Tom Giovatto
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| Date of birth | 1975 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1989–1993 | Xavier High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1993–1997 | Iona | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1997 | Brooklyn Knights | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2001–2004 | Xavier High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001–2004 | Saint Peter's (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | Stony Brook (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2007 | St. Francis Brooklyn (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007– | St. Francis Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||
Honours
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tom Giovatto is an American retired soccer player and the current head coach the St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers men's soccer team.[1]
Early life
Giovatto attended Xavier High School where he played forward on the soccer team. He then got a scholarship to play at Iona College and graduated in 1997 receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication.[1]
Coaching
On August 22, 2007, Giovatto was appointed just the fourth head coach in the history of the St. Francis Brooklyn men’s soccer program.[2] Since joining the program, he has led St. Francis Brooklyn to seven winning seasons, three NCAA Tournaments, and three NEC Tournament Championships. Giovatto's squads have been nationally ranked and he has helped coach two All-Americans, Kevin Correa and Vincent Bezecourt.
In 2013, Giovatto's team went 12–6–1 overall, won the 2013 Northeast Conference Tournament and participated in the 2013 NCAA Tournament, for the first time since 1982. Due to his impressive performance, Giovatto was named the BigAppleSoccer.com Coach of the Year and the NSCAA North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year.[3][4]
In 2016, Giovatto won NEC Coach of the Year, after leading his team to an NEC Regular Season Championship, he then proceeded to win the 2016 NEC Tournament and participate in the NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| St. Francis Brooklyn Terriers (Northeast Conference) (2007–present) | |||||||||
| 2007 | St. Francis (NY) | 4–9–5 | 2–5–2 | 8th | |||||
| 2008 | St. Francis (NY) | 11–4–3 | 4–3–2 | 5th | |||||
| 2009 | St. Francis (NY) | 10–6–2 | 7–2–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2010 | St. Francis (NY) | 5–9–3 | 3–6–1 | 8th | |||||
| 2011 | St. Francis (NY) | 10–5–3 | 5–3–2 | 6th | |||||
| 2012 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 7–10–1 | 4–6–0 | 8th | |||||
| 2013 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 12–6–1 | 4–3–0 | 4th | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2014 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 11–6–4 | 4–1–2 | 3rd | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2015 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 10–4–4 | 3–2–2 | 4th | |||||
| 2016 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 12–5–3 | 6–0–1 | 1st | NCAA First Round | ||||
| 2017 | St. Francis Brooklyn | 0–0–0 | 0–0–0 | ||||||
| St. Francis Brooklyn: | 102–64–29 | 46–32–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 102–64–29 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- 1 2 "Former player returns to coach where he started". thevillager.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Tom Giovatto Head Men's Soccer Coach". SFCAthletics.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "MEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR St. Francis Brooklyn's Giovatto gets the nod". bigapplesoccer.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
- ↑ "Tom Giovatto NSCAA N.Atlantic Coach of Year". topdrawersoccer.com. Retrieved 28 September 2016.