MEET THE STAFF
KYLE BAK
CARLOS PINHANCOS
ASSISTANT COACH 3RD SEASON ALMA MATER: WESTERN NEW ENGLAND ‘10
ASSISTANT COACH 3RD SEASON ALMA MATER: RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE ‘01
Carlos Pinhancos embarks on his third season as an assistant coach with the Providence College women’s soccer program. Pinhancos spent a year at the University of New Hampshire as the assistant under current Providence College Head Coach, Sam Lopes in 2014. Pinhancos was a volunteer assistant coach for the Rhode Island College men’s and women’s soccer teams. While at RIC, the 2005 men’s soccer team won the ECAC championship. Pinhancos spent the following two seasons at CCRI as the men’s soccer assistant coach. Pinhancos was an assistant coach of the RIC men’s soccer team for four seasons (2008-2011). The team won the Little East Conference title and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in 2008. Pinhancos has spent 13 seasons coaching club soccer at the Bayside FC Bolts. He is currently the Head Coach of U-17 Girls Team and Director of Goalkeeping at Bayside FC Bolts, and is the founder and director of Elite Goalkeeper Academy. Pinhancos played at the University of Rhode Island during the 1997-98 season. In the 1998-99 seasons he played for the Community College of Rhode Island where he earned All-New England and All-Region XXI Honors. While at RIC, Pinhancos played for three seasons as a goalkeeper. He played in 45 games, logging 4,157 minutes and finishing with a 1.19 career goals against average and was named All-Little East 1st Team. Pinhancos is a 2001 graduate of Rhode Island College, where he received a B.A. in English and elementary education. He also has a master’s in public administration from the University of Rhode Island.
Kyle Bak embarks on his third season as an assistant coach with the Providence College women’s soccer program, under the direction of Sam Lopes. Prior to his arrival at Providence, Bak was an assistant coach on Lopes’ staff at the University of New Hampshire in 2013. Bak began his coaching career at Salve Regina University as an assistant coach for the men’s program during the 2010 season. Bak originally joined the Providence College women’s soccer program in 2011 as an assistant coach, primarily working with the goalkeepers. Additionally, Bak worked as a RDS Technical Staff Coach with the New England Revolution Youth Academy, a scout with the U-14, U-16 and U-18 Academy Teams and a Technical Director with Hopkins Youth Soccer. Bak holds a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Western New England University. He played four years at Western New England from 2006-2010. Bak started 39 games and recorded 18 shutouts as the goalkeeper for the Golden Bears while being name NSCAA All New England Second Team his senior year.
KAYLA CULLERTON
STEPHANIE SHEA
ATHLETIC TRAINER 1ST SEASON ALMA MATER: SYRACUSE ‘14
Kayla Cullerton begins her first year as a member of the Providence College sports medicine staff as a graduate assistant in 201617. She will serve as the primary athletic trainer for the Friars’ women’s soccer and softball teams. Cullerton is a 2014 graduate of Syracuse University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in health and exercise science and minored in nutrition and coaching. She earned a master’s of science degree in athletic training from Bridgewater State University in 2016. In addition to serving as a student assistant in the sports medicine/athletic training department at Syracuse, Cullerton also earned valuable clinical experience as a student assistant at Boston College, Bridgewater State, Roger Williams and Diman Technical Regional Vocational High School. Cullerton will pursue her masters of education in counseling at Providence College, and is expected to graduate in May 2018.
DIRECTOR OF SOCCER OPERATIONS 2ND SEASON PROVIDENCE ‘19
Stephanie Shea embarks on her second season as the director of soccer operations at Providence College. Shea assists the women’s soccer staff with the program’s daily operations. She is the editor of the program’s newsletter, assists with travel, is a liaison to the athletics business office, serves as game day promotions coordinator, game day video coordinator and locker room liaison for visiting teams. Shea also assists the staff with statistical analysis and manages the program’s recruiting software. Shea is currently a sophomore at Providence College and is pursuing a degree in biology. Prior to arriving at Providence, Shea attended North Salem High School, where she was a three-time All-League selection (2013-15) and two-time All-Section honoree (2014-15).
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