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Head Men's Soccer Coach Derek Marie returns for his second season at Carroll University. In his first season as head coach, the Pioneers accumulated a record of 3-13-2, and 2-6 in the CCIW. Marie has coached one CCIW All-Conference selection in Shea Connell.  Marie returned to his alma mater, Carroll University, in 2013 as an assistant mens soccer coach, before being named the head coach prior to the 2018 season.. He was a standout performer for the Pioneers, earning all-Midwest Conference honors in each of his four seasons at Carroll, making him one of just three players in team history to achieve the feat Joe Sikora and Andy Ksobiech are the others. Marie also garnered state and regional recognition during his career, with first-team all-Wisconsin and second-team All-Central Region accolades following his junior campaign. He played a vital role in Carrolls first-ever Midwest Conference title in 2007 and the teams first Midwest Conference Championship in 2008. The 2008 team also won the programs first-ever NCAA Tournament game. Marie was a student-assistant coach for the Pioneers in 2009, then went on to serve as assistant coach for the UW-Stevens Point womens soccer team the following year. The UW-SP squad advanced to the Sweet 16 round of the NCAA Tournament. Marie was previously involved with the Croatian Eagles Soccer Club, where he was the head coach of the clubs U-18 Midwest Regional team for the spring 2014 season. As a prep at Stevens Point Area High School, Marie earned first-team all-conference and was an all-State selection while finishing his senior campaign as his leagues leading scorer.

Tony Pacella just finished his 10th season as the head coach of the University of the South men's soccer in 2023, posting a 72-71-17 record overall. The Tigers have compiled a 27-17-8 mark over the last three seasons, reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament in each campaign. He is the 11th coach in the program's history. In 10 seasons at Sewanee, Pacella has coached 38 All-Conference honorees and 155 to the league's Academic Honor Roll.   The Sinking Spring, Pa., native tallied a 33-49-7 record in his first five seasons with the Tigers, with the 2015 squad reaching the conference tournament finals. Sewanee finished the season 6-12-2 overall and was the No. 8 seed in the league tourney but defeated top-seeded Oglethorpe on penalties and a Ramsey Seagle goal in the final five minutes pushed the Tigers past Rhodes in the semifinals before the club lost in the finals to Millsaps.   Sewanee registered an 8-8-0 mark in 2017 and 7-9-1 in 2018 before a breakthrough campaign in 2019, with the Tigers collecting an 11-5-1 record overall, 5-2-0 in the SAA with a third-place finish in the league. Pacella was voted Coach of the Year by his peers, the programs first Coach of the Year honor since 2001.   Five players earned All-SAA accolades and [Thompson Schollaert](https://sewaneetigers.com/roster.aspxrp_id=3099) garnered Second Team All-Region honors while [Johnny McNeill](https://sewaneetigers.com/roster.aspxrp_id=3093) was a Third Team selection, but the club lost in the conference tournament quarterfinals in overtime.   The COVID-19 pandemic set the program back in 2020, with the Tigers playing just two overall matches. Returning to a normal capacity in 2021, Sewanee posted an 8-8-2 overall record and made it to the semifinals of the conference tournament. Four Tigers earned All-Conference honors and 18 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.    Pacellas most successful campaign at the helm of the program came in 2022, with Sewanee finishing 13-4-0 overall, 5-2-0 in SAA action, tying for first in the league standings with 15 points. Eight players were voted All-SAA and 21 student-athletes were recognized on the SAA Academic Honor Roll. The Tigers lost in the semifinals of the league tournament for the second straight year.   [Zach Shunnarah](https://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/zach-shunnarah/7430) and [JP Furman](https://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/jp-furman/7417) were voted First Team All-Region and sophomore [Trevor Reichman](https://sewaneetigers.com/sports/mens-soccer/roster/trevor-reichman/7426) earned Third Team All-Region honors. Shunnarah later garnered All-America accolades, the second All-American in program history. Sewanee suffered through a 6-5-6 campaign in 2023, with the club scoring just 23 goals in 17 outings, hitting the crossbar and the post and every other part of the goal except the back of the net on a number of late-match occasions. The Tigers finished fourth in the SAA standings, reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament for the third consecutive season.   Seven players garnered All-Conference accolades and a program-record 27 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll. Prior to Sewanee, Pacella served two years as an assistant coach for mens soccer at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., helping the Jeffs (now called Mammoths) to a 35-1-5 record with back-to-back NESCAC regular season and tournament championships. Amherst earned two consecutive trips to the NCAA quarterfinals and was ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA poll in 2013. Individually, the Jeffs boasted eight All-Americans, 18 All-NESCAC Academic selections and 10 All-NESCAC honors. Pacella worked one year as a mens assistant coach at Temple University in Philadelphia prior to his time at Amherst.   He was a four-year starter and two-time all-conference selection at Elizabethtown College, graduating in 2011 with a bachelors in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance. He served as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons, earning the school's Best Male Athlete honor in 2011. In addition to his all-conference recognition, Pacella was a two-time NSCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection.

