SUNY Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY 117943500

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Tobias Bischof

Tobias Bischof was named the head women's soccer coach on Jan. 24, 2019 by Stony Brook's Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron.

In his first season, Bischof continued the winning tradition, both at his previous school of Hostra and what was built at Stony Brook, earning the program's second America East Tournament championship in three years. The squad also won its second regular season title in as many seasons.

The season culminated in a great effort at fourth-seeded Penn State, in which the team scored its first-ever NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Championship goal and led at halftime, 1-0. The result ended 3-1 in favor of the Nittany Lions.

The team's newly-implemented, high-pressing style of play helped wreak havoc on opponents throughout the league, as Stony Brook led the America East in nine of the NCAA's 18 statistical categories, including total assists, total goals and total points.

Under his direction was the emergence of two stars in the region, juniors Alyssa Francese and Sofia Manner. Francese was fifth in the nation in game-winning goals with seven and inside the top 50 nationally with 12 goals on the campaign. Manner also found herself inside the top 50 at the end of the year in clean sheets, with eight, and total saves, with 90.

Bischof, no stranger to Long Island, has spent the last eight seasons with the Pride, the last four as the Associate Head Coach. He helped guide Hofstra to the NCAA Tournament four times, including this past fall when they posted a 16-6-1 overall record and earned a first round victory over 22nd-ranked Boston College. The Pride also advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 2012, 2015 and 2017. During Bischof’s time in Hempstead, Hofstra compiled a 98-53-12 record and notched a winning season in every campaign.

"Tobi is a proven winner who will make an immediate impact on Stony Brook women's soccer,” Heilbron said. “Our program is on a rapidly ascending trajectory, and I have every confidence that will continue under Tobi's leadership. On behalf of our entire department, I am excited to welcome Tobi and his wife Jenna to the Seawolves family.”

“I want to thank Director of Athletics Shawn Heilbron, Associate Athletics Director Patrick Muffley and the rest of the search committee for granting me this opportunity,” Bischof said. “I am extremely appreciative, thankful and excited to join the Seawolves family. During my time spent on campus the positive energy and energetic vibe was something that captivated me greatly and is something I wanted to be part of. I would also like to thank Hofstra Director of Athletics Rick Cole Jr. and Coach Simon Riddiough for their mentorship and preparing me for the next step in my career.”

Off the field, Bischof has helped the Pride become one of the top academic programs in the CAA. In 2017-18, Hofstra Women's Soccer earned a CAA Team Academic Excellence Award as the women's soccer program with the best team GPA in the conference. The team also posted a department-best 3.68 GPA in Spring 2018. Under Bischof's guidance, Madeline Anderson was named a United Soccer Coaches Academic All-American.

In the summer of 2015, Bischof led the club team Massapequa Arsenal to the McGuire Cup as the national champion in the Boys Under-19 division at the U.S. Youth Soccer Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The McGuire Cup has been contested since 1935 and is billed as the oldest trophy in youth sports.

Bischof came to Hofstra in 2011 after a decade of prominent involvement in Long Island soccer, particularly at the youth level. A well-respected coach with a history of success, Bischof has coached in the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) and in the U.S. Club Soccer National Premier Leagues (NPL), where he took a U16 boys team to the National Final in 2012. Bischof had tremendous success with his youth programs, leading two U-15 teams - the East Meadow Sparks U-15 Girls and the Massapequa Arsenal U-15 Boys - to state championships in the New York State Open Cup during the summer of 2011. Overall, he has coached winners of six state cups and led 11 teams to the state finals between 2006 and 2016. In 2018, he had a pair of teams reach the national playoffs, with his U16 team winning the ECNL Showcase Cup. He has also coached in the Region 1 Premier League and North East Regional Premier League.

In addition, Bischof has run a select coaching program to prepare athletes for collegiate soccer; helping to place dozens of his youth players into college programs. He served as the Select PDP program administrator for the Long Island Junior Soccer League (LIJSL), a program that included more than 500 players.

