Nazareth College

Nazareth Athletics
4245 East Avenue Rochester, NY 14618

Division 3 New York Northeast

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Gail Mann

Veteran head coach Gail Mann returns for her 31st season in 2023 as Nazareth's women's soccer coach, Mann is Nazareth's longest-tenured head coach at Nazareth. She solidified the Golden Flyers' soccer tradition to the point that Nazareth is routinely recognized among the nation's Division III elite.

In 2022, the Golden Flyers earned back-to-back Empire 8 titles with 5-1-3 conference record and shutout victories over Sage and Utica in the Empire 8 Tournament. It was the 12th conference title for Nazareth and the 12th trip to the NCAA Tournament under Mann.

The 2021 season saw Nazareth cap an 8-6-3 regular season record with a pair of 3-0 wins over Hartwick and St. John Fisher to capture its first Empire 8 title since 2104.

Mann secured her 300th coaching win with a 4-0 win over Utica in September of 2017 and posted win number 350 with the Empire 8 Tournament championship victory over Utica in 2022. Her 30-year coaching record of 350-156-69 computes to a .669 winning percentage and ranks among the top active coaches in Division III. She has a record of 140-21-17 (.834) in conference games. Since 1995 she has coached 67 regional All-Americans and nine national All-Americans. She was named Empire 8 Coach of the Year for the sixth time last fall.

Mann has been at the coaching forefront for all of the Golden Flyers' most significant achievements since taking over as coach in 1993. In just her second season, the Golden Flyers finished 9-8-2 and reached the NYSWCAA Tournament. In 1996, they rolled to a 16-6-1 record and secured berths in both the NYSWCAA and ECAC Tournaments.

Nazareth's steady progression continued under Mann's direction in 1997 as the team finished 16-1-2 and landed its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Nazareth's first NCAA game was a memorable one -- a thrilling 3-2 triple overtime win over Oneonta. Mann was recognized that year as New York Region Coach of the Year, an honor that was duplicated in 2002. She was named Empire 8 Conference Coach of the Year in 1999 as Nazareth set a school record with 17 victories and captured the NCAA New York Region title. She was named E8 Coach of the Year again in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021 and 2022.

In 2015, Mann was honored by the Rochester Press-Radio Club with the Jean Giambrone Community Service Award that is presented annually to a local person who has made an exemplary lifetime commitment to Rochester-area women's sports.

A native of Rochester, Mann came to Nazareth in 1993 after five seasons as an assistant coach at SUNY Brockport. She was head coach of the New York West Olympic Development U15 team from 1992-1998 and led the team to the Region 1 championship in 1995. She still coaches a U16 team during the summer.

Mann graduated from Spencerport High School, where she excelled in soccer, basketball and softball. She played soccer at SUNY Cortland and was a starting striker on the 1986 team that reached the Division III Final Four.

At Nazareth, in addition to coaching soccer, Mann was an assistant coach for the Golden Flyers' women's lacrosse team for 10 seasons (1995-2004) and helped the team to three NCAA tournament berths. She served as Nazareth's Senior Woman Administrator until 2021 and still is the staff advisor to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee.

Mann lives in Rochester with her wife of 33 years, Dugan Davies, and dog Rooney.

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Billy Stojanovski

Billy Stojanovski joined the Nazareth coaching staff in 2000 and is one of the Golden Flyers' longest-tenured assistant coaches. He has helped guide the Golden Flyers to 11 Empire 8 Conference titles, nine NCAA tournament berths and two ECAC titles. Along with serving as the Golden Flyers' associate head coach, Stojanovski works closely with the goalkeepers.

A native of Rochester, Stojanovski played three seasons of soccer at Division I Buffalo as a goalkeeper and ranks among the program's all-time leaders in saves and goals-against average. He graduated from Buffalo with a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked at Xerox since 1994.

Before coming to Nazareth, Stojanovski was an assistant coach at RIT for three seasons. He also has coached the Rochester Junior Rhinos since 1998 and helped direct them to a state title in 1999.

His coaching experience also includes a stint with Buffalo Germania from 1994-97 (two State Cup Championships and two regional appearances and the first New York State West girls club team to reach the regional semifinals) and involvement with the Rochester District Olympic Development Program.

He also has assisted in the women's scholastic division of the Empire State Games and helped the Western New York team to six gold medals and two bronze medals in eight years.

Stojanovski resides in Rochester with his wife Cheryl, his daughter Reese and son Evan.