College of Cincinnati freshman head soccer coach Scott Satterfield added to his first-of-12 squad on Wednesday by hiring Josh Stipe as receivers coach and Greg Gasparato as linebackers coach.
Stepp comes from Satterfield’s Louisville workers the place he was a decent finish coach and stayed again to name performs within the Cardinals’ 24-7 victory over Cincinnati within the Wasabi Fenway Bowl. Previous to final season, Stipe was at Georgia State the place he was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach. He additionally coaches the working backs and tight ends for the Panthers and is predicted to teach receivers at UCLA.
Stipe helped lead a Louisville offense that averaged over 400 yards per sport in 2022. He coached redshirt tight finish Marshawn Ford to honorable point out All-ACC honors as effectively. Stipe was a highschool soccer coach for a number of years earlier than becoming a member of the teaching ranks in faculty. As a quarterback for Newberry Faculty (SC), he set program information for passing yards and touchdowns.
In 2019, the South Carolina native was a part of the 35 Beneath 35 USA Soccer Coaches Management Institute.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Josh as a member of our offensive workers,” stated Satterfield. “He’ll do a fantastic job educating, recruiting, and most significantly, mentoring our student-athletes. Josh did a fantastic job for our Louisville group final 12 months, and he is a coach who has impressed me for a number of years—from his time at Georgia State to when he was the highschool coach.”
Gasparato additionally comes from Louisville the place he has coached outdoors linebackers and is ready to do the identical for the Bearcats. He coached the Cardinals’ safeties in 2021. His prior expertise was a 12 months within the Military and he served a number of stints at Appalachian State the place Satterfield was coach earlier than taking the Louisville job.
Final fall, his look was instrumental in Louisville tallying 50 sacks, main the nation. Senior linebacker Yasir Abdullah led the ACC with 9.5 sacks on his solution to First Staff all-conference honors.
“Greg is likely one of the greatest younger defensive coaches within the nation,” stated Satterfield. “He is been an integral a part of our defensive group at Louisville, teaching outdoors security and linebackers throughout his time there. Greg is a tremendous instructor of the sport. He loves soccer, and his ardour for the sport makes him the kind of coach gamers need to play for.”
Stipe and Gasparato are the most recent former Louisville head coach to return north as Satterfield joins quarterbacks coach Pete Thomas, working backs coach Deryl Sims, offensive line coach Nick Cardwell, linebackers coach Derrick Nicholson and defensive coordinator Brian Brown. Remaining on Luke Fickell’s workers are particular groups coordinator Kerry Coombs who will even work with the defensive backs and former Bearcat Walter Stewart who will work with the line of defense.
Palazeti leads the Sports activities Efficiency Soccer Staff
Alongside these workers is the Bearcats’ director of soccer athletic efficiency, Nico Palazzetti, who’s from Ohio and beforehand performed for former UCLA head coach Mark Dantonio at Michigan State. He was a former Mississippi State and Maryland and has been with the Buckeyes since 2017 below Mickey Marotti who was the energy coach at UCLA within the Rick Minter/Bob Huggins basketball days.
Palazeti was a three-year member of the Michigan State soccer group and a two-time Spartan letter winner (2011 and 2012) earlier than accidents compelled him to retire from the game in 2013.
The Buckeyes achieved a file of 67-9, gained 4 Massive 10 championships, and superior to 3 Faculty Soccer Playoffs throughout Palazeti’s six years on workers.
“Neko involves us as probably the most revered energy and conditioning coaches within the nation,” stated Satterfield. “His work on the workers at Ohio State has been instrumental to the group’s success. He has put collectively a fantastic group, and I stay up for watching them work together with our student-athletes as we start our offseason program within the subsequent few weeks.”
Becoming a member of Palazeti on the UCLA Sports activities Efficiency Staff:
- Christopher Buddy, Affiliate Director of Sports activities Efficiency for Soccer
- Brandon Garcia, Assistant Director of Sports activities Efficiency for Soccer
- MyQuon Stout, Assistant Soccer Sports activities Efficiency Coach
- Scott Ethington, assistant athletic efficiency coach for soccer
Siddig has spent the previous 5 years as a member of the Ohio State Efficiency Staff. Along with working with soccer throughout his time with the Buckeyes, he oversaw all facets of energy, conditioning, and efficiency for each the boys’s and girls’s ice hockey packages. The ladies’s ice hockey group gained the 2022 NCAA Nationwide Championship.
Garcia most just lately served as UNLV Soccer’s Assistant Power and Conditioning Coach, beginning with the place in 2020. He beforehand served as Power and Conditioning/Assistant Soccer Sports activities Efficiency Coach on the College of Maryland in 2018.
Stout had spent the earlier 4 seasons as an assistant energy coach for the Louisville soccer program. He completed his enjoying profession in 2018, spending 5 seasons at Appalachian State below Satterfield. He began 38 of 39 video games over his final three seasons at Appalachian State, recording 82 tackles and incomes All-Solar Belt Convention honors as a starter.
Ethington beforehand served as Marshall’s assistant energy and conditioning coach, beginning in January of 2022. He has labored with each the soccer and softball packages. Previous to Marshall, he was a energy and conditioning coach at Ohio State (2020-2021) and College of Maryland soccer (2019).
The Bearcats are anticipated to host a number of switch recruits this weekend. Additionally, official bulletins of offensive coordinator and different participant personnel ought to be made quickly.