A native of Winterstein, Germany, Bischof played soccer in his native country after graduating from high school. In 1997, he enrolled at Friedrich-Schiller University in Jena, Germany, where he earned a master’s degree in sports science, finishing in the top 10 percent of his class. He also coached youth soccer in Germany, primarily with 16- and 17-year-olds, before coming to the United States.

Bischof first moved to Long Island in 2002. He worked with the Long Island Rough Riders of the Premier Development League (PDL) after Globall Soccer purchased the team.

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Shannon Grogan

An alum with a championship ring as a player, Grogan added another one as an assistant coach for the program in 2019. She played a vital part in the team leading the league in assists, goals and points during the campaign.

The team also scored its first NCAA Tournament goal during her first season as a full-time staff member and led fourth-seeded Penn State 1-0 at halftime.

She began her first season as an assistant coach after serving as a volunteer assistant on the 2018 squad that won 11 games and an America East Regular Season title. The team lost just one of its eight games en route to the title.

Before joining the Seawolves staff, she coached the U12 and U13 teams for NY Surf Soccer during the 2018-19 campaign, winning the NYCSL NPL Championship with the U13 team. Her other club experience includes currently coaching Farmingdale SC/East Meadow SC’s U15 and U18 Girls ERCL teams.

She also coached the FC Tampa Rangers U17 and U13 Girls teams between 2016-18.

In her playing career, the Easthampton, N.J. native helped Stony Brook to an America East Tournament title and NCAA Tournament berth in 2012 while leading the program to its first regular-season title in 2013. She served as a captain on the 2013 and 2014 teams. She also ran track during the 2014-15 season.

Her playing time also took her to the WPSL’s Jersey Blues FC in 2012 and 2013 and the Tampa Bay Hellenic in 2016. She graduated from Stony Brook in 2015 with a degree in coastal environmental studies and has spent the last three years earning her Master’s degree in biology at the University of South Florida.

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Jim O'Brien

In his first season with Stony Brook, O'Brien helped take the program to the next level, playing a key part in the team's second consecutive America East regular season title and its second tournament title in three years.

Mainly working with the goalkeepers, he had Sofia Manner under his direction, who finished the season inside the top 50 nationally in clean sheets (8) and total saves (90). On two separate instances this season, she recorded three consecutive clean sheets, helping Stony Brook record just one loss in league play.

He joined the Seawolves after one season with Mercy College, a school located just west of White Plains, N.Y. He led the Mavericks to a 12-3-2 record a season ago, advancing to the semifinals of the East Coast Conference Women’s Soccer Championship and earning a berth in the 2018 NCAA Division II Championship.

Before his step into a D-II head role, the Southern Connecticut State graduate spent 12 years at Fairfield, becoming the all-time winningest coach in program history. He led 43 student-athletes to All-MAAC selections, with 23 of them being First Team honorees.

The former MAAC and United Soccer Coaches Northeast Region Coach of the Year also founded the women’s soccer program at his alma mater, going 105-56-8 during his 10 years with the club. He earned a 2000 Northeast-10 Regular Season Title and Regional Coach of the Year honors for an undefeated regular season with the Owls.

In his 23 seasons at the Division I and II level, O’Brien has accumulated a 236-158-51 record, including 119 of those wins with the Stags at the Division I level.

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Ryan Anatol

A winner everywhere he has coached, Ryan Anatol has made a major impact in his ten full seasons as the Stony Brook men's soccer head coach, guiding the Seawolves to the 2018 America East Regular Season title, eight America East Conference Tournament appearances, the 2011 America East Championship title, the program's third NCAA Tournament appearance, the program's highest RPI finish and seven regular seasons with a winning record including back-to-back 10+ win seasons. Anatol and his staff was named America East Coaching Staff of the Year in 2018.

