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Director of Boys Collegiate Soccer Academy

In addition to serving 13-years as Associate Head Coach of the Men's Soccer Program for Boston University, Scott Black is Director of Collegiate Soccer Academy. Black spent 19-years with the in Division I coaching between, BU Virginia Tech and Penn State University for five seasons. At Boston University, Black spent most of his time as the recruiting coordinator, scouting and training the team, but also assists in all facets of the soccer program, including budgeting, academic advising, scheduling and fundraising.

During his tenure, BU has made four NCAA appearances, captured three America East regular season titles and earned an America East championship trophy.

Cristian Wood-Suvak joined the Tufts men's soccer coaching staff in the summer of 2023 as he transitions from standout player to the sidelines.

Wood-Suvak was a fine player for local rival UMass Boston, as the Winchester, MA native earned All-LEC Second Team honors while also being selected as the LEC Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Wood-Suvak also played two seasons at the Division I level, competing for the University of Connecticut in 2018 before moving on to Sacred Heart University in 2019. At SHU, he appeared in 15 of 16 games, starting three times for the Pioneers.

As a prep, he played for Winchester High School, while leading the team to a Middlesex League Championship.

The Trinity College men's soccer team has announced the hiring of Austin Farwell as an assistant coach beginning in July on 2023. Farwell joins Trinity from Bridgton Academy in Maine where he was an assistant coach for the last two years. Farwell was in charge of goalkeepers and ran team operations at Bridgton.

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.

In 2017, Stanton spent time at the helm of the Seacoast United U18 Blue squad in Topsham, Maine, and coached with the Yarmouth High School boy’s soccer team in 2015.

Prior to his coaching career, Stanton was a member of the Mules men’s soccer team. He scored five career goals across his four seasons and was elected a co-captain during the 2015 season.

Stanton graduated from Colby College in 2016 with a bachelor's degree in government.

Pinto joined Northeastern University in 2024.

Prior to Northeastern, Pinto coached at Northwestern University between 2021-2024. He also served as an assistant coach at Loyola University Chicago. He had been with the Ramblers since February of 2019 and helped the program to 18 wins in two seasons, including the 2019 Missouri Valley Conference title and an NCAA tournament appearance.

Pinto joined Loyola after a one-year stint at University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where the team qualified for the 2018 NCAA tournament with a 12-5-3 record. Under his guidance, the Seahawks finished 18th nationally in goals-against-average and 19th nationally in team save percentage. Pinto also coached goalkeeper Ryan Cretens to a Second Team All-CAA honor.

A 2016 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, Pinto's first job out of college was spending the 2017 season at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida.

Mark Waterman joined Brown as the Zisson Family Assistant Coaching Chair in 2024. Waterman came to College Hill after serving in assistant and associate head coaching roles at Tufts and Holy Cross, as well as a head coach at the club level.
 
In his latest stop before Brown, Waterman served as the Associate Head Coach at Tufts University for four seasons from 2020-2023. While leading recruiting efforts on a national level, he helped lead the Jumbos to the 2021 NESCAC title, and three NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, including an Elite Eight berth in 2021 and a Sweet 16 appearance in 2023. The four-year stretch was his second stint with Tufts after previously serving as an assistant coach during the 2015 and 2016 seasons. The 2016 season was especially significant for Waterman as he and his fellow coaches were selected as the NCAA DIII National Staff of the Year after Tufts won the Division III national title.

Augusto Lima was recently named as the new Head Coach of Clarkson University.

Last season, Lima served as an assistant coach for Northeastern, Augusto Lima joins the Men's Soccer coaching staff for the 2022 fall season.

A newcomer to Huntington Ave, assistant coach Augusto Lima joined the staff in May from the University of Rochester. The Yellow Jackets went 9-4-4 in Lima's time with the University, holding opponents goalless through the first five games of the season. He joined Rochester after spending two seasons at Bucknell. Serving as assistant coach with the Bison, Lima helped coach Bucknell to the Patriot League semifinals in 2019.

Marco DeVito joined the Tufts University men's soccer coaching staff in the spring of 2024. DeVito came to Tufts after serving as an assistant coach at local Babson College for the last two seasons in 2022 and 2023. While at Babson, he helped the Beavers to a NEWMAC title in 2022. 

