Matt Verni - Men's Soccer Coach - Syracuse University Athletics

Matt Verni

Title:
Assistant Coach
Email:
mfverni@syr.edu
Phone:
1939

A versatile coach with experience at every level of college soccer, Matt Verni joined the Orange staff as an assistant coach in 2014. Verni has coached the college game since 2000 and possesses 10 years of head coaching experience. He assists head coach Ian McIntyre in all facets of the program, including recruiting, team training and opponent scouting.

A graduate of Hartwick College, Verni came to the Orange after serving as the head women's soccer coach at his alma mater from 2007-13. Verni ranks third on the Hartwick women's list for career victories (42) and guided the team to back-to-back ECAC Tournament appearances in 2012 and 2013. He mentored nine Empire 8 all-conference performers in his seven seasons with the Hawks, including four in 2013.

Prior to taking the reins at Hartwick, Verni spent three years (2004-006) as the head coach of the Division II men's program at the University of New Haven. He was named the 2006 East Coast Conference (ECC) Coach of the Year after leading the Chargers to a berth in the ECC Tournament championship match and coached five all-conference honorees during his time there.

Verni got his college coaching start as a women's assistant coach at St. Bonaventure in 2000. He also made men's assistant coaching stops at Hartwick (2001) and New Hampshire (2002-03).

A college teammate of McIntyre's at Hartwick, Verni played four years of varsity soccer for the Hawks from 1994-97. In 1995, Verni and McIntyre were members of the Hawks squad that reached that second round of the NCAA Tournament after defeating St. John's in the opening round.

Verni holds several national coaching diplomas and received his USSF 'B' License in 2013.

Verni graduated with a bachelor's degree in economics from Hartwick in 1998. He and his wife, Amy, have a son, Cooper, and daughter, Maya.