Dean Roberts
Dean Roberts

Bio


Dean Roberts is in his 29th year as head coach of the Mitchell College men's soccer program. He has guided his teams to postseason appearances in 24 of his 28 seasons. 

Roberts was honored as the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) Co-Coach of the Year in 2008 after leading the Mariners to an undefeated regular season in the conference's inaugural season. He has also produced a total of 30 all-conference selections in the six-year history of the NECC. 

After a successful 2007 season in which the team played in the AD3I (Association of Division III Independent Conference) regional championship, Roberts was named AD3I National Coach of the Year. He also led Mitchell to an AD3I Northeast Championship in 2006 and was tabbed as the AD3I National Coach of the Year runner-up. When Mitchell College competed as a junior college, Roberts' teams won two NJCAA XXI championships in 2001 and 2001.

Prior to his time at Mitchell, Roberts was a physical education teacher and boys soccer coach at St. Anthony's High School in Trenton, N.J. He then spent two years leading the men's soccer program at Paul Smith's College from 1983-85.

Roberts earned an undergraduate degree in physical education from Trenton State College and a graduate degree in teaching and administration from Springfield College. In addition to his responsibilities as the men's soccer coach, Roberts is the chair of the Sport Management department at Mitchell.

 

 

 

Meet The Coach
Cam Pilger

Cameron Pilger will enter his third year as the head coach of the Mitchell College men's soccer program in the fall of 2024.

In his second season at Mitchell and the program's inaugural season in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC), Pilger's squad posted a 2-11-3 overall record, including a 2-10-2 mark in conference play. One player from the 2023 team earned All-Conference Third Team honors for his performance, while the Mariners narrowly missed out on the postseason. Seven men's soccer players also were named to the Academic All-Conference team. 

During his first season at the helm of the Mariners, Pilger guided the team a 6-10-1 overall record, a five-win improvement over the previous season when the team went 1-12-4. The six victories were the most for the soccer program since the fall of 2018 and the two conference wins were the most since 2019. Two players earned All-NECC First Team honors under Pilger, senior Nick Ghirardi and sophomore Dylan Lucey. After closing out the regular season with a 2-0 shutout victory against conference foe Lesley University, the Mariners saw their season come to an end in a PK loss to New England College in the NECC semifinals. Five members of the team also earned Academic All-Conference honors for the fall of 2022. 

Pilger, who made his collegiate head coaching debut with the Mariners, came to Mitchell following a four-year stint at the University of Saint Joseph.  He helped lead the USJ program to a 32-16-4 record during his tenure in West Hartford, Conn. 

During his time at USJ, Coach Pilger helped lead the team to one quarterfinal and two semifinal appearances in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Tournament.

Pilger had spent time as an Assistant Coach at Quinnipiac University coaching the goalkeepers and has served as a director of the Star Goalkeeper Academy since 2020. 

A native of Rochester, New York, Pilger graduated from the University of Hartford with a degree in philosophy.

...