Prior to Babson, DeVito was a graduate assistant from 2020 to 2022 at Anna Maria College, where he helped tie the school record for wins in a season. He also earned his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology in 2022. He has also had coaching stints at Quincy College, as well as with the Worcester Smiles Reserves and at Mass City FC. 

Jason Stanton joined UMass Lowell in 2022. He coached at Boston College in the Fall of 2021 as the Volunteer Goalkeeper Coach.

Jason is currently employed by Juventus Academy Boston (JAB) and Intercontinental Football Academy (IFA) of New England, serving as the North Region Goalkeeping Director and MLS Next Goalkeeper Coach respectively, and has been with both organizations since February 2021. Prior to his time at JAB and IFA, Jason worked for Global Premier Soccer (GPS) MA as the Metro Boston Regional Director from March 2019 to June 2020.

Stanton holds two degrees from the University of Pretoria that he obtained from 2012-15; BA Human Movement Sciences & BA (Hons) in Sport and Leisure Studies Option: Sport and Recreation Management. During his time at UP he was also part of the men's soccer team that won several titles during his four years at the school.

Brian Kelley is entering his 10th campaign as the head coach of the Engineers and 14th with the program in 2022. He begins the season with a 93-38-30 (.682) overall record in Worcester.

The 2021 season marked the return to play for Kelley’s men’s soccer program after having the 2020 season canceled due to COVID-19. The Engineers compiled a 10-5-3 record before the season came to an end in the NEWMAC Tournament while finishing second in the NCAA DIII Region II rankings. Kelley’s crew registered four postseason All-Conference accolades including Mike Biando and Evan Hallberg being named to the All-NEWMAC second team, Franco Bazzini named to the first team and Filippo Marcantoni earning the NEWMAC Men’s Soccer Rookie of the Year award.

Josh Taylor lead the SNHU program to a 13-4-2 overall finish in the 2018 season and advanced into the conference playoffs. Taylor is in his 11th season with SNHU and 4th as head coach. He holds a NSCAA National Diploma, NSCAA Advance Youth Diploma, and a USSF ‘D’ License.

A 2008 graduate from New England College with a degree in Sport and Recreation Management and a Coaching Minor. Taylor was four-year member for the Pilgrims men's soccer team and team captain.

Andrew Schaefer was named the first full-time head coach of the UMass Dartmouth men's soccer team in August of 2024. He comes to the Corsairs from Wheaton College, where he served a number of roles for the Lyons, including assistant men’s soccer coach and athletic communications coordinator.
 
During his five-year tenure at Wheaton, Schaefer helped aid in the growth and return to prominence at the regional and national level of the Lyons men’s soccer program. The squad was among the top ranked in the NCAA Regional Rankings over the last three years, receiving Top-25 recognition in 2021.
 
Schaefer helped the squad produce 11 NEWMAC All-Conference and nine All-Region selections during his time, including the 2022 and 2023 NEWMAC Player of the Year. Wheaton boasted a 38-28-18 record during his time, which included a standout victory in 2021 over eventual National Champion, Connecticut College.

Sam Matteson enters his first season on staff with the MIT men's soccer program in 2023. Prior to joining the Engineers Coach Matteson spent the last three years coaching at Holy Cross helping the program to two appearances in the Patriot League Playoffs. Before that he spent three seasons at Bryant University where he helped guide the Bulldogs to appearances in both the NEC semifinal in 2019 and the conference final in 2018.

Matteson was previously an assistant coach at Bridgewater State during the 2016 and 2017 seasons, and helped the Bears to the MASCAC semifinals in 2016. He was also the associate head coach at Wheelock in 2015 and spent three years on the staff at the University New Haven from 2012-2014.

In addition to his collegiate coaching experience, Matteson is the ECNL Director for the Boston Bolts, coaching at both the ECNL and Academy levels.

Graduating from Mitchell College with a bachelor’s degree in Sport and Fitness Management, Matteson was a four-year members of the Mariners’ men’s soccer team, helping the program win the New England Collegiate Conference titles in 2006 and 2008. He went on to receive his Master’s Degree in Business and Sporting Industries from the University of New Haven, he currently holds a USSF B License.