Nazareth College Women's Soccer

Veteran head coach Gail Mann returns for her 34th season in 2026 as Nazareth's Women's Soccer Head Coach, Mann is Nazareth's longest-tenured head coach at Nazareth. She solidified the Golden Flyers' soccer tradition to the point that Nazareth is routinely recognized among the nation's Division III elite. Entering 2026, Mann ranks ninth among active coaches on the career wins list with 378. Mann led Nazareth to another successful season in 2025, as the Golden Flyers qualified for the team's seventh straight Empire 8 Championship. Nazareth advanced to its fifth consecutive E8 semifinal after blanking Geneseo 3-0 in the first round. Six Golden Flyers earned All-Conference honors while senior Tatum Overton was named United Soccer Coaches All-Region for the third straight season.  In 2024, Nazareth advanced to the Empire 8 Championship Final for the fourth-straight season, falling 1-0 to Geneseo. Nazareth won the previous three title matches, dating back to 2021. Nazareth finished the year 11-6-3 and 7-2-2 in league play. In 2023, the Golden Flyers earned their third-straight Empire 8 title with a 5-0-3 conference record to earn the No. 1 seed before blanking Russell Sage and St. John Fisher, each by a 3-0 score . It was the 13th conference title for Nazareth and the 13th trip to the NCAA Tournament under Mann.  Nazareth defeated Utica 1-0 in the 2022 Championship game and blanked St. John Fisher 3-0 in the 2021 title game.  Mann secured her 300th coaching win with a 4-0 win over Utica in September of 2017 and posted win number 350 with the Empire 8 Tournament championship victory over Utica in 2022. Her 32-year coaching record of 369-167-78 computes to a .664 winning percentage and ranks among the top active coaches in Division III. She has a record of 152-23-22 (.827) in conference games. Since 1995 she has coached 71 regional All-Americans and nine national All-Americans. She has been named the Empire 8 Coach of the Year six times (2010, 2013, 2014, 2020, 2021, 2023). Mann has been at the coaching forefront for all of the Golden Flyers' most significant achievements since taking over as coach in 1993. In just her second season, the Golden Flyers finished 9-8-2 and reached the NYSWCAA Tournament. In 1996, they rolled to a 16-6-1 record and secured berths in both the NYSWCAA and ECAC Tournaments. Nazareth's steady progression continued under Mann's direction in 1997 as the team finished 16-1-2 and landed its first-ever NCAA Tournament berth. Nazareth's first NCAA game was a memorable one -- a thrilling 3-2 triple overtime win over Oneonta. Mann was recognized that year as New York Region Coach of the Year, an honor that was duplicated in 2002. She was named Empire 8 Conference Coach of the Year in 1999 as Nazareth set a school record with 17 victories and captured the NCAA New York Region title. She was named E8 Coach of the Year again in 2010, 2013, 2014, 2021 and 2022. In 2015, Mann was honored by the Rochester Press-Radio Club with the Jean Giambrone Community Service Award that is presented annually to a local person who has made an exemplary lifetime commitment to Rochester-area women's sports. A native of Rochester, Mann came to Nazareth in 1993 after five seasons as an assistant coach at SUNY Brockport. She was head coach of the New York West Olympic Development U15 team from 1992-1998 and led the team to the Region 1 championship in 1995. She still coaches a U16 team during the summer. Mann graduated from Spencerport High School, where she excelled in soccer, basketball and softball. She played soccer at SUNY Cortland and was a starting striker on the 1986 team that reached the Division III Final Four. At Nazareth, in addition to coaching soccer, Mann was an assistant coach for the Golden Flyers' women's lacrosse team for 10 seasons (1995-2004) and helped the team to three NCAA tournament berths. She served as Nazareth's Senior Woman Administrator until 2021 and still is the staff advisor to the Student Athlete Advisory Committee. Mann lives in Rochester with her wife of 34 years, Dugan Davies, and dog Rooney.  

