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Head Coach Jamie Nash
Caldwell College '97
10th 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
10th season, the Cougars have appeared regularly in the New England Region
rankings over the past five years while compiling a record of 58-32-9 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.”
After finishing 10-6-4 in 2007, the Cougars went 11-7-1 last season,
including an 8-1-1 mark in the conference to capture the CACC regular-season
title for the first time since 1993. The campaign earned Nash his first CACC
Coach of the Year award of his career. Additionally, forward Chad Bennett
became the first Cougar to be named CACC Player of the Year in the program’s
history.
Last
season punctuated an outstanding five-year run in which the Cougars have won
at least 10 games and advanced to the semifinals of the CACC Tournament each
year. 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 18-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 67-40-14, a marked
improvement from the previous two seasons which saw the Cougars go a
combined 6-29-1. Nash, who is 81-78-16 in nine years at Caldwell, has
brought in talented players such all-Region selections Bennett, Uke Dauti,
Andrew Fraser, Asgeir Ofstad and Bard Skjelstad.
His players also have succeeded in the classroom. In 2007, 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 five years, a total of 15
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
Third season
Jesse Corazza begins his third 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.



