Sewanee: University of the South

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Division 3 Tennessee Southeast

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Tony Pacella

Tony Pacella just finished his 10th season as the head coach of the University of the South men's soccer in 2023, posting a 72-71-17 record overall. The Tigers have compiled a 27-17-8 mark over the last three seasons, reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament in each campaign.

He is the 11th coach in the program's history. In 10 seasons at Sewanee, Pacella has coached 38 All-Conference honorees and 155 to the league's Academic Honor Roll.

The Sinking Spring, Pa., native tallied a 33-49-7 record in his first five seasons with the Tigers, with the 2015 squad reaching the conference tournament finals. Sewanee finished the season 6-12-2 overall and was the No. 8 seed in the league tourney but defeated top-seeded Oglethorpe on penalties and a Ramsey Seagle goal in the final five minutes pushed the Tigers past Rhodes in the semifinals before the club lost in the finals to Millsaps.

Sewanee registered an 8-8-0 mark in 2017 and 7-9-1 in 2018 before a breakthrough campaign in 2019, with the Tigers collecting an 11-5-1 record overall, 5-2-0 in the SAA with a third-place finish in the league. Pacella was voted Coach of the Year by his peers, the program’s first Coach of the Year honor since 2001.

Five players earned All-SAA accolades and Thompson Schollaert garnered Second Team All-Region honors while Johnny McNeill was a Third Team selection, but the club lost in the conference tournament quarterfinals in overtime.

The COVID-19 pandemic set the program back in 2020, with the Tigers playing just two overall matches. Returning to a normal capacity in 2021, Sewanee posted an 8-8-2 overall record and made it to the semifinals of the conference tournament. Four Tigers earned All-Conference honors and 18 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.

Pacella’s most successful campaign at the helm of the program came in 2022, with Sewanee finishing 13-4-0 overall, 5-2-0 in SAA action, tying for first in the league standings with 15 points. Eight players were voted All-SAA and 21 student-athletes were recognized on the SAA Academic Honor Roll. The Tigers lost in the semifinals of the league tournament for the second straight year.

Zach Shunnarah and JP Furman were voted First Team All-Region and sophomore Trevor Reichman earned Third Team All-Region honors. Shunnarah later garnered All-America accolades, the second All-American in program history.

Sewanee suffered through a 6-5-6 campaign in 2023, with the club scoring just 23 goals in 17 outings, hitting the crossbar and the post and every other part of the goal except the back of the net on a number of late-match occasions. The Tigers finished fourth in the SAA standings, reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament for the third consecutive season.

Seven players garnered All-Conference accolades and a program-record 27 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to Sewanee, Pacella served two years as an assistant coach for men’s soccer at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., helping the Jeffs (now called Mammoths) to a 35-1-5 record with back-to-back NESCAC regular season and tournament championships. Amherst earned two consecutive trips to the NCAA quarterfinals and was ranked No. 1 in the NSCAA poll in 2013.

Individually, the Jeffs boasted eight All-Americans, 18 All-NESCAC Academic selections and 10 All-NESCAC honors.

Pacella worked one year as a men’s assistant coach at Temple University in Philadelphia prior to his time at Amherst.

He was a four-year starter and two-time all-conference selection at Elizabethtown College, graduating in 2011 with a bachelor’s in Business Administration and a concentration in Finance.

He served as the team captain during his junior and senior seasons, earning the school's Best Male Athlete honor in 2011. In addition to his all-conference recognition, Pacella was a two-time NSCAA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection.

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Luc Patberg

Luc Patberg just completed his third season with the men's soccer program at the University of the South in 2023.

Sewanee has posted a 27-17-8 mark in his three years with the Tigers, with 19 players earning All-Conference honors and 66 student-athletes garnering SAA Academic Honor Roll accolades.

Sewanee posted an 8-8-2 overall record and made it to the semifinals of the conference tournament in 2021. Four Tigers earned All-Conference honors and 18 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.

The Tigers improved to 13-4-0 overall, 5-2-0 in SAA action, in 2022, tying for first in the league standings with 15 points. Eight players were voted All-SAA and 21 student-athletes were recognized on the SAA Academic Honor Roll. The Tigers lost in the semifinals of the league tournament for the second straight year.

Zach Shunnarah and JP Furman were voted First Team All-Region and sophomore Trevor Reichman earned Third Team All-Region honors. Shunnarah, a defender, later garnered All-America accolades, the second All-American in program history, with Patberg working with the backline and defense throughout that season.

Sewanee suffered through a 6-5-6 campaign in 2023, with the club scoring just 23 goals in 17 outings, hitting the crossbar and the post and every other part of the goal except the back of the net on a number of late-match occasions. The Tigers finished fourth in the SAA standings, reaching the semifinals of the conference tournament for the third consecutive season.

Seven players garnered All-Conference accolades and a program-record 27 student-athletes were named to the SAA Academic Honor Roll.

Prior to his arrival at Sewanee, Patberg served as an assistant men's soccer coach for two seasons at Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Mo. He was the head coach of the reserve team for the Hawks and assisted with the recruiting efforts of the program. Additionally, he organized the team's drills and training stations and the program's traveling.

The son of Sue Patberg, head women's soccer coach at Emory University, he has also interned at Georgia State University's sports marketing department and Emory as a facilities and recreation intern.

The Atlanta, Ga., native played two seasons at Rockhurst as a defender in 2017 and 2018, reaching the semifinals of the NCAA Tournament in his first year, and spent his first two years collegiately at Queens University in Charlotte, N.C.

Patberg earned a bachelor’s in Sports Management from Rockhurst in 2019 and a master’s in Business Administration, also at Rockhurst, in 2021.

Sewanee: University of the South

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