrick Kluivert.




 


When asked which experience shaped his coaching and leadership style the most, he responded, I am an amalgamation of my experiences. There is so much Ive learned from traveling and coaching in professional clubs and within dedicated youth clubs. However I believe the most important thing Ive learned is there is not one right way to do things, but a right way for your club. In every club Ive been apart of, whether a professional team, college team, or youth team, Ive asked who are we. From there we define our culture and build development and business plans to be successful.




 


Coach Kris Hall joined Vacaville United Soccer Club in June 2021. He also serves as a coach in the Olympic Development Program (CalNorth), Player Development Program (NorCal), and as Vice Chair for NorCal. We are very pleased to have his leadership in the club and welcome him into the VUSC family.

Keith Buderus

Assistant Coach

Colorado-Colorado Springs

Division 2

Keith Buderus enters his fourth season on the UCCS mens soccer coaching staff in 2024 after joining Head Mens Soccer Coach Lewis Wilcoxs interim staff as an assistant for the 2021 season and officially being hired as a full-time assistant coach in January of 2022.
 
With Buderus on the staff, UCCS has posted a 29-19-10 overall record and earned their first ever selection to the NCAA Division II Mens Soccer Tournament in 2023. Buderus has also helped the UCCS mens soccer team secure a wide array of conference, regional, and national awards throughout his time at UCCS, including 13 All-RMAC selections, two RMAC major awards, 11 D2CCA/United Soccer Coaches All-Region honors, one D2CCA All-America selection, four RMAC All-Academic First Team honors, five College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District accolades, and one CSC Academic All-America selection.

Prior to moving to Colorado Springs, Buderus was the Mens Soccer Head Coach at Northeastern Junior College (NJCAA Division 1) in Sterling, CO from November 2018 to June 2021. Before being officially named head coach, he served as the interim head coach for the 2018 season from June to November 2018. His tenure at Northeastern began in August 2017 when he worked as the mens and womens assistant coach. Buderus leaves Northeastern Mens Soccer as the programs all-time winningest coach and was in charge when the team achieved every major program record, athletically and academically.

During Buderus tenure as head coach, the Plainsmen held an overall record of 32-14-6 overall, 23-5-2 in Region IX matches and 21-4 at home. Over the course of the four years Buderus was on staff, the Plainsmen were 45-22-6 overall, 30-11-2 in Region IX matches, 29-7 at home and 14-4-2 in October. The program is also very proud to have received the Region IX MVP Award three years in a row (2017-2019). 

Under the leadership of Buderus, the Plainsmen achieved national recognition each year, rising as high as 12th in the national rankings (2018) and placing 24 total student athletes on the NJCAA Academic All-American teams. During the 2021-22 year, the program earned their strongest GPA in an academic semester with an average of 3.23 which placed them 19th overall in NJCAA Mens Soccer Team GPA. The team had 12 student athletes (of 30 total players) on the NJCAA Academic All-American teams. For the second year in a row, they were the strongest academic mens athletic program at NJC. 

The 2019-20 year concluded finishing second place overall in Region IX, 13-5-3 overall, 8-1-1 conference. This was the first season where the region was not split into two divisions. The teams 54 total goals scored beats the school record set the previous season (49). Their average team GPA was 3.11 which placed them 28thoverall in NJCAA Mens Soccer Team GPA and with 9 NJCAA Academic All-Americans they were the strongest academic mens athletic program at NJC. 

As interim head coach in 2018-19, the Plainsmen finished the season as champions of the Region IX South Division and continued the tremendous momentum within the program by setting numerous school records. NJC was 14-5-1 overall while going 7-1 in division games, both school records. For the first time in school history, the Plainsmen achieved national ranking for over one month, rising as high as 12th.

In 2017-18, during his first season as the Mens Assistant Soccer Coach under head coach David Groves, the Plainsmen finished with a 13-8 overall record. The Plainsmen finished the season as one of the most in-form teams in the country, winning seven games in a row during the month of October. NJC eventually fell 2-1 in the Region IX Final. The 13 wins set the school record at the time and the Plainsmen were a game away from competing in the national tournament. Groves was subsequently named Region IX Coach of the Year and his entire coaching staff was recognized for the historical season. 

Prior to Northeastern, Buderus worked for the Westminster Soccer Club as a staff coach. Additionally, he was the Assistant Boys Varsity Soccer Coach for Mountain Range High School for two years (2014-15). Mountain Range is in the Front Range League, which is the strongest 5A soccer conference in the state.

Born and raised in Fort Collins, CO, Buderus attended Colorado State University where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing.