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Athletics Recreation
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JOE'S WOMEN'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 fourth season with the women's team and his second heading up the men. 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.
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