Matt Guinto joins the Vassar College mens soccer coaching staff as an assistant for the upcoming 2019 season. A Syracuse, NY-native, Guinto comes to Vassar having spent two seasons as the assistant coach at Utica College.   In his first season at Utica, Guinto helped the program recover from a 2-13-1 campaign in 2016 to an 8-9-2 record in the 2017 season. He leaves Utica after two seasons as the assistant, helping the program to 13 combined wins and recording the programs first-ever victories over Stevens Technology and Hobart College.   Guintos first experiences with coaching came at the club level with Greater Binghamton Football Club (Binghamton, NY) and with New York State West Olympic Development Program (ODP). He coached the 02 Select Boys side to three consecutive finals in 2016, as well as a semi-final penalty shootout loss at the 2017 Disney Wide World of Sports Presidents Day Cup, and a championship at the 2017 FC Delco Championships. Guinto also played three seasons for the clubs NPSL team and led the team in minutes played his debut season. He helped his side record wins over DC United and New York Red Bulls, and has made 3 appearances in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup. Guinto is a USSF National D-Licensed and NSCAA Level 6-Licensed coach. He also holds a Level 1 Goalkeeper License through the NSCAA.

Carlson Record at School/Years: 210-114-35 (.634) / 19 seasons Career Record: Same Tele The 2015 campaign marked Bob Carlsons 19th season at the helm of the Carleton mens soccer program. The Knights have posted 16 winning seasons under Carlson. In comparison, Carleton posted only eight winning seasons in the 24 years prior to his arrival. Over the last nine seasons, Carlson has led the Knights to five MIAC regular-season titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) and a trio of second-place finishes. Over that span, his squads own a 120-40-20 record (.722) and possess a .789 win percentage in MIAC matches. The 2008 team captured the conferences post-season title as well as the programs first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships, where the Knights advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. The Knights made back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2012 and 2013, the most recent trip coming after the Knights claimed the 2013 postseason crown. Bob Carlson was named the 2012 MIAC Coach-of-the-Year, marking the third time he received the honor. With an overall ledger of 210-114-35 during his first 19 seasons at the helm, Carlson ranks first all-time at Carleton in both career victories and winning percentage (.634) among coaches with more than one season at the school. His tenure has been marked by consistent play and strong finishes in the MIAC, perennially one of the strongest men's soccer conferences in all of NCAA Division III. For the past 19 years his team has also earned NSCAA Team Academic awards, including three years in which the Knights posted the highest team grade point average in all of NCAA Division I, II and III. A 1986 graduate of St. Olaf College, Carlson was a standout player for the Oles as a team captain, all-conference selection, and four-year letterwinner. He helped St. Olaf capture the 1984 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) crown and an NCAA tournament bid, the first-ever for a MIAC institution. As a coach, Carlson returned to Minnesota in 1991 as an assistant at Gustavus Adolphus College. During his four-year tenure there, the Gusties won two conference championships and earned two NCAA tournament bids. A native of Illinois, Carlson was an all-area soccer and basketball player at New Trier High School. He is married to Cathy Carlson, Associate Dean of Students at Carleton; the couple has a son, Sam, and a daughter, Emma. Assistant Coach Joe Hartwell Joe Hartwell joined the Knights prior to the 2011 season after previously spending five years as an assistant at his alma mater Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a NSCAA First-Team All-American central defender for the Gusties in 2004. Hartwell scored five goals and added two assists in addition to anchoring a defense that yielded just four