University of North Carolina Athletics
Scott Calabrese Chosen As UNC Assistant Men's Soccer Coach
April 27, 2000 | Men's Soccer
April 27, 2000
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - Scott Calabrese, a former assistant coach at Stetson University and player at Bryant College, has been named goalkeeper trainer at the University of North Carolina, UNC head coach Elmar Bolowich announced on Thursday. Calabrese will be Carolina's restricted earnings assistant coach and will assist Bolowich and top assistant Oliver Weiss.
"We're looking forward to Scott joining our staff," says Bolowich. "He comes from a Division I program and his specialty is goalkeeper training. He has a good demeanor and is very mature and professional. This will be an opportunity for him to make a mark at Carolina and in the Atlantic Coast Conference and an opportunity for our program to gain a talented goalkeeper trainer. I'm looking forward to him blending in with our team."
Calabrese served as a volunteer assistant coach at Stetson during the 1999 season. He assisted in all aspects of the Hatters' program, including program administration, team training and conditioning, game preparation and recruiting. He directly oversaw the training, conditioning and game preparation of Stetson's goalkeepers.
As a player, Calabrese was a four-year letterman at Bryant College in Smithfield, R.I., from 1990-93, earning all-conference honors as a goalie. He also played professionally with the Rhode Island Stingrays and South Carolina Shamrock of the USISL from 1994-98.
Prior to his stint at Stetson, Calabrese was an assistant coach at Western Connecticut State University in 1995, overseeing the goalkeepers. He was the goalkeeping director at the Clemson Soccer Academy from 1995-98.
Calabrese has served as an Olympic Development Program Staff Coach in South Carolina since 1997, including evaluating, selecting and training South Carolina ODP goalkeepers. He was the head coach for the 1998 Donnelly Cup, national championship semifinal Under-23 team.
