Head Coach Franco Bari

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Franco Bari, a 1998 graduate of St. Lawrence University and a National All-American for the men’s soccer team, was named the women’s soccer head coach for the fall of 2008. 

 

Bari came from Greensboro College, where he was head coach of the Pride since December 2006 and accumulated a 22-13-3 overall record.  

 

Before coaching at Greensboro, Bari was at the helm of the women’s soccer program at Elmira College, where he coached from 2001 through 2005 and was named Empire 8 Athletic Conference Coach of the Year in 2002. He also served as the assistant women’s soccer coach at Arizona State University from 1999 to 2001. Bari was also the Director of Coaching at Guilford United Soccer Club and has professional playing experience.  

 

His long list of administrative experience includes service as the CHAMPS/Life Skills and Compliance Coordinator at Greensboro College, as well as College Administrator and Director of Community Outreach and Athlete Support Services at Elmira College.  

 

 

 

 

 

Assistant Coach Steve Paiano
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A member of the U-20 Canadian National Team in 2001, Steve Paiano brings both personal and professional knowledge to the St. Lawrence women’s soccer team coaching staff.

 

Paiano was the goalkeeper consultant at Colgate University in the winter and spring of 2006, holding three-day goalkeeper training clinics on the weekends. He was an assistant coach for the Ottawa Fury Girls U-13 team throughout the winter and spring of 2006 as well, where he worked with goalkeepers, implemented conditioning regiments, and collaborated on individual and team defending strategies. Paiano also coached at La Cite Collegiale in Ottawa, Ontario as the men’s assistant coach for the 2005 season, working primarily with midfielders and goalkeepers.

 

A 2004 graduate of Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, Canada, Paiano was the starting goalkeeper at Mount Allison for two seasons and had the 2 nd most shutouts in Canada in 2004. He was awarded the Athlete of the Week Award twice during his last campaign with Mount Allison and was ranked 9 th in the nation by the end of the 2004 season. In 2006, Paiano played his final year of eligibility for St. Mary’s University, where he helped his team earn both a birth at the Canadian National Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, and a sixth place ranking in the country.

 

Paiano also played for the Ottawa Internationals Men’s Premier Soccer Team from 2003 through 2005 and was the starter keeper as well as the 2004 Player’s MVP award winner.