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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.

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.

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JR DeRose joined the Northwestern men’s soccer staff as an assistant coach in the winter of 2024 ahead of Northwestern’s 2024 season.

Prior to his arrival at Northwestern, DeRose served as an assistant coach at Mercer University. He helped lead the Bears to a 2023 Southern Conference Tournament Championship, punching their ticket to the 2023 NCAA Tournament.

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Coach Peters joined the Cornell Men’s Soccer staff in 2023. Previously, Peters was the Assistant Men’s Soccer Coach at SUNY Cortland.

From 2007-11, Peters was the head coach of the girls varsity soccer team at Lansing High. He led the team to five league and division titles, four sectional championships and two regional finals.

As a player, Peters was a three-year starter at Oakland University in Rochester, Mich., helping lead the team to three NCAA Div. II playoff berths including an appearance in the national championship game in 1994. Following college, Peters competed professionally for the Michigan Bucks, Eastern Shore Sharks, Detroit Rockers and Windsor Borderstars.

D’Shon DeGannes was hired as the Operations Coordinator for Brown men’s soccer in September of 2023.

DeGannes arrived at Brown following a two-year stint as a professional soccer player in the National Independent Soccer Association with the Michigan Stars and Savannah Clovers.

Prior to his professional career, DeGannes played three seasons at Fairleigh Dickinson University where he helped the team to two NEC tournament championships and a regular season title. DeGannes spent his freshman season at the University at Albany where the team won the America East championship.

DeGannes graduated from Fairleigh Dickinson in 2022 with a degree in business administration.

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.

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Andrew Storton is entering his sixth season as an assistant men’s soccer coach at Connecticut College in 2024. 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.

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.

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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.

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Jeff Huffman looks forward to his second season at Amherst in 2018 and his 16th overall in collegiate soccer. This will be Huffman’s second season as men’s goalkeeper coach and first as the women’s.

On the men’s side in 2017, Huffman saw all four of his net minders receive at least one start. Seeing the most shots of any Amherst squad in Coach Serpone’s 11 year Amherst tenure, the Amherst goalkeepers combined to lead the NESCAC in saves (94)-while recording the third highest save percentage during conference play.

Amherst College men’s soccer coach Justin Serpone recently announced the hiring of Alex Ortega as assistant coach of men’s soccer.

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.

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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.

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