Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138

Massachusetts Northeast

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Chris Hamblin

Chris Hamblin became The Branca Family Head Coach for Harvard Women's Soccer in March 2016 and will enter his seventh season at the helm of the program in 2022-23. Hamblin initially joined the Harvard women's soccer staff as an assistant coach on August 22, 2011 and served five seasons in the role prior to his promotion to head coach.

During his time leading the program, Hamblin has posted an overall record of 49-25-7 (21-9-5 Ivy League), including consecutive 12-win seasons in 2019 and 2021.

Hamblin led the Crimson to an at-large berth in the 2021 NCAA Championship as the program made its 17th all-time NCAA appearance and gained its first at-large bid since 2004. The Crimson went 12-3-1 on the year and earned rankings as high as No. 4 in the NCAA RPI, No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll, and No. 16 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Hannah Bebar collected both Third Team All-America and Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. The Crimson totaled six All-Ivy selections and five Academic All-District choices.

In 2019, Hamblin coached Harvard to a 12-3-1 overall record, including a 5-1-1 mark in Ivy League action to finish second in the conference standings. Murphy Agnew was tabbed as the 2019 Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and she was one of six Crimson players to earn All-Ivy honors. Additionally, Cammie Dopke and Taylor Nielson earned CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades in 2019. Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

Harvard posted a 7-7-1 mark in 2018, including a 4-2-1 third-place record in Ivy play. Leah Mohammadi and Agnew were both First Team All-Ivy picks and were part of a quartet that garnered All-Ivy honors.

The Crimson posted its 11th straight season with a .500-or-better record in 2017 and was led by Ivy Rookie of the Year Agnew and four-time All-Ivy honoree Dani Stollar. The class of 2018 ushered out a strong group, featuring Stollar, Marie Becker, Caroline Chagares and Candy Janachowski, that posted 30 shutouts over four seasons.

Hamblin, who won the Ivy League title in his first season as head coach, was the 2016 Ivy League Coach of the Year after guiding the program to an unbeaten record (5-0-2) in conference play. The Ancient Eight title was the Crimson's third in four years, and Harvard advanced to the NCAA tournament for a first-round contest at Rutgers. Senior Margaret Purce was an All-American and the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, with six student-athletes earning all-conference recognition.

In his last season as an assistant coach in 2015, Hamblin helped guide Harvard to its second-straight 5-1-1 Ivy League mark as the team finished with a winning record for the ninth-straight year. The Crimson finished second in the Ancient Eight and led the way with eight student-athletes receiving All-Ivy recognition. Harvard also led the Ivy League with only three goals allowed in conference play.

Harvard claimed its 12th Ivy League championship, and second consecutively, in 2014, as the Crimson advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2001. Working with the goalkeepers, Hamblin helped Cheta Emba and Lizzie Durack combine for nine shutouts on the season.

In 2013, Hamblin helped Harvard to its 11th Ivy League title, wrapping its conference slate with a perfect 7-0-0 record for the first time since 1999. Hamblin, who worked primarily with the goalkeepers, aided Emba’s success, as she earned Second Team All-Ivy honors and maintained a 0.14 GAA. Three netminders rotated between the posts, leading to an 0.81 team GAA.

During the 2012 season, Hamblin helped Harvard post its sixth consecutive winning season. Hamblin aided Bethany Kanten's success, as she earned Second Team All-Ivy honors, while recording four shutouts. As a team, the Crimson posted seven clean sheets and had a combined 1.35 GAA.

During his first season at Harvard in 2011, the Crimson claimed the program's 10th Ivy League title and earned a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard went 10-1 at home, tying the program record for a single season, and posted a 6-0-1 record in Ivy games. Hamblin helped the Crimson earn three shutouts and post a team GAA of 1.46.

Hamblin, who served as an assistant coach with the Boston Breakers in 2010, was an associate head coach at Boston College from 2001-09. At BC, Hamblin helped the Eagles reach the NCAA tournament seven times and advance to the Sweet 16 on four separate occasions.

