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Marietta College

Marietta, OH 45750
Ohio Midwest
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Zack Votra

Zack Votra begins his first season as head women's soccer coach at Marietta College in 2023.


Votra comes to Marietta by way of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, where he served as the Assistant women’s soccer coach for the last two seasons. He helped guide the Saints to a 13-12-5 record over that span, helping establish the team’s system and style of play and conducting team training sessions and workouts. Votra was also deeply involved in the recruiting process.


Votra has previous head coaching experience as he was at the helm at SUNY Adirondack in Queensbury, New York from February 2016 to August 2018. Votra led the Timberwolves to a 10-19-1 record through the programs first two seasons.


Votra played collegiately at SUNY Canton, starting one of the nine contests he appeared in. He completed his Bachelor's degree in Sports Management in May 2014. A native of Parishville, NY, Votra was a four-sport athlete at Parishville-Hopkinton competing in soccer, baseball, basketball, and lacrosse and he was an All-Academic scholar.

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Daniella Blitz

Daniella Blitz begins her first year as assistant coach for the Marietta College women’s soccer team in 2023-24.


This will be Blitz’s first collegiate coaching assignment as she just recently finished her playing career last season. She played three seasons for the Goucher College Gophers (Baltimore, Md.), appearing in 40 games and making 15 starts. In her senior season, Blitz scored two goals and assisted on two others.


Blitz bolstered her coaching skill set last spring as she worked with i9 Sports as she managed game-day operations while building relationships with players, parents, and coaches. She also observed, assessed, and assisted volunteer coaches/staff members.


Originally from Robbinsville, New Jersey, Blitz graduated from Goucher with a bachelor's degree in Economics and Communications in May of 2023, appearing on the dean’s list six times.

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Joe Bergin

Joe Bergin begins his eleventh season as the head men’s soccer coach at Marietta College in 2023. It is Bergin’s second stint at Marietta as he played keeper for the Pioneers from 1982-85. He is currently third on the career saves list and holds the single-season record for saves. Bergin was the starting keeper on the Pioneers only OAC championship team in 1984. He is 12th head coach in the 47-year history of the program.


After graduating, Bergin played for three different teams (San Fernando Valley Golden Eagles, Chico Rooks and Stanislaus County Cruisers) over eight years in the United Soccer Leagues (USL), the longest-standing pro league affiliate member of US Soccer. While in the USL, Bergin tended goal for former Brazilian World Cup defender Rildo Menezes and former Iranian National Team manager Afshin Ghotbi. “I learned a lot under those coaches in the USL. They taught me a lot about the soccer philosophies and team management that I want to bring to the players here,” said Bergin.


Bergin has a combined 20 years of collegiate coaching and spent 10 years as the head women's coach at Agnes Scott College in Georgia where he was named conference coach of the year three times and led the Scotties to their first conference championship and NCAA tournament berth in 2012.


In his ten years as the head man at Marietta, the Pioneers have become a regular contender for the Ohio Athletic Conference Championship. Marietta made eight straight appearances in the OAC Tournament, the best streak in program history, before just missing out last season. “It is very much a process, and I like the direction we are headed, but by no means is this a complete project, we still have work to do,” said Bergin.


Under Bergin's guidance, Marietta has produced 32 All-OAC selections including nine first team honorees. The Pioneers have had 16 All-Ohio selections, three All-Region picks and one NSCAA Scholar All-American.


Bergin graduated from Marietta with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and prior to following his passion of soccer Bergin spent 23 years as an Account Executive for the 3M Company. He spent 16 of those years calling on one of the largest accounts, The Home Depot. “I very much enjoyed working in sales, but soccer is my passion and coming back to Marietta was just too great of a draw to resist. The fact that I had a successful sales career is testament to the Liberal Arts education that I received at Marietta.”


Bergin also teaches some courses for the Marietta College Business and Economics department.


Bergin lives in Marietta with his wife Mae and son Cole.

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