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Justin Serpone
Head Coach
Justin Serpone returns to the sideline for his 16th season in 2023. Currently, Serpone sits as the second winningest coach (by percentage) of any active coach in NCAA history, regardless of division (.833).
Serpone served as the assistant men’s soccer coach at Duke University in 2006, helping to lead the Blue Devils to an 18-4-1 record, the ACC regular season and tournament championships, and a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Prior to Duke he worked as a head assistant coach at Lafayette College (2001-03) and Northwestern University (2003-06), notably helping the Wildcats compile a record of 31-20-10 after they were a combined 9-42-4 from 2001-2003.
Serpone has completed five graduate degrees. He is currently enrolled in two more Master’s Degree programs.
Amherst College
Dennis Bohn
Head Coach
In 23 seasons under the guidance of Dennis Bohn, the Lafayette men’s soccer program has produced nothing but winning teams. Bohn has led the Leopards to winning seasons in 15 of his 23 years on College Hill, three Patriot League championships and three NCAA Tournament berths. His overall record entering his 23rd season at Lafayette is 180-144-74. His overall Patriot League record is 80-75-36.
Lafayette garnered its third Patriot League Championship under Bohn in 2012 after the Leopards defeated American in the Patriot League Championship Game to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament and a meeting with Virginia in the first round. A late goal by the Cavaliers ended Lafayette’s championship year at 9-8-4, and also marked the first goal the Leopards surrendered to an opponent in 553:47 of game action, a streak the Leopards carried through the end of the regular season and into the NCAA Tournament.
Lafayette College
Christian Lomeli
Assistant Coach
Christian Lomeli enters his fifth season as an assistant coach for the Hoosiers in 2023. Lomeli primarily works with the team’s goalkeepers.
Under Lomeli’s guidance, Roman Celentano became the first player ever to win Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year twice, doing so in the 2020-21 and 2021 seasons. Following the 2021 campaign, Celentano was picked No. 2 overall in the 2022 MLS SuperDraft by FC Cincinnati, tying the highest selection in program history. Celentano was a two-time All-American with a 37-10-5 record while allowing just 33 goals in 52 matches.
Indiana University
Jermaine Birriel
Assistant Coach
Jermaine Birriel enters his first season as Director of Operations for the Virginia men’s soccer program. The Fredericksburg, Va. native returns to the Commonwealth after serving as an assistant coach at Iowa Western in 2020.
While at Iowa Western, Birriel was the Reivers reserve squad head coach and assisted with the daily operations of the first team. Part of his responsibilities included the training and development of the program’s goalkeeper core which featured starting goalkeeper Patrick Millard who went on to earn NJCAA First Team All-America honors.
University of Virginia
Mike Toshack
Head Coach
A former Saints assistant coach who has had an outstanding career as an assistant in professional soccer, Mike Toshack was named the fourth head coach in program history in July 2015, relieving former head coach Bob Durocher, who was promoted to Director of Athletics and Recreation in May 2015.
The 2022 men’s soccer season was the eighth for Toshack, who led the Saints to Liberty League Championship in, 2022, and 2021, and to regular season and tournament titles in 2015, 2018, and 2022. In 2015, St. Lawrence finished that year with a 16-4-2 record and advanced as far as the Sweet 16 in the NCAA Tournament. In 2018, and 2022 Toshack was named Liberty League Coach of the Year.
St. Lawerence University
Jonathan Hood
Head Coach
Jonathan Hood, PhD was named the head coach of the Vassar men’s soccer program in the Spring of 2022. He previously served four years as the assistant coach for men’s soccer at Colorado College. During his tenure with the Tigers, he helped guide the squad to an NCAA Tournament appearance, the 2019 SCAC Regular Season Championship title, as well as earning 2019 SCAC Coaching Staff of the Year honors.
Through two seasons in Poughkeepsie, Hood has led Vassar to a 17-9-11 overall recrod, a 9-3-6 mark against conference rivals, two appearances in the Liberty League Championship, an NCAA Tournament berth, advacing to the Second Round in 2022.