goals in 23 games during that campaign. He has served as a club coach at Dakota REV for several years. Head Coach Bob Carlson Record at School/Years: 210-114-35 (.634) / 19 seasons Career Record: Same Tele The 2015 campaign marked Bob Carlsons 19th season at the helm of the Carleton mens soccer program. The Knights have posted 16 winning seasons under Carlson. In comparison, Carleton posted only eight winning seasons in the 24 years prior to his arrival. Over the last nine seasons, Carlson has led the Knights to five MIAC regular-season titles (2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012) and a trio of second-place finishes. Over that span, his squads own a 120-40-20 record (.722) and possess a .789 win percentage in MIAC matches. The 2008 team captured the conferences post-season title as well as the programs first-ever trip to the NCAA Championships, where the Knights advanced to the Sweet Sixteen. The Knights made back-to-back NCAA Championship appearances in 2012 and 2013, the most recent trip coming after the Knights claimed the 2013 postseason crown. Bob Carlson was named the 2012 MIAC Coach-of-the-Year, marking the third time he received the honor. With an overall ledger of 210-114-35 during his first 19 seasons at the helm, Carlson ranks first all-time at Carleton in both career victories and winning percentage (.634) among coaches with more than one season at the school. His tenure has been marked by consistent play and strong finishes in the MIAC, perennially one of the strongest men's soccer conferences in all of NCAA Division III. For the past 19 years his team has also earned NSCAA Team Academic awards, including three years in which the Knights posted the highest team grade point average in all of NCAA Division I, II and III. A 1986 graduate of St. Olaf College, Carlson was a standout player for the Oles as a team captain, all-conference selection, and four-year letterwinner. He helped St. Olaf capture the 1984 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) crown and an NCAA tournament bid, the first-ever for a MIAC institution. As a coach, Carlson returned to Minnesota in 1991 as an assistant at Gustavus Adolphus College. During his four-year tenure there, the Gusties won two conference championships and earned two NCAA tournament bids. A native of Illinois, Carlson was an all-area soccer and basketball player at New Trier High School. He is married to Cathy Carlson, Associate Dean of Students at Carleton; the couple has a son, Sam, and a daughter, Emma. Assistant Coach Joe Hartwell Joe Hartwell joined the Knights prior to the 2011 season after previously spending five years as an assistant at his alma mater Gustavus Adolphus College. He was a NSCAA First-Team All-American central defender for the Gusties in 2004. Hartwell scored five goals and added two assists in addition to anchoring a defense that yielded just four goals in 23 games during that campaign. He has served as a club coach at Dakota REV for several years. Bob Carlson

Brian Wright enters his seventh year as Occidental College's men's soccer head assistant coach in the 2022-23 season. Prior to joining the Occidental staff, Wright was an assistant coach for Caltech's mens 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.

Longo enters his sixth year as assistant coach for the MIT men's soccer team this fall. Longo has been involved with coaching soccer for the past 14 years which includes two years as the head coach of the Lexington High School Boys Varsity team, where he led the team to a record of 25-4-6 and back-to-back Middlesex League titles in 2014 and 2015. Longo also spent one year as a pro coach of the Lexington United Soccer Club, five years as a staff coach for SFC New England and 11 years as a coach at the Soccer 101 Academy. Longo holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from Seton Hall University and a masters in business administration  from Bentley University. Longo was a Division I men's soccer player in the Big East Conference at Seton Hall, starting 62 games in midfield from 2007-2010. Longo also holds a United Soccer Coaches Premier Diploma 

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).

