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

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DOUG PAUL

DOUG PAUL

HEAD COACH

ALBERTO CRESPO

ALBERTO CRESPO

HEAD COACH 

FRANCO TIERI

FRANCO TIERI

HEAD COACH 

SANDY FINDLEY

SANDY FINDLEY

GIRLS DIRECTOR
HEAD COACH

BEN KUNKEL

BEN KUNKEL

HEAD COACH
 
STEVE BLATNICA

STEVE BLATNICA

HEAD COACH
 
DAVE LAGUARDIA

DAVE LAGUARDIA

HEAD COACH 

MIKEY SCHMID

MIKEY SCHMID

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
HEAD COACH

DAVID RUBIS

DAVID RUBIS

HEAD COACH
 
MATT NIGRO

MATT NIGRO

HEAD COACH
 
FRANCO BARILE

FRANCO BARILE

HEAD COACH
 
KARLY SMITH

KARLY SMITH

HEAD COACH
 

SEAN MCCUE

SEAN MCCUE

HEAD COACH
 
GRACE SILVERSTRO

GRACE SILVERSTRO

HEAD COACH
 
JOE HERMAN

JOE HERMAN

HEAD COACH
 
SEAN GIGUERE

SEAN GIGUERE

HEAD COACH 

JOSH KAWA

JOSH KAWA

HEAD COACH
 
KATIE O'DONNELL

KATIE O'DONNELL

STAFF COACH 

RILEY MADDEN

RILEY MADDEN

HEAD COACH
 
ALYSSA SOLTIS

ALYSSA SOLTIS

HEAD COACH
 

JUSTIN BURTON

JUSTIN BURTON

HEAD COACH
 
DAVE PELLAND

DAVE PELLAND

STAFF COACH
 
BRIAN JUNGEBERG

BRIAN JUNGEBERG

HEAD COACH 

JOE EMERY

JOE EMERY

STAFF COACH
 

DAVE EIDENMILLER

DAVE EIDENMILLER

STAFF COACH
 
CHAD LONGFIELD

CHAD LONGFIELD

STAFF COACH
 
JALAL IGNEIM

JALAL IGNEIM

STAFF COACH
 
MATT DZIEDZICKI

MATT DZIEDZICKI

STAFF COACH
 

RICH BALLENTINE

RICH BALLENTINE

STAFF COACH
 
TIM HEISLER

TIM HEISLER

STAFF COACH
 
KENNETH RUSSO

KENNETH RUSSO

STAFF COACH 

JAMIE OTTER

JAMIE OTTER

STAFF COACH
 
JULIAN SHIRLEY

JULIAN SHIRLEY

STAFF COACH
 
NICK HEYNIGER

NICK HEYNIGER

DIRECTOR OF GOALKEEPING
 
SARAH BASKEY

SARAH BASKEY

GOALKEEPER COACH
 

ANDREA CATANZARITE

ANDREA CATANZARITE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 
JEN KERR

JEN KERR

CLUB ADMINISTRATOR
 
KELLY JUNGEBURG

KELLY JUNGEBURG

CLUB MANAGER
 
JEN AMBURN

JEN AMBURN

DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY

MICHAEL KERR

MICHAEL KERR

STAFF COACH

JOHN BENA

JOHN BENA

HEAD COACH

ROSS MINICK

ROSS MINICK

STAFF COACH

COLIN FABIAN

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.