Ramapo College of New Jersey

Mahwah, NJ 07430

New Jersey Northeast

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Abby Shiffler

Abby Shiffler enters her 13th season as the head coach of the Ramapo College women's soccer team.

Through the 2023 season the Roadrunners have earned 54 wins while 27 student-athletes have been named to the NJAC All-Conference team under Coach Shiffler’s guidance while Autumn Herring is a four-time NJAC All-Conference honoree from 2012-2015. The program has two appearances in the NJAC Tournament (2013 & 2021) and the 2015 ECAC Tournament.

Shiffler began her coaching career with Fairleigh Dickinson University as an assistant coach for the 2007 season, before joining the staff at Caldwell College in 2008. She spent 2009 training the goalkeepers at the University of Pennsylvania and served as an assistant coach for the University of Massachusetts during the 2010 season.

Shiffler was a four-year starter in goal for Monmouth University from 2001-2004. She recorded 280 career saves, which ranks third on the Hawks Individual Career List while she holds a spot in the top ten lists in career shutouts, career GAA and career save percentage. Shiffler earned All-Northeast Conference Second Team honors as a freshman while receiving the team's Rookie of the Year award. In 2002, Shiffler helped the Hawks advance to the final of the NEC Tournament while during her junior season she ranked second in the conference in both goals-against average and save percentage.

She is a 2005 graduate of Monmouth University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in political science. Shiffler resides in West Milford, NJ.

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DJ Pinton

Coach DJ Pinton enters his 21st season as head coach of the Ramapo College Men’s Soccer program. In his 20 years as head coach Pinton has compiled a 184-131-43 overall record.

Through the 2023 season, Coach Pinton has mentored 79 student-athletes who earned NJAC All-Conference honors including 4x NJAC First Team honoree (2009-2012) and two-time NJAC Player of the Year Rob Santaniello. Joe Fala, who owns the program record in goals scored in a season (27), was named NJAC Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019. Patrick Jagodzinski (2006) and Josh Schaffer (2019, 2020, 2021) each earned NJAC Goalkeeper of the Year while Ryan Lahey (2007), Justin Charkowski (2019), Mark Buckel (2020) and Osbin Mendez (2022) all earned NJAC Defensive Player of the Year. Pinton’s peers named him NJAC Coach of the Year three times during his career (2019, 2020, 2022).

The Roadrunners won the 2020-2021 NJAC Tournament Championship with a perfect 3-0 record in the tournament including a 1-0 shutout victory over Montclair State University in the Championship match. This was the first NJAC Title in program history while Ramapo earned their third straight NJAC Tournament appearance. The Roadrunners earned a #7 ranking in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll.

Coach Pinton served as an assistant to the men’s program for four seasons (2000-2003) before taking over the reins at the start of the 2004 season. A three-year member of the Roadrunner soccer team (1995-1998), Pinton left his mark as one of the top players in program history. In his first year with the program, the team reached its first ever post-season berth qualifying for the ECAC Tournament, falling short in the semi-finals. In his second season he helped guide the men’s soccer team to a 16-5-1 record and the programs first ever post-season championship winning the ECAC title. That same year, Pinton received the first of his consecutive NJAC First Team All-Conference honors, and was named the 1997 Ramapo College Athlete of the Year. In his final season as a Roadrunner, Pinton helped lead the team to its first ever NCAA Tournament appearance and collected Mid-Atlantic Regional All-American honors on top of his all-conference and all-state honors. In 2006 Coach Pinton was inducted into the Ramapo College Athletic Hall of Fame for his tremendous contributions on the soccer field.

Coach Pinton spent time overseas training with Italian professional club A.C. Arezzo under then Head Coach Serse Cosmi. In his spare time, he is also involved with youth soccer serving as the Director of the Cosmos Soccer Camps and has coached several club teams.