Steve DeMatteo wrapped up his second season with the Arcadia University men's soccer program in 2014, helping lead the Knights to a third-place finish in the Commonwealth Conference and a berth in the conference tournament semifinals. He assists in all facets of the program including but not limited to on-field training, academic monitoring, fundraising and recruiting. In February 2014, he was promoted to recruiting coordinator.
DeMatteo also currently serves in a coaching capacity for Match Fit Academy FC in New Jersey, where he has developed numerous United States National Market Training and US Club ID2/PDP Invitees. DeMatteo also won the prestigious North East Pre Academy League in 2012-2013 with an impressive 20-2-1 record, reached the Super Y League North American Semi-Finals in 2012, and recently won the U14B US Youth Futsal Regional Championship.
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Prior to Arcadia, DeMatteo served as the Head Coach at Rutgers Prep in Somerset, N.J. His 2012 team reached unprecedented success in program history finishing as NJ Prep B State Semi-Finalist as well as tripling the win total from the year prior.
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DeMatteo earned his bachelor’s degree in history in 2011 from William Paterson University, where he excelled on the field and in the classroom for the Pioneers, helping them reach the 2010 NCAA Division III Championship Tournament Regional Finals. He started in all but one of his 46 career games played as a central midfielder, and finished third on the team in scoring (6 goals, 2 assists) while helping lead William Patterson to the 2008 ECAC Metro Region Championship.
DeMatteo is an active member of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, and holds licenses and certificates from the U.S. Soccer Federation and National Federation of State High School Associations.
Head Coach Rob Nydick on Steve DeMatteo:
The program is very fortunate to have found an assistant as qualified as Steve. In the span of one year he has helped streamline our recruiting and help raise the standard and level of what we expect out of our guys on the field each day. In addition to being a great coach he is a great role model for our guys. Steve has a very bright future ahead of him in coaching!
Updated 05/24/2015