Hamblin also served as the Director of Coaching for NEFC, which captured six youth soccer national championships and multiple state and regional titles. In 2010, Hamblin was tabbed the Mass Youth Soccer Competitive Coach of the Year.

Hamblin began his coaching career immediately after graduating from BC in 2001. As an undergraduate, Hamblin was a four-year starting goalkeeper for the Boston College men's team. As a senior, he led the Eagles to a Big East Tournament championship and the team's first NCAA bid since 1990. In 2008, Hamblin was honored with an induction into the Boston College Varsity Club Hall of Fame.

After posting a 0.84 GAA as a senior, Hamblin was selected as an NSCAA/adidas first-team All-American. In 2000, he shut out a career-high eight opponents, including seven in Big East games. In his career, he earned 24 shutouts. Hamblin's 0.44 GAA in conference play earned him the Big East Goalkeeper of the Year award and a First Team All-Big East selection.

Throughout college, Hamblin coached local youth soccer teams, while participating in many community programs associated with the university. For his dedication to the community, Hamblin earned the Brian D.A. Hall Award, BC's highest leadership honor. Boston College also honored Hamblin with the 2001 Outstanding Senior Male Student-Athlete Award and, he was named a nominee for the NCAA Sportsmanship Award in 2001.

A native of Bristol, England, Hamblin received his undergraduate degree in human development and communications in 2001 and earned his master's in May of 2007 in developmental and educational psychology. Hamblin currently resides in Newton, Mass., with his wife, Elizabeth, daughters, Clara and Evie, and twin sons, Ashman and Baird.

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Mike Calise

Promoted to Harvard's associate head coach on Oct. 3, 2013, Mike Calise enters his 15th season overall with the Crimson in 2022-23. Calise rejoined the women’s soccer staff as an assistant coach in March 2010, after previously serving in Cambridge during the 2005 and 2006 seasons.

During his time at Harvard, the Crimson has posted an overall record of 121-76-22 (55-25-11 Ivy), including six 10-win campaigns and 11 consecutive .500-or-better seasons. Calise has also helped the Crimson win four conference titles and appear in five NCAA tournaments.

Calise helped lead the Crimson to an at-large berth in the 2021 NCAA Championship as the program made its 17th all-time NCAA appearance and gained its first at-large bid since 2004. The Crimson went 12-3-1 on the year and earned rankings as high as No. 4 in the NCAA RPI, No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll, and No. 16 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Hannah Bebar collected both Third Team All-America and Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. The Crimson totaled six All-Ivy selections and five Academic All-District choices.

In 2019, Harvard posted a 12-3-1 overall record, including a 5-1-1 mark in Ivy League action to finish second in the conference standings. Murphy Agnew was tabbed as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and was one of six Crimson players to earn All-Ivy honors. Additionally, Cammie Dopke and Taylor Nielson earned CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades in 2019. Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

Harvard boasted some of the Ivy League’s top players in 2017 and 2018. In 2017, Agnew was the conference rookie of the year and Dani Stollar became a four-time All-Ivy honoree. In 2018, Agnew and Leah Mohammadi earned First Team All-Ivy selections. The Class of 2018 left its mark on the program as it posted 30 clean sheets over its four seasons.

Harvard claimed its third Ivy title in four years in 2016, going unbeaten at 5-0-2 in conference play to earn the crown. Six Crimson student-athletes earned All-Ivy honors, led by two-time player of the year Margaret Purce, who was also an All-American. Harvard gave up only three goals in Ivy play for the second straight season.

Calise helped guide Harvard to its second-straight 5-1-1 Ivy League mark in 2015 as the team finished with a winning record for the ninth-straight year. The Crimson finished second in the Ancient Eight and led the way with eight student-athletes receiving All-Ivy recognition. Harvard also led the Ivy League with only three goals allowed in conference play.

In 2014, the Crimson won its second Ivy title in a row, finishing 5-1-1 in conference play, before advancing to the second round of the NCAA tournament after routing Central Connecticut State in the first round in Cambridge, 6-0. The victory gave Harvard its first round-of-32 appearance since 2001.

