DeSales University

DeSales University Athletics
2755 Station Avenue Center Valley, PA 18034

Division 3 Pennsylvania Northeast

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Melina Couzis

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Melina Couzis was named the eight coach in DeSales University women's soccer in July of 2024.

Couzis came to DeSales having served as the Interim head coach at Long Island University in 2023. She also has served as the head coach and Girls Elite Technical Director for the Massapequa Soccer Club since March, 2023 and been the head coach of the Eastern NY Soccer Association Olympic Development Program since November, 2023.

Couzis was a highly successful Division I soccer player playing four years at UCONN from 2017-21 earning United Soccer Coaches East Region Second-Team honors and was named First-Team All-Big East as a senior. She then played one more season as a graduate student at St. John’s University earning Big East All-Tournament team honors, finishing the season with one goal and five assists.

Couzis graduated from UCONN in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in exercise science, earned her first Masters in translational medicine from CCNY in 2022, and earned her MBA from St. John’s University in 2023.

She hails from Baldwin Place, NY where she graduated from Somers (CT) scoring 60 goals and 63 assists in her HS career helping Somers win the 2014 NY State Class A Championship and earning several conference, regional, and national accolades during her HS career.

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Sean Buzzee

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Buzzee was named the graduate assistant coach in the summer of 2023 having graduated from DeSales with a B.S. in Homeland Security in the spring of 2023.

He was a four year member of the men's soccer team appearing in 53 career games totaling three goals and six assists for 12 career points as a midfielder.

Buzzee is originally from Norwalk, Connecticut, and will pursue a Master of Arts in Homeland Security: Counterterrorism Investigations.

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Martin Brett

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Martin Brett rejoined the women's soccer staff in 2022 after serving as an assistant coach for 12 years prior. Brett, a 1998 graduate of DeSales University with a B.A. in Politics, played for the men’s team for three seasons. As a senior, he was named Lehigh Valley Scholar Athlete for men’s soccer and while also earning team MVP honors. Upon graduation, he served as an assistant coach for two seasons while working as an admissions counselor for the office of Enrollment Management.

Away from the field, Brett is an assistant professor and director of the Sport Management Program at DeSales. Prior to joining the Department of Business he earned a Ph.D. and M.A. from The Ohio State University in Sport and Exercise Management. Aside from his experience as a collegiate soccer player, Brett has worked in event management with the Columbus Crew and Crew Stadium (the first soccer specific stadium built in the U.S.), grass roots marketing and event management with national 3v3 basketball and soccer tours, collegiate athletic operations, event marketing (GMC-Pontiac), and media relations for Nationwide Arena.

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Melina Couzis

Sean Buzzee

Martin Brett

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