Johnson & Wales - Providence

Providence, RI 02903

Rhode Island Northeast

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Chris Flint

Chris Flint took over the head coaching reins of the Johnson & Wales (RI) University women’s soccer program prior to the start of the 2015 campaign. During that span, the Wildcats have posted a winning percentage of .737 (109-36-9) and won three-straight Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Championships (2019; 2021-22).

In 2022, the Wildcats won a program-record 19 games, their third-straight GNAC title, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament for the third-consecutive season, where they suffered a 3-1 loss at RIT. Along the way, Flint picked up his 100th career win at JWU – a 5-0 shutout win against Norwich, the final in a stretch of nine-consecutive shutout victories.

A total of eight student-athletes were named to GNAC All-Conference teams in 2022 while two earned spots on the All-Rookie Team. Jordan Restivo, meanwhile, won her second-consecutive GNAC Offensive Player of the Year award and went on to become the first student-athlete in program history to earn All-America honors. Emily DeRoehn, meanwhile, was tabbed GNAC Defensive POY.

The 2021 campaign saw JWU capture its second-consecutive conference title behind Offensive POY Restivo, who headlined the list of seven GNAC All-Conference honorees and three All-Rookie Team selections. Flint guided the Wildcats to a then program-record 17 wins, outscoring opponents 9-0 in three GNAC tournament matches. He collected his 250th win as a head coach against St. Joseph’s (ME) on October 23.

Flint guided JWU to its first conference title since 2005 with a one-goal win over the Monks in the 2019 GNAC Championship match. The Wildcats closed that season with 16 wins and were led by GNAC Offensive POY Olivia Cairrao, who went on to graduate as the program’s all-time leading scorer before Restivo surpassed her in 2022. Four student-athletes were named to the GNAC First Team while three more earned a spot on the Third Team.

The Wildcats won 14 matches in 2018 and advanced to the GNAC Semifinals, led by GNAC First Team pick Cairrao. Restivo, meanwhile, became the fourth-straight JWU student-athlete to earn Rookie of the Year honors, joining Cairrao (2017), Colleen Lynch (2016), and Deja Hursey (2015).

In just his third season at JWU, Flint led the Wildcats to their first GNAC Championship match in more than a decade in 2017. The team won 16 of their 21 matches behind ROY Cairrao and GNAC Defensive Player of the Year Kali Trunca. One year earlier, the Wildcats posted a 15-3-3 record, highlighted by a then school-record 10 match winning streak. Lynch was tabbed GNAC Rookie of the Year and Nadine Simpson snared Defensive POY honors.

JWU was picked to finish in seventh place during Flint’s first season on the Harborside Campus in 2015. The Wildcats responded by posting a 9-1-1 GNAC record (12-8-1 overall) as seven student-athletes received All-GNAC honors. For his efforts, Flint was named GNAC Coach of the Year.

Prior to his arrival at JWU, Flint spent 15 seasons as the head coach at Bryant University, where he guided the Bulldogs to three NCAA Tournament appearances (2001, 2006, 2007). He was named Northeast-10 and National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Coach of the Year awards in 2001 and 2007, a season where he guided the Bulldogs to a single-season record 17 wins.

Flint – who began his career with a four-year stint as the head coach at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (1996-99) – holds a United Soccer Coaches National, Advanced National and Premier Diploma’s coaching licenses. A 1992 graduate of Colby College, he went on the earn his Master’s Degree from Springfield College in 1995.

Flint resides in East Greenwich, Rhode Island with his wife, Karen, and sons Andrew (25) and Tucker (22).

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Johan Giraldo

Johan joined the Wildcats women's soccer staff as an assistant coach in the summer of 2015.

He started his coaching career at Barrington High School as the boy's assistant varsity coach from 2011-2014. He began working with Bruno United FC U12-U15 boy's as the head coach in 2012. Along with Bruno, he currently works as a personal trainer for Total Futbol Training.

He has certifications with NSCAA including the National and Advanced National Diploma's as well as Level 1 & 2 Goalkeeping Diploma.

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David Kulik

David Kulik has guided the Johnson & Wales (RI) University men’s soccer program to six Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) finals appearances and four conference championships (2013-15, 2019) since his arrival in April, 2012.

