Coaches

Agathangelos Tsantsaridis

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Agathangelos Tsantsaridis enters his second season as Head Coach of the BC Women's Soccer program. He was hired during the Summer 2022.


In his first season with the Bulldogs, Tsantsaridis helped the Bulldogs to a CUNYAC Championship tournament semifinal appearance. The Bulldogs picked up a pair of key conference wins in October to secure the CUNYAC Tournament bid. He would on to coach three CUNYAC All-Star selections and a conference Sportsmanship Award winner in Priscilla Vixama to close out his inaugural season with the program.


The fourth head coach in the program's history, Tsantsaridis arrived from John Jay College where he last served as Associate Head Coach after five years as an assistant with the program, helping the Bloodhounds to back-to-back CUNYAC titles in 2019 and 2021.


By his third season with John Jay, the Bloodhounds reached their first CUNYAC Championship match in seven years. The following season, the Bloodhounds captured the conference title and made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in the program's history. They would repeat as conference champs in 2021. During his tenure, Tsantsaridis helped recruit and coach a number of student-athletes that would earn all-conference and all-region honors.


Along with his coaching experience at the collegiate level, Coach Tsantsaridis works as the New York City FC Coaches Manager for Youth Programs. Prior to his appointment with NYC FC, he was a staff coach with the NY Cosmos Training & Development Program, along with coaching the U12 City and Country School team.


As a young player in Greece, he played in elite academies in and around Athens. In 2001, as a college freshman, he helped his team win the conference championship for the first time.


He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration in 2005 at Empire State College in Athens, and Master’s Degree in Finance at University of Piraeus 2007. In 2010, he obtained his UEFA B license and worked for Olympiacos Piraeus Academy and Ethnikos Piraeus U16 team.