PROVIDENCE FRIARS
PROVIDENCE COLLEGE
DAVID DEMELLO ASSISTANT
KARL SPRATT VOLUNTEER GOALIE
COACH
COACH
David DeMello, who has played an integral part in Providence College’s resurgence, and enters his 16th season as the Friars’ assistant coach. DeMello has helped the Friars to seven NCAA Tournament appearances in his career at Providence, including four out of the last six years. In 2014, DeMello helped the Friars win their first BIG EAST Championship title in program history, appear in their first NCAA College Cup and capture a Providence College men’s soccer program record 16 wins. On March 22, 2015, DeMello was inducted into the Soccer Rhode Island Hall of Fame. DeMello helped the Friars reach the BIG EAST tournament final and the NCAA Tournament in 2013. The Friars have recorded 10 winning seasons in the last 11 years, and have been to the BIG EAST Semifinals six times over that span. DeMello will continue to work with all the day-to-day operations of the program, as well as assisting with recruiting and coaching. A 1994 graduate of the University of Rhode Island, DeMello played four years for the Rams’ soccer team. During his junior season, he earned Atlantic-10 All-Conference honors as an outside defender and helped the team reach the conference finals. After graduating from URI in 1994, DeMello played professional soccer for the Rhode Island Stingrays of the USL and served as the team captain for four seasons. DeMello began coaching in 1994 as an assistant at UMass-Dartmouth. He spent three seasons with the Corsairs before becoming an assistant coach at Roger Williams University. DeMello worked for four seasons at Roger Williams. A 1989 graduate of Bristol High School, DeMello earned All-State honors in his junior and senior years. DeMello and his wife, Vicki, and their daughters, Taylor and Maya, live in Bristol, R.I.
Karl Spratt enters his fourth year as the men’s soccer volunteer goalkeeping coach. He also serves as the New England Revolution’s Director of Goalkeeping for the Revolution’s youth academy. Spratt graduated from the University of Sunderland in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in sport and exercise development. Spratt also holds FA Goalkeeping coaching licenses, has earned NSCAA National and Advanced National Goalkeeping Diplomas and became an NSCAA National GK Staff instructor in 2013. Spratt has coaching experience in both England and the United States. He has had coaching stints with a variety of English club programs, including Sunderland AFC and Darlington FC. At the collegiate level he has spent time as goalkeeper coach with the College of Holy Cross and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. During the 2014 season, Spratt helped coach Providence goalkeeper Keasel Broome ‘13 to earn BIG EAST Goalkeeper of the Week once and was named to the BIG EAST Tournament Team. In addition to his work with the Friars, Spratt is entering his fifth season as the New England Revolution’s Director of Goalkeeping for the Revolution’s Youth Development Program. Spratt’s playing career included time with the Manchester United youth academy and the England U-18 National Team developmental squad. He currently resides in Providence, R.I.
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