Marlon Montanella

Biography

Marlon Montanella joins the Osprey staff as an assistant coach after spending the past four seasons under the same role at the University of Bridgeport. In his first season as an assistant for UNF, he helped head coach Jamie Davies develop five All-ASUN selections and eight weekly conference recognitions, including five ASUN Player of the Week honors. He helped the Ospreys clinch its first conference regular season and tournament titles since 2015, as well as the program's second trip to the NCAA Championship Tournament. During his time as an assistant at Bridgeport, Montanella helped the program to a 25-19-12 overall record and a 20-7-5 conference record. The team reached the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference finals in 2023, while also clinching the playoffs during all three seasons competed in the ECC and CACC. While at Bridgeport, Montanella recruited and coached the nationally-ranked top scorer and points leader in the 2023 NCAA D-II season. He also coached multiple award-winning players, including a D2CAA First Team All-American, the CACC Player of the Year, the CACC Rookie of the Year and a pair of ECC/CACC Goalkeepers of the Year. On top of that, Montanella also developed two USC All-East Region Second Team players, three D2CCA First Team East Region players, and a D2CCA Second Team East Region player. There were also 14 players that were All-Conference selections between the ECC and CACC, including 10 First Team selections. During his time as an assistant, Montan