In 2023, Hood led the Brewers to their sixth straight appearance in the Liberty League Championship. Individually, Hood mentored six All-Liberty League honorees in 2023, inlcuding Player of the Year Owen Fauth. Under Hood’s tutelege in 2023, Fauth went on to be named First Team All-Region III by teh United Soccer Coaches as well as a Third Team All-American.
Vassar College
Bob Denney
Head Coach
A University of Pennsylvania graduate, Coach Denney has over 30 years of coaching experience at the high school, club and collegiate levels including 12 years as the varsity lead assistant at Radnor High School, six years as the head coach at Cardinal O’Hara and Upper Darby HS and eight years as the lead assistant and director of recruiting for the men’s soccer program at Gwynedd Mercy University in addition to coaching club teams for PA Rush, Rose Tree, GCVSA and Alliance FC.
From 2019-2022, Coach Denney was the First Assistant, Goalkeeper Coach and Director of Recruiting for the men’s soccer team at Penn State Brandywine that won the 2021 USCAA National Championship. Denney is now the head coach for the men’s soccer program at Penn State Scranton.
Penn State Scranton
Tyler Gallagher
Assistant Coach
Tyler Gallagher enters his second season as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Denison University for the 2024 season. Denison University Head Men’s Soccer Coach Brandon Bianco announced the hiring of Gallagher as the program’s new assistant men’s soccer coach on July 25, 2023.
During his first season at Denison in 2023, the Big Red went 12-5-3 overall while winning the NCAC Tournament and making the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three seasons.
Denison College
Andrew Storton
Assistant Coach
Andrew Storton is entering his fifth season as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Connecticut College in 2023. He assists head coach Reuben Burk with all aspects of the program.
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. 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.
A native of Oxford, England, Storton brings 12 years 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 between 2012 and 2018.
Connecticut College
Jeff Huffman
Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach Jeff Huffman enters his sixth season at Amherst in 2023. This will be Huffman’s sixths season as men’s goalkeeper coach and fifth in the same role for the women’s team. In total, Huffman has seen 13 different goalkeepers on his teams receive individual postseason accolades in 18 seasons of collegiate soccer.
It was a special 2021 season for Huffman. The men’s side advanced to the national title game as his goalkeepers combined on the season for the most shutouts (15) and lowest goals against average (0.41) in all of Division III men’s soccer. Additionally, Kofi Hope-Gund was named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. On the women’s side, Mika Fisher was named the United Soccer Coaches First Team All-America goalie in her debut collegiate season.
Amherst College
Alex Ortega
Assistant Coach
Alex Ortega completed his second season as Assistant Coach at Amherst College in 2023. In his two seasons with the program, Amherst amassed a 31-4-10 record while winning two NESCAC Championship titles.
Ortega comes from Randolph Macon College, where worked as an assistant coach since prior to the 2019 season. The Yellow Jackets were 24-15-3 in his time. In 2021 RMC went 5-1-3 in conference play, its least league losses in one season since 1999.
Prior to his time with Randolph Macon, Ortega spent one season at Clark University. During his tenure with the Cougars, the team led the New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) for goals, assists and points. Clark’s 3.06 goals-per-game were a Top 15 mark in the nation.
Amherst College
Gabriel Robinson
Assistant Coach
Gabriel Robinson is entering his sixth season on the Lafayette men’s soccer coaching staff.
In the 2022 season, Robinson helped guide Lafayette to an overall record of 9-6-4. The Leopards finished the season ranked 25th in the country for team goals-against average (0.895). Six student-athletes were named to All-Patriot League teams and two earned United Soccer Coaches All-Region recognition. Along with on-field success, multiple Leopards earned recognition for their efforts in the classroom. Marcos Kitromilides was named a United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American, Patriot League All-Academic and to the CSC Academic All District Team. Alex Sutton and Yiannis Panayides joined Kitromilides on the CSC Academic All District Team.
Lafayette College
