For Immediate Release: January 19, 2004

Contact: Chris Gondek, SUNYAC Publicist

Ranieri Named NSCAA National Coach of the Year

FREDONIA, N.Y. – Oneonta women’s soccer coach Tracey Ranieri was honored this past Friday at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) annual awards banquet as the Division III Coach of the Year. Ranieri earns the award for the first time after leading her team to the national championship this past fall.
Ranieri completed her 13^th season at Oneonta in 2003 and led her Red Dragons to a school-record 21 victories, their fifth straight SUNYAC title and the college’s first team national championship. Over the course of her 13 season at Oneonta, Ranieri has recorded 175 wins and produced three All-Americans, 11 Regional All-Americans, and numerous All-SUNYAC and All-State players.
Ranieri graduated from Ithaca College in 1986 where she was a standout midfielder. In her senior season, she was an All-American, Soccer Magazine’s Most Valuable Player and a finalist for National Player of the Year. Ranieri began her coaching career as an assistant at Cortland before head coaching jobs at Delhi and Wells College prior to arriving at Oneonta in 1991. For her athletic accomplishments, Ranieri has been inducted to both the New York State Section VI and Ithaca College Halls of Fame.
Ranieri earned her bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology from Ithaca and her master’s degree in cardiac rehabilitation from East Stroudsburg (1988). She also added a second bachelor’s degree in nursing from Binghamton in 1994 and is an exercise specialist certified by the American College of Sports Medicine.


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