American International College Men's Soccer

One of the most decorated players in program history, Jake Durham '20 was named Head Men's Soccer Coach prior to the 2025 season after serving as the Interim Head Coach in 2024. He was named Assistant Coach prior to the start of the 2022 season after serving as Graduate Assistant Coach from 2020-22. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:  Years: 2024-Present (Head Coach), 2022-24 (Assistant Coach), 2020-22 (Graduate Assistant Coach) Career Record: 3-20-9, 2-11-5 NE10 Record at AIC: Same NE10 All-Conference Second Team: 1 NE10 All-Conference Third Team: 1 NE10 All-Rookie Team: 2 Durham's first full season as Head Coach saw the team return to the Northeast 10 Conference Championship Tournament, as the team earned the seven seed. Pietro Botasso earned a Second-Team All-Conference nod, and Simba Pelletier took a Third-Team honor. In Durham's first season as graduate assistant, the Yellow Jackets made history, springing into the national rankings for the first time ever and earning their first NE10 Championship Game and NCAA Tournament berths as the team won a record 15 games during the 2021 campaign. The Bolton, England native joined the staff after spending the previous four season on the pitch, and a senior campaign as team captain. During his playing career, he scored 22 goals and had 13 assists in 66 games with seven game-winning goals. He was an All-Conference selection in all four seasons, including a First-Team All-NE10 honor as a senior in 2019 that marked the first for the program since 2012.  No stranger to success, some of the biggest goals in Durham's career came in postseason play. He struck a tying penalty against No. 15 Le Moyne in his junior season in 2018 as AIC earned its first-ever NE10 Championship Tournament win by stunning the top-seeded Dolphins 2-1, and in 2019 he scored the tying and winning goals, the latter in double overtime, at No. 6 Adelphi to make AIC the only team to reach the NE10 Semifinal in both seasons. Durham graduated from the College in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in sports management and earned his MBA in 2022.   Overall Record Conference Record Postseason Performance Year W L T Pct. W L T Pct. Conference Finish Conference Tournament NCAA Tournament Nat'l Rank (USC) 2024 0 10 5 .167 0 5 4 .222 9th of 10 -- -- NR 2025 3 10 4 .294 2 6 1 .278 7th of 10 NE10 First Round -- NR TOTAL 3 20 9 .234 2 11 5 .250 -- -- -- --

Derek Pereira '20 was promoted to assistant coach prior to the 2022 season, one year after he returned to his alma mater as a graduate assistant coach, helping to lead a squad he had captained as a senior in 2019. He will assist in all aspects of the program.In Pereira's first season behind the bench, AIC set a program wins record with 15, reaching the NE10 Finals and the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history. A four-year letterwinner, Pereira appeared in 30 games over his AIC career. He was a steady defender and his calm leadership was critical to the squad's success; he helped lead the team to back-to-back postseason wins for the first time in program history in 2018 and 2019.  A native of nearby Taunton, Massachusetts, Pereira graduated in the spring of 2020 with a bachelor's degree in business management and in 2022 with an MBA.

Troy Brady was named Graduate Assistant Men's Soccer Coach ahead of the 2024 season. He will assist in all aspects of the program.Brady has prior coaching experience with the WNY Flash Academy, assisting with team training and camps.He graduated from Canisius University in 2020 with a bachelor's degree in business administration after a four-year career where he started 52 of his 56 games played, and finished sixth in program history with 49 points on 21 goals and 7 assists. He earned Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference First-Team honors in 2017 and was named to the Preseason All-MAAC team in 2018. Brady will be working toward his MBA while at AIC.