A proven successful recruiter, Anatol is also credited with recruiting three conference Rookie of the Year winners, the most in the league during his tenure, and has developed 1 All-American, 6 All-Region and 25 All Conference performers at SBU. Anatol has also developed many players who have moved on to the professional ranks including most recently Stephen Turnbull (NYCFC) & Gustavo Fernandes (NCFC)

Anatol's teams have also excelled in the classroom, earning the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for having a team GPA above 3.0 on eight occasions and in 2015-16 Alejandro Fritz was named the America East Man of the Year.

As the Seawolves enter the CAA Conference in 2022, Coach Anatol is seeking to build upon the positive momentum displayed during the 2021 season. The team started off the season with 5 wins in their first 7 contests, and were ranked as high as number 6 in the United Soccer Coaches East Region and received votes in the CSN National Top 30 poll. The team finished the season with a record of 8-6-1 while advancing to the America East Conference Championship as the #4 seed, before falling in penalty kicks in the quarterfinal game. Jonas Bickus was named America East Freshman on the Year.

During the 2019 season, Stony Brook topped Long Island-rival Hofstra and also earned wins over rivals Siena, Fordham and UAlbany. Senior Jarred Dass was named to the America East Second Team and earned a spot on the United Soccer Coaches All-Northeast Region Third Team. The Seawolves also placed 15 student-athletes on the America East Fall Honor Roll.

Anatol guided Stony Brook to a 9-6-3 record (5-1-1 in America East play) in 2018. The Seawolves won the America East Regular Season Title and were the #1 seed in the conference tournament for the second time in three seasons. During that season, the Seawolves defeated then-No. 16 UML, the highest-ranked opponent the Seawolves have ever defeated in program history. The staff led by Anatol was awarded the America East Coaching Staff on the Year. Martieon Watson was named America East Midfielder of the Year and three Seawolves, Jared Dass, Serge Gamwanya and Martieon Watson were named United Soccer Coaches All-Region and America East First Team. Christian Miesch was named America East Freshman of the Year, an award the Seawolves picked up for the 2nd time in four seasons.

In 2017, the Seawolves went 7-6-5, including five wins in the program's first seven contests. With a win over Central Conn. State on Sept. 6, 2017, he reached the 50-win mark for his career as a Division I head coach. Anatol helped forward Vince Erdei earn America East Second Team honors, after the senior tallied a team-high eight goals during the regular season.

In 2016, Anatol coached the Seawolves to their highest RPI ranking in program history (43). Stony Brook was the top seed in the America East Tournament, (the #3 ranked conference in the country for that season) going 4-2-1 in conference play, to earn a No. 7 ranking in the NSCAA East Region.

Stony Brook qualified for the America East Playoffs in 2015, finishing with a 7-7-3 regular season record. During that season, the Seawolves defeated then-No. 17, Hofstra, the highest-ranked win at the time, in the Battle of Long Island. Anatol helped mold midfielder Serge Gamwanya into the America East Freshman of the Year in 2015. Gamwanya would go on to earn first team all-conference honors in 2016 and 2018.

In 2012, Stony Brook recorded its most wins in seven seasons, reached the America East Championship semifinals and finished with an NCAA RPI of 55, the second-highest in program history. Anatol's veteran 2012 squad enjoyed great success throughout the year, winning seven non-conference matches and finishing in the top three of America East for the fourth consecutive season. Boasting one of the best offenses in the conference, the Seawolves led America East in goals per game, averaging 1.78, and points per game, averaging 5.11. Leo Fernandes was named the first NCAA Division 1 All-American soccer player in SBU history and at the conclusion of the season was drafted by the Philadelphia Union in the 4th round of the MLS Draft.

In 2011, Anatol led Stony Brook to a 10-6-4 overall record including a 4-2-1 record in America East Play. The Seawolves won the America East Conference Tournament and advanced to the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament where they eventually fell to Monmouth in penalty kicks. Leo Fernandes was named America East Midfielder of the Year and Berian Gobiel-Cruz was named America East Striker of the Year.

Anatol was named Stony Brook's ninth head coach in program history on Feb. 18, 2011. Anatol came to Stony Brook with a polished résumé that includes 10 years of coaching experience at college soccer's highest level, most recently serving as an assistant coach at the University of South Florida.