Michael Pilger completed his 17th season as head coach of the Trinity College mens soccer team, having guided the Bantams to the NESCAC Championship Tournament in seven of the last eight years. Also a physical education instructor at the College, Pilger came to Trinity from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the Cleveland Crunch of the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL), after highly successful stints as head coach at the University of Rochester and Kenyon College where he won National Coach of the Year honors in 1990 and was Regional Coach of the Year 4 times. He has taken 3 different teams to the NCAA Tournament and Top 25 National Rankings.

Ross Brown is in his first season as the graduate assistant coach for the Tiffin University mens soccer program. Brown, a native of Grimsby, England played two seasons at St. Catharine College (KY) before transferring to Wayland Baptist University (TX) for his last 2 seasons. During Brown's time at St Catharine, he picked up First Team and Second Team All Mid-South Conference honors in his freshman and sophomore years. Brown transferred in 2016 to Wayland Baptist university where he won both Sooner Athletic Conference regular season and conference tournament honors in his junior year. His senior year he repeated similar success, winning the SAC regular season and tournament, and captained his side to an NAIA national championship in 2017. Brown has also played for the West Virginia Chaos (PDL) and Midland-Odessa Sockers (NPSL). Brown joins TU after a successful first season as an assistant coach at Northeast Texas Community College.

Keith Cappo was hired as head coach of the Ursinus College men's soccer team on March 14, 2016. Cappo comes to Collegeville following a two-year stint as an assistant with the women's program at Temple and brings with him almost a decade of collegiate experience at the Division I, II, and III levels. Cappo spent the last two seasons as an assistant with the women's program at Temple, helping to lead the Owls to a program-record 12 wins and a berth in the American Athletic Conference quarterfinals in 2015. During his two years, Temple accomplished several school firsts, including consecutive double-digit wins and back-to-back appearances in the NSCAA regional rankings. The Owls moved all the way up to #55 in the RPI ratings, a program-best, and saw multiple players selected for all-conference honors. Cappo served under head coach Seamus O'Connor at Temple, for whom he spent two years as an assistant for both the men's and women's teams at Chestnut Hill College. He was heavily involved in training, in-game managing, recruiting, and scouting for the Griffins, assisting with their transition from Division III to Division II competition.  When O'Connor left in 2010 to take over the Owls' program, Cappo became the men's head coach at Chestnut Hill, guiding the Griffins to their first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference tournament berth in his first season at the helm. He oversaw all aspects of a program that garnered regional recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America during those three seasons and returned to the CACC playoffs in 2013. Cappo also acted as O'Connor's assistant with Philadelphia Liberty FC of the Women's Premier Soccer League from 2009 to 2010, during which the club earned its first postseason appearance. Cappo was in charge of technical and tactical training, scouting, and the recruitment and evaluation of players. Before beginning his collegiate career, Cappo coached for five years at the high school level. He was a boys soccer assistant at Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School and Thomas A. Edison High School in Virginia from 2004 to 2006, serving as the head of player development with the former before returning to the Philadelphia area. Cappo took over as an assistant varsity coach with the boys team at The Shipley School in Bryn Mawr until 2008, where he taught mathematics from 2006 to 2014. Cappo was a standout during his playing days at Catholic University. He was an All-Capital Athletic Conference selection as a senior in 2003, also earning All-Academic Team recognition in 2000 and 2001. Cappo was a four-year starter and two-year captain for the Cardinals after red-shirting at Division I Maryland-Baltimore County in 1999. Cappo was a three-year varsity starter at William Penn Charter School, where he collected Philadelphia All-City Soccer Team honors in 1998 and was inducted into the school's Athletic Honor Society in 2013. Cappo holds an 'A' license from the USSF in addition an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA and a National Youth License with the USYS. He has also coached both boys and girls at the youth club level with Continental Football Club, Penn Fusion Soccer Academy, West Chester United Soccer Club, Arlington Soccer, and the EPYSA's Olympic Development Program.

