PPA Mass 1 June 28-June 30 2024 2025-12-30T22:40:49+00:00

PPA Mass 1

Justin Serpone
Head Coach

Justin Serpone returns to the sideline for his 19th season in 2026. 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.

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Amherst College

Dennis Bohn
Head Coach

In 25 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 17 of his 25 years on College Hill, four Patriot League championships and four NCAA Tournament berths. His overall record entering his 26th season at Lafayette is 196-157-85. His overall Patriot League record is 86-81-42.

Lafayette garnered its fourth Patriot League Championship under Bohn in 2025 after the Leopards defeated Lehigh in the Patriot League Championship game to earn an automatic bid in the NCAA Tournament.

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Lafayette College

Lamarr Peters
Assistant Coach

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.

Cornell University

Flo Liu
Assistant Coach

Flo Liu is set to begin his first season with the Northwestern Univeristy men’s soccer program in 2025. Liu joins the ‘Cats as an assistant coach after serving in a similar role for the past five seasons at Drexel University.

“Flo is a fantastic addition to our coaching staff,” Northwestern head men’s soccer coach Russell Payne commented.  “He is established as one of our country’s top recruiters of both domestic and international top soccer talent.”

“I am truly honored and excited to join Northwestern men’s soccer,” Liu said.  “This is an incredible opportunity to contribute to a university that values excellence both on and off the field.  I would like to thank Coach Michael Marchiano for his tutelage at Drexel University, where we created some amazing memories over the last five years.  I look forward to working alongside an outstanding coaching staff, led by Coach Payne, and a group of talented student-athletes.  Together, we will work tirelessly, striving to create a bright future for the program, and make Northwestern proud.”

During Liu’s stint in the City of Brotherly Love, Drexel piled up 39 wins and qualified for the Coastal Athletic Association (CAA) Tournament for five straight seasons.  Following a 2023 campaign in which it went 9-2-5 and posted the program’s highest winning percentage in 34 years, Drexel was just as impressive this past season, compiling a 9-6-2 record that included a 5-2-1 mark in CAA play.  The Dragons finished second overall in the CAA standings, the program’s top league finish since 2014.

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Northwestern University

Brian Bouhl
Assistant Coach

Brian Bouhl joined the Hoyas in 2018 as the volunteer assistant coach and he helped lead the Hoyas to the NCAA Championship in 2019.  Bouhl assists in all aspects of the program, with primary responsibility on coaching the Hoya goalkeepers and managing the sport science program.

In 2019, the Hoyas had a historic run winning the national championship with a 3-3 victory over Virginia that was decided in penalty kicks, 7-6.  GU finished the year with a mark of 20-1-3 which set the program record for wins in a season.  Georgetown also boasted the program’s first three-peat, winning the BIG EAST Championship for the third-consecutive year in a 3-1 victory over Providence College at Shaw Field.  It was just the second time in program history that the squad has won both the regular season and the championship in the same year.

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Georgetown University

Tim Stanton
Assistant Coach

Tim Stanton was named assistant men’s soccer coach in August 2023.

Stanton joins Colgate after seven years as an assistant coach at Colby College, a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) competing at the NCAA Division III level.

During his tenure with the Mules, Stanton collected a NESCAC championship and an NCAA tournament berth in 2018. Key wins during the 2018 season included victories against eventual NCAA champions, Tufts University, and Elite 8 participant, Amherst College. Stanton also recruited five All-NESCAC players during his time at Colby College, including 2021 NESCAC Rookie of the Year, Ethan Franco

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Colgate University

Ben Brewster
Head Coach

Bates College Director of Athletics Jason Fein announced the appointment of University of Massachusetts Amherst associate head coach Ben Brewster as the 11th head men’s soccer coach in the program’s 62-year history.

“We are delighted to welcome Ben Brewster to the Bobcat family as Bates’ next head men’s soccer coach,” Fein said. “Ben’s experience as a successful student-athlete in the NESCAC, as well as his impressive soccer acumen and his ability to inspire and lead, makes him the perfect person to take Bates men’s soccer into the future.”

“I would like to thank Jason FeinCeline Cunningham and the entire search committee for providing me with the opportunity to lead the Bates Men’s Soccer program,” said Brewster. “I look forward to working with the student-athletes on this team as we prepare for the 2024 season in the competitive NESCAC conference. Our goal will be to develop a culture in which we compete each day with enthusiasm and energy, while supporting each other on and off the field.”

Brewster recently wrapped up his seventh season with the Minutemen, joining head coach Fran O’Leary‘s staff prior to the 2017 campaign. He was promoted to associate head coach in 2019 after playing under O’Leary for three seasons at Bowdoin College (2010-13) during his four-year collegiate career.

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Bates College

Travis Wall
Head Coach

No stranger to central Ohio or the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC), Travis Wall was hired as head coach of the Kenyon College men’s soccer program in July of 2023.

Wall made an immediate impact in his first season at the helm for the Owls, as he and his coaching staff were recognized as the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) Coaching Staff of the Year. Kenyon players also took home the league’s three top individual awards, winning Offensive Player of the Year, Defensive Player of the Year, and Midfielder of the Year, while seven Owls earned All-NCAC honors. Overall, Kenyon posted a 16-4-1 record that included a flawless 8-0-0 mark in NCAC play. The program won its eighth straight regular-season NCAC Championship in 2023, and the Owls advanced to the NCAC Tournament Championship match before earning a 10th straight NCAA Tournament berth, where they won a first-round game. At the end of Wall’s first season, Kenyon was ranked No. 19 in the national standings.

Wall, the former 2011 National Player of the Year at Ohio Wesleyan and native of Columbus, Ohio, took command of the Owls after serving four seasons as head coach at St. Olaf College, an NCAA Division III institution in Northfield, Minnesota.

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Kenyon College

Brendan Ujvary
Head Coach

Brendan Ujvary was promoted to the position of head men’s soccer coach at Hamilton in June 2025 after 10 years as the assistant coach. He is just the third person to lead the men’s soccer team since 1959.

Ujvary, who was an assistant coach at Hamilton since 2015, has helped lead the Continentals to 68 wins and seven NESCAC championship appearances. The Hamilton men advanced to the conference final in 2016 and the semifinals in 2017 and 2018. He has coached the conference’s 2016 rookie of the year, eight all-region selections and 14 all-NESCAC team honorees.

Ujvary was an assistant with the Utica University men’s team in 2013 and 2014. He helped guide the Pioneers to a pair of Empire 8 Conference playoff appearances, including the team’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.

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Hamilton College

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.

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Vassar College

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.

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St. Lawrence University

Jeff Huffman
Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach Jeff Huffman enters his ninth season at Amherst in 2026. This will be Huffman’s ninth season as men’s goalkeeper coach and eighth in the same role for the women’s team.

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.

Coach Huffman has helped two Amherst goalkeepers reach the professional ranks during his tenure.

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Amherst College

Alex Ortega
Assistant Coach

Alex Ortega completed his fourth season as Assistant Coach at Amherst College in 2025. In his four seasons with the program, Amherst amassed a 55-12-17 record while winning two NESCAC Championship titles and the National Championship in 2024.

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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Amherst College