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Bloomsburg University

Bloomsburg University Athletic
 400 E. Second St. Bloomsburg, PA 17815
Division 2 Pennsylvania Northeast
Public Medium Competitive team
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Mark Bassett

Mark Bassett is the eighth head coach in the history of the Bloomsburg University men's soccer program and concluded his second season at helm in 2022.


Bassett is coming off one of the most successful men's soccer seasons in program history and was named the 2022 PSAC East Men's Coach of the Year after guiding the Huskies to a 14-5-1 (8-3-1 PSAC East) season. The team's 14 wins tied the program's single-season wins record that was set in 2014, and the squad was able to make its fifth-ever appearance in the PSAC Championship after qualifying for the poseason for the first time since 2015. By the season's end, six Huskies were named to All-PSAC teams in Sammy Ames, Stephen Hollis, Liam Harmon, Kody Besser, Patrick Walsh and Shay Gillen.


Under Bassett in 2021, the Huskies finished the regular season with an even 9-9 record and were 5-7 in conference play. Bassett coached four players who were named to the All-PSAC team as Kacper Grycel, Sammy Ames, Mackenzie Fairs and Alex Wilsterman all earned post-season honors.


With his two winning seasons, Bassett is the first coach in program history to achieve a .500 record during his first two years as head coach.


Bassett earned his Master's of Education degree from Bloomsburg in 2003 while serving as the Huskies' assistant men's soccer coach during the 2001, 2002, and 2004 seasons under the program's all-time winningest coach, Paul Payne. Following a one-year stint at Goucher College in 2005, Bassett was named the first full-time head coach at King's College in 2006 and was with the Monarchs until returning to Bloomsburg.


In his 14 seasons as the head coach at King's (2020 season canceled due to COVID), Bassett guided the Monarchs to a 159-89-28 overall record and ten trips to the MAC Freedom Tournament – including eight consecutive appearances from 2012-19. He led King's to conference championships in 2013 and 2014 and trips to the NCAA tournament in each of those seasons – both firsts in program history. He also guided the Monarchs to the ECAC Southeast Regional title in 2008. The MAC Freedom Coach of the Year in 2015, Bassett led King's to at least ten victories 11 times during his tenure, including a program-record 16 wins in 2008 and 2015.


During Bassett's time at King's, his student-athletes won three MAC Freedom Player of the Year awards and two MAC Freedom Rookie of the Year honors, along with 24 All-Conference First Team, 21 All-Conference Second Team selections, and five All-Conference Honorable Mention honorees. He also coached six All-Region selections.


Off the pitch, Bassett coached a pair of CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, three CoSIDA Academic All-District honorees, two Scholar All-Region members, and seven Academic All-Conference selections.


Bassett played collegiately at Messiah College and earned his bachelor's degree in 2001. He was a four-year letter winner and a three-year starter for the Falcons earning All-MAC Commonwealth Second Team honors in 2000. He helped Messiah to a 73-11-6 overall record with four trips to the NCAA tournament. Bassett scored the game-winning goal to lead the Falcons to a 2-0 victory over Rowan to claim the 2000 NCAA Division III national championship.

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Devon Shapiro

Devon Shapiro joins Bloomsburg University after graduating from King's College in May 2022. During his time at King's, he served as the assistant coach for the men's soccer program during the 2019, 2020 (Covid season), and 2021 seasons. In that span, Shapiro helped King's to a 24-11-2 record including a conference record of 10-4-1.


Shapiro received his bachelor's degree in Chemistry with minors in math and neuroscience from King's College. Shapiro plans to pursue a master's degree in surgical neurophysiology at Bloomsburg.

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