Billy Stojanovski joined the Nazareth coaching staff in 2000 and is one of the Golden Flyers' longest-tenured assistant coaches. He has helped guide the Golden Flyers to 11 Empire 8 Conference titles, nine NCAA tournament berths and two ECAC titles. Along with serving as the Golden Flyers' associate head coach, Stojanovski works closely with the goalkeepers. A native of Rochester, Stojanovski played three seasons of soccer at Division I Buffalo as a goalkeeper and ranks among the program's all-time leaders in saves and goals-against average. He graduated from Buffalo with a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked at Xerox since 1994. Before coming to Nazareth, Stojanovski was an assistant coach at RIT for three seasons. He also has coached the Rochester Junior Rhinos since 1998 and helped direct them to a state title in 1999. His coaching experience also includes a stint with Buffalo Germania from 1994-97 (two State Cup Championships and two regional appearances and the first New York State West girls club team to reach the regional semifinals) and involvement with the Rochester District Olympic Development Program. He also has assisted in the women's scholastic division of the Empire State Games and helped the Western New York team to six gold medals and two bronze medals in eight years. Stojanovski resides in Rochester with his wife Cheryl, his daughter Reese and son Evan.

Diana Groth, who has international experience as both a player and coach, joined the women's soccer staff as a part-time assistant coach for the 2021 season. She was elevated to a full-time assistant coach to start the 2023 season.  She has helped the program to back-to-back conference titles, including in 2022 when the Golden Flyers went 8-5-7. A native of Berlin, Germany, Groth played professionally for five years there and later coached youth teams for seven years before moving to the United States. She has coached at numerous camps and clinics in the Rochester area and currently is coaching in the Olympic Development Program. She has UEFA-B and USSF-A coaching licenses. Groth also is a scout for the US Youth National Team. She resides in Greece, N.Y. 

Stojanovski trains the goalkeepers. A native of Rochester, Stojanovski played three seasons of soccer at Division I University of Buffalo as a goalkeeper and still ranks among the program's all-time leaders in saves and goals-against average. He graduated from Buffalo with a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked at Xerox since 1994. Before coming to Nazareth, Stojanovski was an assistant coach at RIT for three seasons. He also has coached the Rochester Junior Rhinos since 1998 and helped direct them to a state title in 1999. His coaching experience also includes a stint with Buffalo Germania from 1994-97 (two State Cup Championships and two regional appearances and the first New York State West girls club team to reach the regional semifinals) and involvement with the Rochester District Olympic Development Program. He also has assisted in the women's scholastic division of the Empire State Games and helped the Western New York team to six gold medals and two bronze medals in eight years. Stojanovski resides in Rochester with his wife, Cheryl, daughter Reese and son Evan. Phone Email Billy Stojanovski joined the Nazareth coaching staff in 2000 and has helped guide the Golden Flyers to nine Empire 8 Conference titles, six NCAA tournament berths and two ECAC titles. Along with serving as the Golden Flyers' associate head coach, Stojanovski trains the goalkeepers. A native of Rochester, Stojanovski played three seasons of soccer at Division I University of Buffalo as a goalkeeper and still ranks among the program's all-time leaders in saves and goals-against average. He graduated from Buffalo with a degree in mechanical engineering and has worked at Xerox since 1994. Before coming to Nazareth, Stojanovski was an assistant coach at RIT for three seasons. He also has coached the Rochester Junior Rhinos since 1998 and helped direct them to a state title in 1999. His coaching experience also includes a stint with Buffalo Germania from 1994-97 (two State Cup Championships and two regional appearances and the first New York State West girls club team to reach the regional semifinals) and involvement with the Rochester District Olympic Development Program. He also has assisted in the women's scholastic division of the Empire State Games and helped the Western New York team to six gold medals and two bronze medals in eight years. Stojanovski resides in Rochester with his wife, Cheryl, daughter Reese and son Evan.

Diana Groth, who has international experience as both a player and coach, joined the women's soccer staff at Nazareth College as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2021 season. A native of Berlin, Germany, Groth played professionally for five years in there and later coached youth teams for seven years before moving to the United States. She has coached at numerous camps and clinics in the Rochester area and currently is coaching in the Olympic Development Program at the state and region level.  A holder of the UEFA B-license and USSF B-license. 

After a fine two-year playing career, Julia Delgatti returned in 2019 as a part-time assistant coach for the Golden Flyers.  Delgatti was the Golden Flyers' leading scorer in each of the two seasons she played (2016, 2017), totaling 24 goals over that span to become a two-time first-team Empire 8 Conference all-star. She also was twice selected as an East Region all-star. She graduated with a degree in Nursing. A native of Rochester and a graduate of Our Lady of Mercy High School, Delgatti excelled in soccer and basketball there. She attended Division I Liberty University in Virginia and played the 2013 season there, contributing two goals and four assists for a team that finished 16-6-1.