Coaching Staff

Academy Staff Coach

Marco Koolman

Head Coach

Biography

Marco was recently named the new head men’s soccer coach at The College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. Koolman owns a career record of 201-75-28 as a collegiate head coach, and currently ranks 13th all-time in NCAA Division II history with a .707 career winning percentage.

Koolman comes to Holy Cross from the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, where he has served as the head coach and director of soccer since July of 2011. He was previously on the staff at Boston College for two years, during the 2009 and 2010 seasons.

Koolman also spent nine seasons as the head coach at Franklin Pierce University from 2000-2008, with the Ravens winning the NCAA Division II national championship in 2007.

He was named National Coach of the Year by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America in 2007, in addition to being honored as the NSCAA New England Coach of the Year three times (2004, 2006 and 2007).

Prior to his time at Franklin Pierce, Koolman was the head coach at Gannon University from 1991-1996 and earned NSCAA National Coach of the Year honors in 1993.

A native of the Netherlands, Koolman earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration from Gannon in 1991, then went on to receive a master’s degree in health services administration from Gannon in 2001. He was a four-year letterwinner for the Golden Knights from 1987-1990, and still ranks second all-time at Gannon with 44 career assists.