Calise earned the NSCAA Mid-Atlantic Region Assistant Coach of the Year Award in 2013 after helping Harvard to its 11th Ivy League title, wrapping its conference slate with a perfect 7-0 record for the first time since 1999. Purce was named the Ivy League Rookie and Player of the Year, as well as a unanimous selection to the Ancient Eight first team. Senior captain Peyton Johnson (unanimous) and sophomore Haley Washburn also earned first team accolades, headlining seven total Crimson student-athletes to garner conference honors.

In 2012, Calise and Harvard posted its third straight winning season since Calise rejoined the program, going 9-5-3 overall. Meg Casscells-Hamby earned First Team All-Ivy honors, while four other players garnered all-conference selections.

During the 2011 season, Calise and the Crimson won the program’s 10th Ivy League title and returned to the NCAA tournament. Harvard posted a 10-1 record at home and went unbeaten in its final 10 games of the regular season (9-0-1). The Crimson owned a 6-0-1 record in Ivy games, going unbeaten for the first time in conference action since 1999. In addition, Melanie Baskind was named Ivy League Player of the Year and was on the All-Ancient Eight first team along with Peyton Johnson and Lindsey Kowal.

In his first season back with Harvard in 2010, Calise helped Harvard to a 9-7-1 overall record and 4-3-0 mark in the Ivy League. The Crimson earned four selections to the All-Ivy first team, including conference player of the year Katherine Sheeleigh '11, marking the most first-team selections for the program since 1999. Harvard also boasted the league's top two scorers (Sheeleigh and Melanie Baskind) and led the conference in goals with 31.

Calise was reunited with then-head coach Ray Leone at Harvard after working together at Arizona State from 2000-04.

Calise, who served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Boston College in between his tenures at Harvard, was the top assistant coach with the Crimson during his previous tenure at Harvard. During his time in Cambridge, he helped to organize a defense which finished the 2005 season as the ninth-ranked defense in the nation (0.473 goals against per game) and was fifth in the nation in shutout percentage with a school-record 11 shutouts in 16 matches.

Prior to his first stint at Harvard, Calise spent four years at Arizona State, where he was elevated to associate head coach prior to the 2004 season. Calise brought two top-10 classes to the Sun Devils, including a school-best No. 4 national ranking for the 2002 class by Soccer America and Soccer Buzz.

Calise's on and off-the-field performances have been noted nationally as he was selected as one of the nation's five women's soccer collegiate assistant coaches to earn the second annual AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year Award. Criteria for the award included longevity, expertise, contributions to the school and community, and special achievements throughout their careers. In 2002, he received the Nike/April Heinrichs Coaching Education Award.

Over his four-year tenure as an assistant coach under Leone in Tempe, the Sun Devils achieved an overall record of 43-29-8, and twice qualified for the NCAA tournament. In 2003, Calise assisted the Sun Devils to the second round of the NCAA Championship for the third time in four years and recorded the highest winning percentage in school history (.690). The Sun Devils also set another school mark as they finished the season ranked in the top-25 by all four major polls.

Prior to Arizona State, Calise was at Princeton, where he helped build the Tigers into a nationally prominent program, leading them to their first NCAA tournament appearance since 1983 and their first Ivy League crown since 1982. Instrumental in the team's success, Calise assisted Princeton to NCAA tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000.

Calise earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Boston College in 1997, where he was a four-year member of the men's soccer team. He was also a member of the Eagles' 1995 Big East championship team.

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Mark McDevitt

Mark McDevitt was announced as assistant coach of the women's soccer team in June 2018 and will enter his fifth season with the Crimson in 2022-23.

McDevitt helped lead the Crimson to an at-large berth in the 2021 NCAA Championship as the program made its 17th all-time NCAA appearance and gained its first at-large bid since 2004. The Crimson went 12-3-1 on the year and earned rankings as high as No. 4 in the NCAA RPI, No. 8 in the Top Drawer Soccer poll, and No. 16 in the United Soccer Coaches poll. Hannah Bebar collected both Third Team All-America and Ivy League Rookie of the Year honors. The Crimson totaled six All-Ivy selections and five Academic All-District choices.

