GUAGLIARDI NAMED WOMEN'S SOCCER COACH AT CALDWELL
6-20-07
 CALDWELL, N.J. - Caldwell College has selected Nate Guagliardi
to coach its women's soccer team, Caldwell's Executive Director of
Athletics Mark A. Corino announced. Guagliardi, who graduated
from Caldwell College in 2000, returns to his alma mater after
coaching the Saddle Brook High School boys' soccer team for the past
six years.
"We are glad to have Nate come back to Caldwell and lead our women's
soccer program," Corino said. "He was a standout player when he was
here, and he established himself as an excellent coach at the high
school level. I'm confident Nate will do an outstanding job here and
provide some stability to a program that has a lot of potential."
Guagliardi took over a boys' soccer program at Saddle Brook High
School in 2001 that had won just six games in its previous six
seasons combined and led the team to its first conference title in
2003. Saddle Brook also advanced to the finals of the New Jersey
Group 1 North Tournament that year. Guagliardi, who taught social
studies and math at Saddle Brook Middle School for the past three
years, also coached the junior varsity girls' basketball and
baseball teams at Saddle Brook High. He began his teaching career at
St. Gerard School in Paterson, N.J., where he taught English for
four years.
A native of Belleville, N.J., Guagliardi was an all-State goalkeeper
at Belleville High School before coming to Caldwell College in 1996.
In 1997, Guagliardi became the Cougars' starting goalkeeper and
recorded a school-record 11 shutouts to earn all-Northeast Region
honors. His 16 career shutouts also are the most in the program's
15-year history. He graduated in 2000 after majoring in Education
and Social Studies.
Guagliardi takes over a Cougars' squad that returns nine players
from last year's team that went 7-11-1 and missed the Central
Atlantic Collegiate Conference Tournament for the first time in
three years. Two-time all-CACC first team selection Carla Bleiler
(Galloway Twp., NJ/Absegami) and 2005 CACC Player of the Year
Brook DeLucca (Nutley, NJ/Nutley) are among the key returnees.
"Coming back and giving back to Caldwell College is an exciting
opportunity for me and I can't wait for the season to start,"
Guagliardi said. "Being a Caldwell alum, I'm looking forward to
taking over a program that began when I was a student here and
building on the success the team has had the past few years."
Guagliardi lives in Pompton Plains, N.J., with his wife Deena. In
addition to his duties as women's soccer coach, Guagliardi also will
have administrative roles within the athletics department.
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