manta staff
MANTA UNITED STAFF
Manta’s coaching staff includes many seasoned coaches with a broad background of experiences and all bring their own style of coaching, but all follow the “Manta Way”. As a club, each team/age group will have one head coach. However, the club will feature several “staff coaches” that will assist with several teams in order to ensure that coaches are familiar with the players throughout the club and a consistent level of coaching across teams/age groups.
TONY CATANZARITE
CLUB DIRECTOR
BOYS DIRECTOR | HEAD COACH

DOUG PAUL
HEAD COACH

ALBERTO CRESPO
HEAD COACH

FRANCO TIERI
HEAD COACH

SANDY FINDLEY
GIRLS DIRECTOR
HEAD COACH

BEN KUNKEL

STEVE BLATNICA

DAVE LAGUARDIA
HEAD COACH

MIKEY SCHMID
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
HEAD COACH

DAVID RUBIS

MATT NIGRO

FRANCO BARILE

KARLY SMITH
HEAD COACH

SEAN MCCUE

GRACE SILVERSTRO

JOE HERMAN

SEAN GIGUERE
HEAD COACH

JOSH KAWA

KATIE O'DONNELL
STAFF COACH

RILEY MADDEN

ALYSSA SOLTIS
HEAD COACH

JUSTIN BURTON

DAVE PELLAND

BRIAN JUNGEBERG
HEAD COACH

JOE EMERY
STAFF COACH

DAVE EIDENMILLER

CHAD LONGFIELD

JALAL IGNEIM

MATT DZIEDZICKI
STAFF COACH

RICH BALLENTINE

TIM HEISLER

KENNETH RUSSO
STAFF COACH

JAMIE OTTER

JULIAN SHIRLEY

NICK HEYNIGER

SARAH BASKEY
GOALKEEPER COACH

ANDREA CATANZARITE

JEN KERR

KELLY JUNGEBURG

JEN AMBURN
DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

MICHAEL KERR
STAFF COACH

JOHN BENA
HEAD COACH

ROSS MINICK
STAFF COACH

COLIN FABIAN
HEAD COACH
CALEB ELDENMILLER
STAFF COACH
LAUREN SMIMOV
STAFF COACH
ABOUT MANTA UNITED...
Manta United is the newest youth soccer club in Northeast Ohio and will begin in the fall 2020 Season. Manta United will initially field boys and girls teams ages 2005 (U14) and younger, with a true focus on development of young players. Manta makes its home on a multi-field outdoor complex in Strongsville as well in its own Manta field house for indoor and year round training opportunities.
Manta’s founder, Tony Catanzarite, is the men’s head coach of Walsh Jesuit High School and has put together a Manta club coaching staff with many years of experience at the youth, high school, and college levels.