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Head Coach Jamie Nash
Caldwell College '97
Ninth season
After starring on the field for the Caldwell College men’s soccer team during
its early years, Jamie Nash has built the Cougars into one of the
most successful programs in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference and
the New England Region as the team’s head coach. Under Nash, who begins his
ninth season, the Cougars have appeared regularly in the New England Region
rankings over the past four years while compiling a record of 47-25-8 during
that span. In 2005, the program earned its first national ranking in the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America/adidas Coaches Poll.
“Having been a part of Caldwell
soccer for over 10 years, both as a player and a coach, it is exciting
to see Caldwell College in the regional and national rankings. It makes
me proud to be an alum as well as the coach,” Nash said. “I’m pleased
with where the program stands now, but I think there is still more room
for improvement. All the pieces are in place to continue our success and
take the program to the next level.”
Last season the Cougars went 10-6-4 and advanced to the semifinals of
the CACC Tournament for the fifth straight season. The 2006 squad
finished 12-6-1 for the program’s third consecutive campaign with 12 or
more wins. In 2005, Nash led his team to a 12-5-1 record, including a
program-best 7-1 mark in the CACC, and a final regional ranking of
fourth while making the CACC Tournament finals. That year, the Cougars
earned the program’s first national ranking and were ranked among the
top 10 in the New England Region all season.
In
2004, Nash guided the Cougars to a record of 13-8-2 for the most wins in
the 17-year history of the program. His team appeared in the New England
Region rankings virtually all season, and finished the year ranked
seventh after taking second in the ECAC Tournament.
After three seasons of shaping the Cougars into the type of team he
envisioned when he took control of the program in 2000, Nash led
Caldwell into the finals of the CACC Tournament in 2003. And he did this
with a squad picked to finish 10th by the conference coaches
before the season. During the last five seasons the Cougars are
56-33-13, a marked improvement from the previous two seasons which saw
the Cougars go a combined 6-29-1. Nash, who is 70-71-15 in eight years
at Caldwell, has brought in talented players such all-Region selections
Chad Bennett, Uke Dauti, Andrew Fraser, Asgeir Ofstad and Bard
Skjelstad.
His players also have succeeded in the classroom. This past fall,
Fraser, Nicholas Harriott and Jan Marco Jiras earned ESPN the Magazine
Academic All-District honors, while Harriott became the first Caldwell
College student-athlete to be named an Academic All-American. Over the
past four years, a total of 10 men’s soccer players have earned a spot
on the CACC All-Academic Team for maintaining a cumulative grade-point
average of 3.5 or higher.
A successful collegiate player himself, Nash wore the Scarlet, White and
Gold for four years before graduating in 1997 from the College. Nash,
who earned all-CACC honors while a member of the Cougars, holds the
school record for career assists with 36. Before coming to Caldwell
College, the native of Neptune, N.J., starred for St. Rose High School,
where he was named All-State his senior year.
Along with his duties with the men’s soccer program, Nash works in the
Department of Institutional Advancement at the College. He was the
Associate Director of Admissions at Caldwell for six years prior to
joining Institutional Advancement in 2006.
Coaching is a family affair for the Nashes, as all three of Jim and
Kathleen Nash’s sons have been successful in the profession. Brendan
Nash is the head men’s soccer coach at Bucknell University, while Brian
Nash coaches the boys’ junior varsity soccer team as well as the
highly-regarded girls’ basketball team at Marlboro (N.J.) High School.
Nash and his wife Kari and their son Colin reside in Montclair, N.J.
Assistant Coach Jesse Corazza
Rowan University '96
Second season
Jesse Corazza begins his second year as an assistant coach
for the Cougars. Corazzo came to Caldwell in 2007, bringing over 15 years of soccer coaching and playing
experience to the staff. Corazza has been coaching youth travel
soccer throughout Essex County for the past 10 years while also
serving as the director of soccer operations at The Sports Academy
in Millburn, N.J. He is also the president and founder of Soccer for
Life, which utilizes soccer training as a tool to build character,
confidence and life skills among youth.
A member of the Olympic Development Program State Team as a youth
player and an all-Shore midfielder while at Manalapan High School,
Corazza attended Rowan University, where he was a three-year
starter. The Profs advanced to the NCAA Division III Tournament all
four of Corazza’s seasons at Rowan, and recorded an undefeated
regular season during his senior year.
A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., Corazza holds an Advanced National
Diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and
a United States Soccer Federation ‘C’ License. He currently lives in
Hoboken, N.J.