In his second season as assistant coach, McDevitt helped guide the 2019 Harvard squad to a 12-3-2 overall record, including a 5-1-1 mark against Ivy League opponents. Murphy Agnew was tabbed as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and was one of six Crimson players to earn All-Ivy honors. Additionally, Cammie Dopke and Taylor Nielson earned CoSIDA Academic All-District accolades in 2019.

Harvard posted a 7-7-1 mark in 2018, including a 4-2-1 third-place record in Ivy League play. Leah Mohammadi and Agnew, both First Team All-Ivy, were among the four Crimson student-athletes to garner All-Ivy accolades. Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

McDevitt joined the Crimson after five seasons at Boston College, including the last two as associate head coach. While with the Eagles, he helped the program to two NCAA tournament appearances, including a 2013 trip to the Elite Eight. McDevitt served as the recruiting coordinator for the program, helping to bring in three-consecutive top-25 classes from 2016-18.

Prior to his time at Boston College, McDevitt spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Boston University, and in leadership roles with Global Premier Soccer (GPS) in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He was also on the coaching staff of the Boston Renegades in the women's professional league for three seasons, including as the head coach in 2007.

A graduate of the University of Ulster, Magee in 2000, McDevitt helped lead his team to a national championship in college, and two in high school. He also represented Northern Ireland's national team at the youth levels and was selected for the Ireland Universities National team his senior year at Ulster, Magee. McDevitt holds a USSF B-license. McDevitt is also a US Soccer Youth National Team Scout and US Soccer National Grassroots Coaching Course Instructor.

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Josh Shapiro

Josh Shapiro, The Virginia B and James O. Welch Jr. ’52 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Soccer, joined Harvard Athletics in January 2020 and will embark on his fourth season at the helm in 2023-24.

Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.

As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).

In his first competitive season with the team in 2021, Shapiro led the Crimson to eight more wins than the previous competitive season as Harvard finished above .500 (8-5-3, 3-2-2 Ivy) for the first time since 2016, placing fourth in the conference standings. Harvard closed the year on a three-game Ivy League winning streak and went 4-1-1 in its last six games. Shapiro guided Ivy League Rookie of the Year Alessandro Arlotti as one of four All-Ivy selections.

Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

Prior to Harvard, Shapiro served as head coach of the Tufts men’s soccer program for 10 seasons (2010-19), leading the team to four DIII National Championships (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019). In addition to four national titles, Shapiro led Tufts to seven NCAA tournaments and two NESCAC Tournament crowns. Shapiro and his assistants were named the Division III Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches in 2016, 2018 and 2019 and Shapiro won the individual United Soccer Coaches’ Division III Coach of the Year award in 2014. He is also a two-time D3soccer.com National Coach of the Year (2014, 2018) and three-time NESCAC Coach of the Year (2014, 2017, 2019).

Tufts completed the 2019 season with a 20-2-2 overall record, the most single-season wins in program history, and Shapiro posted a 126-37-28 (.733) career record, making him the winningest coach in program history. In addition to developing his student-athletes on the field, Shapiro guided them to contribute in the classroom and in the community. From 2016-19, Tufts placed four student-athletes on the United Soccer Coaches’ Scholar All-America First Team. The Tufts team also held annual free clinics for youth student-athletes, participated in games supporting Grassroot Soccer, and worked with Team IMPACT.

Prior to his time at Tufts, Shapiro served as an assistant coach at Georgetown from 2006-09 and helped build the foundation for its current national success. He also had coaching stints at American University, George Mason University and Lafayette from 2003-05. During his time at American, the team won the 2005 Patriot League regular season championship, and at Lafayette, the program won the 2003 Patriot League championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament.

Shapiro graduated from Middlebury College in 1997, where he was a four-year member of the men’s soccer program and served as captain during his senior season. He played on three NCAA tournament teams, including two that advanced to the round of 16.

Originally from Leonia, N.J., Shapiro now resides in Winchester, Mass., with his wife Amy and three children, Ben, Sophie, and Evan.