Anatol was an assistant under head coach George Kiefer at USF for six seasons, helping the Bulls to an impressive 74-33-18 (.664) record, five NCAA Tournament appearances and one BIG EAST championship. In a conference that has sent seven teams to the NCAA Tournament in four of the last six seasons, the Bulls compiled a 36-18-10 (.641) mark in BIG EAST games during his tenure. Anatol helped guide the Bulls to the Elite Eight of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, the program's best-ever finish.

Anatol also served as USF's recruiting coordinator, helping bring in several top recruiting classes, all six of which were ranked in the top 25 in the nation, according to College Soccer News. Since his arrival at USF, the Bulls have had 23 All-BIG EAST selections, nine All-Region picks and two NSCAA All-Americans (Yohance Marshall and Jeff Attinella). Eight of Anatol' splayers have gone on to be drafted and/or currently play in Major League Soccer.

Anatol has garnered multiple honors for his efforts. He was named one of College Soccer News' Top Assistant Coaches for 2011, one of just 20 assistant coaches in the country to receive the honor. He also was one of only 12 assistants to receive the honor after the 2008 season. In 2009, he was named the NSCAA Northeast Region Assistant Coach of the Year and was a finalist for the Glenn "Mooch" Myernick National Assistant Coach of the Year.

In addition to his work on the field, Anatol has been a mentor to his student-athletes off the field, helping the Bulls earn the NSCAA Team Academic Award for four consecutive years from 2007-10. Two of his student-athletes, Zak Boggs and Francisco Aristeguieta, were named BIG EAST Scholar Athlete of the Year.

Prior to working at USF, Anatol spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Akron, helping lead the Zips to the NCAA Tournament in both seasons, winning the 2004 Mid-American Conference championship and compiling a 28-10-5 record. His efforts helped lay the groundwork for a Zips program that has now won four straight MAC championships and won the NCAA National Championship in 2010.

Anatol played his college soccer at USF from 1997-2000, serving as team co-captain his senior year. He was a member of back-to-back Conference USA championship teams in 1997 and `98, advancing to the Elite Eight of the `98 NCAA Tournament. He graduated from USF with a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications in 2002 and then earned his masters degree in Sports Science/Coaching at Akron in 2010. Anatolalso has international experience, playing for his native Trinidad and Tobago's Under 20 National team from 1995-96.

Anatol holds a USSF "A" National Coaching License. He and his wife, Natalie, have a son Anthony, born March, 2008, and a daughter, Ava Rose, born Jan, 2011.

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Carlos Delcid

Delcid enters his second full season with the Stony Brook men's soccer program after a highlight-filled career at New York Tech from July 2000 thru November 2020.

In his 19 years as the Bears' head man, he amassed over 200 career wins, 90 conference victories and a .630 winning percentage. The three-time NYCAC Coach of the Year (2002, 2003, 2005) was also recognized as the Regional Coach of the Year in 2005, the NYIT Coach of the Year for the 2007-08 athletic year and the East Coast Conference Coach of the Year twice in 2007 and 2014.

In his first season, he aided his side to the best turnaround in NCAA Division II Men's Soccer, turning a three-win club the previous year into a squad with an 11-5-1 resume.

His accolades also include the Intercollegiate Soccer Officials Association Sportmanship Award during the 2008 season and the East Coast Conference Sportsmanship Award in 2014-15.

Over his 19 seasons at NYIT, 18 of them were winning seasons as he coached 19 players to the All North East Region Team, six players to the Daktronics All Region Team, two NYCAC Rookies of the year and a pair of NYCAC players of the year.

He also led one ECC Defensive Player of the Year, one ECC Rookie of the Year, four United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, two Daktronics All-Americans and two United Soccer Coaches Scholar-Americans, three Capital One Academic All-Americans, four COSIDA Academic All-District athletes, 20 NYCAC All Conference Players, and 45 ECC All-Conference players.