Since his arrival in Providence, the Wildcats have posted a 142-42-23 (.742 winning pct.); the 142 wins rank No. 18 in the nation during that span and No. 2 in New England, second to only Amherst. During that span, JWU has posted 99 shutouts to go along with a team goals against average (GAA) of .807 – both of which rank near the top of the NCAA standings.

Kulik – owns a career record of 245-127-46 (.641) over 23 seasons split between Clark (MA) University and JWU – also serves as an Assistant Athletic Director at JWU. He serves as the chairman of the Wildcats Athletic Hall of Fame and the university’s alumni liaison. Kulik owns a pair of GNAC Coach of the Year awards (2014, 2019)

This past season, the Wildcats won 15 matches (10-0-2 GNAC) and earned the No. seed in the GNAC Tournament, where they advanced to the finals. Four student-athletes garnered all-conference honors. As a team, JWU allowed 11 goals in 20 matches, including 12 shutouts.

Kulik came to Providence after spending 12 years as the head men’s soccer coach at Clark (MA) in Worcester, Mass, the last six as an associate AD. He left the Cougars program as the all-time leader in wins (103). Prior to his arrival in Worcester, Kulik spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach at Yale University, Boston College and Tufts University.

A two-time New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Coach of the Year (2005, 2008), Kulik was a four-year member of the NCAA Division III National Soccer Committee (2008-11) and served as the national chair of the committee in 2010. He began a four-year term as a chairman for Region 1 in 2021.

A highly touted high school recruit, Kulik played in the first national high school all-america match at Army-West Point which was broadcast on ESPN. He went on to play four years at Yale University, where he became the first student-athlete in the history of the program to start every game of their four-year career. He earned All-Ivy League and All-New England accolades in each of his four years playing for the Bulldogs, serving as captain as a senior. As a senior, Kulik helped the Bulldogs to an Ivy League Championship in 1986 following a 30-year drought.

During his college career, he was the recipient of the Walter J. McNerney Award as the team’s most valuable player and earned the Walter Leeman Senior Leadership Trophy as the player who upholds the ideals of Leeman through sportsmanship and team play. After Yale, he played professionally for the Boston Bolts and the Miami Freedom, competing in the American Soccer League championship in 1989 against the Ft. Lauderdale Strikers. In his first professional season, Kulik was named the team's hardest-working player and was fifth on the team in scoring with four goals and an assist.

Also active in the club soccer community, Kulik led his squads to numerous league titles, state championships, and trips to regional, national and international tournaments with FC Greater Boston Bolts and Bruno United. Outside of his college and club coaching experience, Kulik coached for one year at the St. John’s School in San Juan Puerto Rico and for one year at Central High School in San Angelo, Texas, where he guided the team to a school-record 17-win season being named the district Coach of the Year.

Kulik holds the United States Soccer Federation ‘A’ license and the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Advanced National Diploma. A 1988 graduate of Yale University with a degree in sociology/economics, he obtained an advanced degree in psychology from Tufts University in 1992.

Kulik resides in Boston, Massachusetts. He has one daughter, Sidnie, who is an All-New England runner at Amherst College.

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Adrian Blackadar

Adrian Blackadar returns for his second stint on the Johnson & Wales University men’s soccer coaching staff. Blackadar previously worked under head coach Dave Kulik during the 2013 season.

Prior to his return, Blackadar spent three seasons on the men’s soccer staff at Wesleyan University. In addition to helping the Cardinals to a NESCAC Championship game appearance, he earned a master’s degree from Wesleyan in 2017. Blackadar served as an assistant coach at Brown before moving on to Wesleyan.

A 2012 graduate of Clark University, Blackaar was a four-year starter (2008-11) for the Kulik-directed Cougars’ men's soccer team. During his rookie season in 2008, the team boasted an 11-5-2 record and qualified for the NCAA Division III Tournament. The Cougars compiled a 33-28-8 mark during his collegiate career.

Blackadar began his coaching career at the Brian Young Soccer Camp in his hometown of Warwick, R.I., during the summers of 2011 and 2012. He also coached at the Nike MBSC Sports Camp in 2012. That same summer, he added his first of four campaigns with Bruno United FC as head coach of the boys U9-14 squad and as assistant for the boys’ U16-17 team. Currently, he serves as the head coach of the Bruno Elite Boys’ U-18 team.

A graduate of Pilgrim High School, he was a captain of the boys’ soccer team his senior year and was a six-year veteran of premier league club action. He holds an advanced national diploma from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.