Steve Wieczorek Joins Men’s Soccer Staff

ALBANY, N.Y. – University at Albany men’s soccer head coach Trevor Gorman has announced the addition of Steve Wieczorek to the team’s coaching staff. Wieczorek joins after most recently spending time down Western Avenue at Saint Rose. He will serve on Gorman’s staff as the team’s assistant coach.
 

“We’re excited to welcome Steve to our UAlbany staff,” said Gorman. “Steve has a wealth of impressive experience and has been successful everywhere he’s been in his career. He’s an outstanding addition to our program as we look forward to the fall season.”
 
Wieczorek was named the head coach at Saint Rose ahead of the 2022 season. In his first year with the Golden Knights he led the team to its first-ever appearance in the NCAA Tournament, going 9-5-4 overall with a 5-3-3 mark in conference play. The Golden Knights were awarded the No. 9 seed in Super Region I for their regular season efforts. He followed up his first campaign by once again making the Northeast-10 Championship Quarterfinals for the second consecutive year.
 
Saint Rose was the fourth program Wieczorek led to an NCAA Tournament berth. He previously spent seven years at NCAA Division II Spring Hill College in Mobile, Ala., and accrued seven years of NCAA Division I coaching experience with stops at Duquesne, Oregon State, and Capital District rival Siena. He is the all-time winningest coach at Spring Hill, which qualified for its second straight Gulf South Conference postseason tournament in 2019 spending several weeks ranked in the United Soccer Coaches top-25 National Poll.
 
Wieczorek graduated magna cum laude from Fairfield University in 2004 with a double major of English Literature and Communication. He has a master’s degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Fairfield and a Ph.D. in Philosophy, Sports Management from Troy University. He also holds a United Soccer Coaches Premier Coaching Diploma, an Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma, and a Performance Analyst Diploma.
 
As a student-athlete, Wieczorek was a goalkeeper at Fairfield where he led the Stags to four MAAC Tournament appearances and a pair of MAAC finals appearances. He immediately began his coaching career following his graduation as the team’s Goalkeeper Coach.