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Jordie Ciuffetelli

Jordie Ciuffetelli was added to the men's soccer staff in February 2020 after serving as the top assistant for three seasons at Tufts. He will enter his fourth season as an assistant at Harvard in 2023-24.

Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.

As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).

In his first competitive season with the Crimson in 2021, Ciuffetelli helped lead the Crimson to eight more wins than the previous competitive season as Harvard finished above .500 (8-5-3, 3-2-2 Ivy) for the first time since 2016, placing fourth in the conference standings. Harvard closed the year on a three-game Ivy League winning streak and went 4-1-1 in its last six games. He helped guide Ivy League Rookie of the Year Alessandro Arlotti as one of four All-Ivy selections.

Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

While at Tufts, Ciuffetelli was a member of back-to-back NCAA DIII National Championship teams (2018, 2019) and helped guide the team to its first-ever conference tournament title in 2017. He was also a member of the Jumbos’ staff that was named DIII Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches in 2018 and 2019.

Prior to Tufts, Ciuffetelli had coaching stints at West Chester University and Muhlenberg College. At West Chester, he helped the Golden Rams to a second-place finish in the Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002. At Muhlenberg, he guided the Mules to the 2014 Centennial Conference Championship as well as a run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

A four-year starter at outside back for Lehigh University, Ciuffetelli as a senior earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week and National Team of the Week honors. He received the men's soccer team's Coaches Award in 2011 and earned a bachelor's degree in history in 2012. He remained at Lehigh and was the Sports Camp and Recruiting Graduate Assistant in the Athletic Department while earning a Master's in Education in 2013.

In addition to playing at Lehigh, Ciuffetelli was a three-year starter for Lehigh Valley United and was on the team that won the National Premier Soccer League Northeast Conference Championship in 2010 and 2012 as well as the National Championship in 2012.

Ciuffetelli interned in 2014 for Germany’s AMANDLA Edufootball, managing the Chris Campbell Memorial Field in Khayelitsha, South Africa and implementing youth life skills programs through soccer.

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Bryan Harkin

Bryan Harkin will enter his third season as an assistant coach with the Harvard men’s soccer program in 2023-24.

Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.

As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).

In his first season with the team in 2021, Harkin helped lead the Crimson to eight more wins than the previous competitive season as Harvard finished above .500 (8-5-3, 3-2-2 Ivy) for the first time since 2016, placing fourth in the conference standings. Harvard closed the year on a three-game Ivy League winning streak and went 4-1-1 in its last six games. He helped guide Ivy League Rookie of the Year Alessandro Arlotti as one of four All-Ivy selections.

Prior to Harvard, Harkin spent four seasons (2017-20) as the head coach of the Emerson men’s program with a previous stint as an assistant coach at Tufts. While with the Jumbos, he had a hand in the program’s first ever DIII national title in 2014, a Sweet Sixteen bid in 2015, and the program’s second national championship in 2016.

The Derry, Northern Ireland native first came to the U.S. in 1999 when he accepted an offer to play at Fairfield University, where he contributed to a conference championship and regular appearances in the national top-25 rankings. In 2001 and 2002 he earned All-Conference honors and was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region Team in 2002.

Prior to his time at Fairfield, Harkin played with Liverpool FC youth and reserves, while representing Northern Ireland at various age groups.

Harkin began his post-college career with the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL’s Premier Development League, helping the team to the 2002 national title. He continued his playing career with Crystal Palace Baltimore FC, making 48 appearances in the USL Second Division and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup during the 2000s.

While in Baltimore, Harkin was a member of Loyola University’s coaching staff, helping the Greyhounds to a conference title and NCAA College Cup bid in 2009 and a league title in 2012. He also coached the U16 Olympic Development Program (ODP) to the national championship game in 2014. Upon moving back to Massachusetts, he continued his work with the ODP, guiding the U17 state team and contributed as a Northeast scout for US Soccer’s youth national teams.

Harkin graduated from Fairfield University and earned his MBA in Marketing at Mount St. Mary’s University.