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Athletics Recreation
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MONKS
MEN'S SOCCER COACH PROFILE
Coach Michael Bolanz returns to the SJC Athletics ranks this season as head soccer coach of both the men's and women's teams. This will be his second season with the men's team and his fourth heading up the women. Coach Bolanz is a 2000 graduate of Saint Joseph's College. In his four years playing goalkeeper for the Monks, he was named to three All-Conference first teams, two All-Region and All-State Teams, and received an All-American nomination. In 2004, Coach Bolanz took over the head coaching position of the Saint Joseph's College women's soccer program, after having served as an assistant for a year under former head coach Todd Sniper. Bolanz led his team to an impressive 11-7-1 record and a New England Cup Championship. The team's turnaround was ranked among the top 20 for NCAA Division III teams. For his efforts, and in only his first year as a head coach, Bolanz was named the Association of Division III Independents Coach of the Year. Coach Bolanz is a nationally-licensed soccer coach. In additon to coaching the Monks, Bolanz coaches a u-12 Odyssey Sport premier boys team in Portland, where he is also the Director of Coaching on the boys side for the club. In addition, Bolanz is the head coach of the 1990 Maine Girls' ODP team.
Saint Joseph 's College has named Joel Bancroft as Co-Head Coach of the Men's Soccer program. In this position, Coach Bancroft will split duties with Co-Head Coach Michael Bolanz, who will be in his second year coaching both the men's and the women's programs. Coach Bancroft was the men's assistant coach last year after spending a year as an assistant at the University of New England. Coach Bancroft is a graduate of the University of Southern Maine with a degree in Liberal Arts. Bancroft currently holds a "B" license from the United Stated Soccer federation and a member of the NSCAA. He also coaches for the Maine Olympic Developmental program and the premier club Odyssey Sport based out of Portland, Maine, where he also acts as the Director of Coaching on the girl's side. He is the founder of Maximum Performance Training Systems, a sport-specific training program for high school and collegiate players and teams. Coach Bancroft currently lives in Portland with his wife, Lynn, and his German shepherd, Kaiser.
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