 head coach
shawn tarquinio
Shawn Tarquinio begins his second season heading up the Saint Peter’s College Peahens. In a little over a season, Tarquinio, along with his staff, has positioned the Peahens for a competitive run in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
Proving himself a top-notch recruiter in his very first class, Tarquinio has brought to Saint Peter’s a stellar group of student-athletes for 2007. The incoming freshmen class, along with the rededication of the remaining student-athletes gives Saint Peter’s a wonderful opportunity to establish itself as a winning program.
Tarquino’s record at Saint Peter’s during his first year was 1-8-0 in the MAAC, 2-16-0 overall. Saint Peter’s lost to Canisius, 4-1 in the first round of the MAAC Tournament held at Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. From 1999-2004, Saint Peter’s won a total of three games in MAAC Conference play, and a total of six games overall. Considering this statistic, six victories in six seasons from 1999-2004, Tarquino’s two victories leading the squad in 2005 is a move in the positive direction.
Tarquinio’s student-athletes have been the cream of the crop at Saint Peter’s over the past year. Each semester Tarquinio has led the Peahens, the team has finished with the highest GPA of all athletic teams at Saint Peter’s College. Saint Peter’s Women’s Soccer placed seven players on the All-MAAC Academic team in 2005-06.
Arriving at Saint Peter’s College in March 2005 from fellow MAAC rival Manhattan College, Tarquinio served as the Head Assistant Coach for the Lady Jaspers Women’s Soccer team from 2002-2004. During his tenure at Manhattan, the Lady Jaspers compiled a record of 11-13-3 in MAAC Conference games, placing as high as 5th place in 2002.
During Tarquinio’s tenure at Manhattan College, he also served as the Head Women’s Soccer Coach with Eastern New York Youth Soccer Association’s, ODP U-17 South squad in 2004. This team was a Rider Cup semifinalist. Losing to eventual National Champion, Maryland, 3-2 in the semifinals. Later the same year, the squad went to San Diego, CA for the prestigious Surf Cup and earned their first title as a team in five years, winning the U-19 Gold Group. That team placed three players on the 2004 U-17 Region 1 ODP squad.
Before arriving at Manhattan College, Tarquinio was the Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Freeport High School from 1999-2001, where he also served as a Health and Physical Education Instructor from 1997-2002. Tarquinio earned Nassau County Boys’ Soccer Coach of the Year Award for Conference AIII in 2000 leading the Red Devils to a 3rd place finish.
Tarquinio’s playing career spanned over twenty years, playing club soccer with Oceanside United Soccer in Long Island, NY at the youth and amateur levels. Tarquinio played at Oceanside High School from 1985-1987, earning All Conference honors in 1987 as a defender. Tarquinio also played at Nassau Community College in 1988, with his squad losing in the NJCSAA Regional finals, 1-0 to Ulster Community College. In 1989, Tarquinio returned to Oceanside United Soccer Club to play at the amateur level and began to pursue his career in coaching.
Tarquinio has a Bachelor’s degree from Adelphi University in Physical Education (93’) and a Master’s degree from SUNY Stony Brook in Liberal Studies (00’). Tarquinio is permanently certified in the areas of Health & Physical Education in the State of New York.
Tarquinio holds his United States Soccer Federation ‘A’ License since 1998 and his USSF ‘Youth Badge’ since 1999.
Tarquinio currently resides in East Islip, New York with his wife Angela and their daughter Lilyana.
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