OPEN Binghamton - 1/9 FILLED Manhattan - Tom Giovatto (Long Island Womens head; 6/19-7/10) Hofstra - Stephen Roche (Hofstra associate head; 8/11 — taking over after 2025 fall retirement) Bellarmine - Matt Cannady (Bellarmine assistant; retirement after 2025 season - 9/17-9/18) Coastal Carolina - Adam Perron (Virginia associate head - retirement 8/13-11/11) Gonzaga - Chris McGaughey (interim-11/14) Liberty - Scott Wells (Gardner Webb head; retirement after 2025 season-11/18) Pacific - Andres Ochoa (UCLA assistant; 11/19-11/24) Utah Valley - Michael Chesler (Utah Valley associate head; 11/15-11/25) Butler - Ian Sarachan (Colorado Rapids assistant; 11/14-11/26) Navy - John Hackworth (St Louis City technical director; 11/13-12/5) George Washington - Matt Watts (Virginia Tech associate head; retirement after season 10/15-12/8) South Florida - George Kiefer (Grand Canyon head; retirement 11/20-12/10) Gardner Webb - Jonathan Lagos (UNCG associate head; 11/18-12/10) Penn State - Rob Dow (Vermont head; 11/21-12/11) Northern Kentucky - Sean Teepen (Louisville assistant; 11/19-12/11) Western Illinois - Kooten Johnson (Western Illinois women’s assistant; retirement 11/18-12/15) Vermont - Adrian Dubois (San Diego State associate head; 12/11-12/17) Grand Canyon - Jamie Davies (North Florida head; 12/8-12/18) North Florida - Marlon Montanella (North Florida assistant; 12/18-12/18) Dartmouth - Connor Klekota (Georgetown assistant; 11/18-12/19) Furman - Brandon Tucker (Furman associate head; retirement after 2025 season-12/22) Loyola Chicago - Kevin Robson (Indiana associate head; 12/18-12/23) Winthrop - Dale Parker (Lander head; 11/3-1/5) Radford - Andy Cormack (Radford interim; 11/14-1/13) Southern Indiana - Mads Kaiser (St. Francis PA head; 11/21-1/22)
https://www.soccerjournal.com/franklin-pierce-hires-new-coach-brent-joins-vermont-staff/ D2 power promotes AC.
There is some progress by ADs in filling positions much quicker than they have in the past - most within a month. In the past, some of the smaller schools held out to save $$$ letting assistants run the program so they didn't have to double pay or ADs took a long break over the holidays and started search in January.
OPEN Binghamton - 1/9 LIU - ?/?? FILLED Manhattan - Tom Giovatto (Long Island Womens head; 6/19-7/10) Hofstra - Stephen Roche (Hofstra associate head; 8/11 — taking over after 2025 fall retirement) Bellarmine - Matt Cannady (Bellarmine assistant; retirement after 2025 season - 9/17-9/18) Coastal Carolina - Adam Perron (Virginia associate head - retirement 8/13-11/11) Gonzaga - Chris McGaughey (interim-11/14) Liberty - Scott Wells (Gardner Webb head; retirement after 2025 season-11/18) Pacific - Andres Ochoa (UCLA assistant; 11/19-11/24) Utah Valley - Michael Chesler (Utah Valley associate head; 11/15-11/25) Butler - Ian Sarachan (Colorado Rapids assistant; 11/14-11/26) Navy - John Hackworth (St Louis City technical director; 11/13-12/5) George Washington - Matt Watts (Virginia Tech associate head; retirement after season 10/15-12/8) South Florida - George Kiefer (Grand Canyon head; retirement 11/20-12/10) Gardner Webb - Jonathan Lagos (UNCG associate head; 11/18-12/10) Penn State - Rob Dow (Vermont head; 11/21-12/11) Northern Kentucky - Sean Teepen (Louisville assistant; 11/19-12/11) Western Illinois - Kooten Johnson (Western Illinois women’s assistant; retirement 11/18-12/15) Vermont - Adrian Dubois (San Diego State associate head; 12/11-12/17) Grand Canyon - Jamie Davies (North Florida head; 12/8-12/18) North Florida - Marlon Montanella (North Florida assistant; 12/18-12/18) Dartmouth - Connor Klekota (Georgetown assistant; 11/18-12/19) Furman - Brandon Tucker (Furman associate head; retirement after 2025 season-12/22) Loyola Chicago - Kevin Robson (Indiana associate head; 12/18-12/23) Winthrop - Dale Parker (Lander head; 11/3-1/5) Radford - Andy Cormack (Radford interim; 11/14-1/13) Southern Indiana - Mads Kaiser (St. Francis PA head; 11/21-1/22)
OPEN LIU - ?/?? FILLED Manhattan - Tom Giovatto (Long Island Womens head; 6/19-7/10) Hofstra - Stephen Roche (Hofstra associate head; 8/11 — taking over after 2025 fall retirement) Bellarmine - Matt Cannady (Bellarmine assistant; retirement after 2025 season - 9/17-9/18) Coastal Carolina - Adam Perron (Virginia associate head - retirement 8/13-11/11) Gonzaga - Chris McGaughey (interim-11/14) Liberty - Scott Wells (Gardner Webb head; retirement after 2025 season-11/18) Pacific - Andres Ochoa (UCLA assistant; 11/19-11/24) Utah Valley - Michael Chesler (Utah Valley associate head; 11/15-11/25) Butler - Ian Sarachan (Colorado Rapids assistant; 11/14-11/26) Navy - John Hackworth (St Louis City technical director; 11/13-12/5) George Washington - Matt Watts (Virginia Tech associate head; retirement after season 10/15-12/8) South Florida - George Kiefer (Grand Canyon head; retirement 11/20-12/10) Gardner Webb - Jonathan Lagos (UNCG associate head; 11/18-12/10) Penn State - Rob Dow (Vermont head; 11/21-12/11) Northern Kentucky - Sean Teepen (Louisville assistant; 11/19-12/11) Western Illinois - Kooten Johnson (Western Illinois women’s assistant; retirement 11/18-12/15) Vermont - Adrian Dubois (San Diego State associate head; 12/11-12/17) Grand Canyon - Jamie Davies (North Florida head; 12/8-12/18) North Florida - Marlon Montanella (North Florida assistant; 12/18-12/18) Dartmouth - Connor Klekota (Georgetown assistant; 11/18-12/19) Furman - Brandon Tucker (Furman associate head; retirement after 2025 season-12/22) Loyola Chicago - Kevin Robson (Indiana associate head; 12/18-12/23) Winthrop - Dale Parker (Lander head; 11/3-1/5) Radford - Andy Cormack (Radford interim; 11/14-1/13) Southern Indiana - Mads Kaiser (St. Francis PA head; 11/21-1/22) Binghamton - Tommy Moon (Binghamton associate head; 1/9-3/6 interim)