Harvard University

Harvard University Dept of Athletics
Murr Center - 65 North Harvard Street Cambridge, MA 02138

Division 1 Massachusetts Northeast

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Josh Shapiro

Josh Shapiro, The Virginia B and James O. Welch Jr. ’52 Head Coach for Harvard Men's Soccer, joined Harvard Athletics in January 2020 and will embark on his fourth season at the helm in 2023-24.

Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.

As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).

In his first competitive season with the team in 2021, Shapiro led the Crimson to eight more wins than the previous competitive season as Harvard finished above .500 (8-5-3, 3-2-2 Ivy) for the first time since 2016, placing fourth in the conference standings. Harvard closed the year on a three-game Ivy League winning streak and went 4-1-1 in its last six games. Shapiro guided Ivy League Rookie of the Year Alessandro Arlotti as one of four All-Ivy selections.

Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

Prior to Harvard, Shapiro served as head coach of the Tufts men’s soccer program for 10 seasons (2010-19), leading the team to four DIII National Championships (2014, 2016, 2018, 2019). In addition to four national titles, Shapiro led Tufts to seven NCAA tournaments and two NESCAC Tournament crowns. Shapiro and his assistants were named the Division III Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches in 2016, 2018 and 2019 and Shapiro won the individual United Soccer Coaches’ Division III Coach of the Year award in 2014. He is also a two-time D3soccer.com National Coach of the Year (2014, 2018) and three-time NESCAC Coach of the Year (2014, 2017, 2019).

Tufts completed the 2019 season with a 20-2-2 overall record, the most single-season wins in program history, and Shapiro posted a 126-37-28 (.733) career record, making him the winningest coach in program history. In addition to developing his student-athletes on the field, Shapiro guided them to contribute in the classroom and in the community. From 2016-19, Tufts placed four student-athletes on the United Soccer Coaches’ Scholar All-America First Team. The Tufts team also held annual free clinics for youth student-athletes, participated in games supporting Grassroot Soccer, and worked with Team IMPACT.

Prior to his time at Tufts, Shapiro served as an assistant coach at Georgetown from 2006-09 and helped build the foundation for its current national success. He also had coaching stints at American University, George Mason University and Lafayette from 2003-05. During his time at American, the team won the 2005 Patriot League regular season championship, and at Lafayette, the program won the 2003 Patriot League championship and advanced to the NCAA tournament.

Shapiro graduated from Middlebury College in 1997, where he was a four-year member of the men’s soccer program and served as captain during his senior season. He played on three NCAA tournament teams, including two that advanced to the round of 16.

Originally from Leonia, N.J., Shapiro now resides in Winchester, Mass., with his wife Amy and three children, Ben, Sophie, and Evan.

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Jordie Ciuffetelli

Jordie Ciuffetelli was added to the men's soccer staff in February 2020 after serving as the top assistant for three seasons at Tufts. He will enter his fourth season as an assistant at Harvard in 2023-24.

Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.

As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).

In his first competitive season with the Crimson in 2021, Ciuffetelli helped lead the Crimson to eight more wins than the previous competitive season as Harvard finished above .500 (8-5-3, 3-2-2 Ivy) for the first time since 2016, placing fourth in the conference standings. Harvard closed the year on a three-game Ivy League winning streak and went 4-1-1 in its last six games. He helped guide Ivy League Rookie of the Year Alessandro Arlotti as one of four All-Ivy selections.

Harvard’s 2020 season was canceled due to COVID-19.

While at Tufts, Ciuffetelli was a member of back-to-back NCAA DIII National Championship teams (2018, 2019) and helped guide the team to its first-ever conference tournament title in 2017. He was also a member of the Jumbos’ staff that was named DIII Coaching Staff of the Year by the United Soccer Coaches in 2018 and 2019.

Prior to Tufts, Ciuffetelli had coaching stints at West Chester University and Muhlenberg College. At West Chester, he helped the Golden Rams to a second-place finish in the Pennsylvania State Athletics Conference and their first NCAA tournament appearance since 2002. At Muhlenberg, he guided the Mules to the 2014 Centennial Conference Championship as well as a run to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament.

A four-year starter at outside back for Lehigh University, Ciuffetelli as a senior earned Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week and National Team of the Week honors. He received the men's soccer team's Coaches Award in 2011 and earned a bachelor's degree in history in 2012. He remained at Lehigh and was the Sports Camp and Recruiting Graduate Assistant in the Athletic Department while earning a Master's in Education in 2013.

In addition to playing at Lehigh, Ciuffetelli was a three-year starter for Lehigh Valley United and was on the team that won the National Premier Soccer League Northeast Conference Championship in 2010 and 2012 as well as the National Championship in 2012.

Ciuffetelli interned in 2014 for Germany’s AMANDLA Edufootball, managing the Chris Campbell Memorial Field in Khayelitsha, South Africa and implementing youth life skills programs through soccer.

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Bryan Harkin

Bryan Harkin will enter his third season as an assistant coach with the Harvard men’s soccer program in 2023-24.

Harvard continued its upward ascent during the 2022 season, posting a 9-4-4 record and challenging for a berth in the NCAA tournament. Harvard closed the season unbeaten in its last eight games (5-0-3) and undefeated in its last six Ivy League contests (3-0-3). The Crimson claimed third place in the Ivy League standings with 12 points, marking its highest finish in the conference table since 2015. Harvard concluded the season with a 7-1-1 record at home.

As a team in 2022, the Crimson ranked second in the NCAA in assists per game (3.00), eighth in points per game (7.35), fifth in shots on goal per game (7.71), sixth in shots per game (16.35), 10th in total assists (51), and 17th in goals per game (2.18).

In his first season with the team in 2021, Harkin helped lead the Crimson to eight more wins than the previous competitive season as Harvard finished above .500 (8-5-3, 3-2-2 Ivy) for the first time since 2016, placing fourth in the conference standings. Harvard closed the year on a three-game Ivy League winning streak and went 4-1-1 in its last six games. He helped guide Ivy League Rookie of the Year Alessandro Arlotti as one of four All-Ivy selections.

Prior to Harvard, Harkin spent four seasons (2017-20) as the head coach of the Emerson men’s program with a previous stint as an assistant coach at Tufts. While with the Jumbos, he had a hand in the program’s first ever DIII national title in 2014, a Sweet Sixteen bid in 2015, and the program’s second national championship in 2016.

The Derry, Northern Ireland native first came to the U.S. in 1999 when he accepted an offer to play at Fairfield University, where he contributed to a conference championship and regular appearances in the national top-25 rankings. In 2001 and 2002 he earned All-Conference honors and was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-Region Team in 2002.

Prior to his time at Fairfield, Harkin played with Liverpool FC youth and reserves, while representing Northern Ireland at various age groups.

Harkin began his post-college career with the Cape Cod Crusaders in the USL’s Premier Development League, helping the team to the 2002 national title. He continued his playing career with Crystal Palace Baltimore FC, making 48 appearances in the USL Second Division and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup during the 2000s.

While in Baltimore, Harkin was a member of Loyola University’s coaching staff, helping the Greyhounds to a conference title and NCAA College Cup bid in 2009 and a league title in 2012. He also coached the U16 Olympic Development Program (ODP) to the national championship game in 2014. Upon moving back to Massachusetts, he continued his work with the ODP, guiding the U17 state team and contributed as a Northeast scout for US Soccer’s youth national teams.

Harkin graduated from Fairfield University and earned his MBA in Marketing at Mount St. Mary’s University.