McKersie completed his college soccer career in the fall of 2018 as part of Allegheny College's men's soccer team where he served as a two-year captain and was a 2nd team All-NCAC selection in 2018. He was also named the team defensive MVP in 2017 and 2018 At Allegheny, McKersie received a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and is working on his Masters at Chatham alongside coaching.

Brad Johnson joined the University of Dubuque Spartans in 2004 as the Men's and Women's Assistant Soccer Coach. After helping guide both programs to new heights, he was named the Associate Head Men's Soccer Coach in 2008. Following a successful 2008 season, Johnson was promoted to the position of Head Men's Soccer Coach. Coach Johnson led the Spartans to a runner-up IIAC finish in 2015 and UD's first-ever appearance in the IIAC tournament title game. Johnson coached Gonzalo Hernandez-Cascante, who earned the Spartans only offensive MVP in school history, after leading the league in goals, assists, points, and game-winners. Since taking over the head coaching position, Johnson has coached one IIAC offensive MVP, 32 All-Iowa Conference athletes (13-First Team/19-Second Team), 6 All-Region performers, and 28 Academic All-Conference student-athletes. A team-best six Spartans were named to the All-Iowa Conference list in the 2015, 2010 and 2009 seasons. The 2010 team went 7-1 in Iowa Conference play to claim a share of the regular season title. The Spartans have qualified for the IIAC Tournament all seven seasons under Johnson.  The Spartans have finished in the Top-3 in the Iowa Conference in five of Johnson's seven seasons at the helm. Johnson currently holds a United States Soccer Federation (USSF) -B- License, NSCAA Goalkeeping License, and NSCAA Special Topic License. He is actively involved in the Dubuque Soccer Club and is currently the U-13 to U-18 Director of Coaching. As well, Johnson was previously the Head Boy's Soccer Coach at Hempstead High School in Dubuque. He attended Loras College for four years, where he was a three-time captain, four-year All-Iowa Conference honoree, an All-Region selection, and garnered Iowa Conference MVP honors. He holds the records at Loras College for most points and goals scored in a career. Johnson received a master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Dubuque and his Bachelor Degree in Finance from Loras College. He and his wife Jenny reside in Dubuque.

Soderling most recently coached at NCAA Division 2 Alderson Broaddus University as the recruiting coordinator for the men's team and a scout for the women's team. The Battlers had numerous GMAC championships and runner-up finishes during Soderling's time there, including being ranked 16th in the nation in 2015. "Shaun differentiates himself from other coaches [with] his great enthusiasm. I don't know who said it, but the saying goes something like this "you can't accomplish great things without great enthusiasm." Shaun loves the game of soccer, he loves to be around players, he loves to coach and teach the game and he loves to play the game. He never tires of it," said Alderson Broaddus Head Coach Scott Phipps. Prior to Alderson Broaddus, Soderling was the Director of Operations for the men's soccer team at the University of Evansville. During his time at the NCAA Division 1 university, he operated the teams networking efforts, coordinated community service opportunities for the elementary schools in the area, and assisted in the daily operation of team activities. Before coaching at the collegiate level, Soderling coached at three high schools: Vincennes Lincoln High School, Henderson County High School, and North Knox High School. He served as the boys' varsity head coach at Vincennes Lincoln High School, where his team set numerous IHSAA records for goals scored as a team and individually and won several sectional and conference championships between 2010-2012. As the assistant girls' varsity coach and head girls' JV coach at Henderson County High school in 2007, Soderling was tasked with developing the junior varsity players and designing training sessions for the varsity team, among other duties. The Lady Colonels win the district championship that season. At North Knox High school, Soderling served as the varsity girls head coach, coaching the team to its first multiple win season and program's first sectional victory. In addition to his collegiate and high school experience, Soderling has 17 years of club coaching experience that spans back to 2003. He has most recently coached the Indiana Fire Juniors South. Soderling graduated from Vincennes University in 2004 with an AAS in broadcasting and from Liberty University in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. He also has a high school coach certificate and an advanced national diploma from United Soccer Coaches, along with an E and D license from the United States Soccer Federation.