Axtell gets Cortland job after all
Steve Axtell has been named Cortland's men's soccer head coach,
according to director of athletics Mike Urtz. Axtell served as the
program's interim head coach since January and was an assistant
coach for the Red Dragons the past two seasons. He also was a
volunteer student assistant coach during the 2007 season.
Wade Jean, the associate head coach at Vermont, briefly accepted the Cortland head coaching position in May but withdrew his acceptance.
A goalie for the Red Dragons for three seasons (2006, 2008-09),
Axtell earned All-SUNYAC honors in 2008 and appeared in 39 career
games with nine shutouts. He earned a bachelor's degree in
kinesiology in 2008 and is currently pursuing a master's degree in
exercise science.
A native of Franklin, N.Y., Axtell holds an Advanced National
Diploma and an Advanced National Goalkeeping Diploma from the
National Soccer Coaches Association of America with Distinguished
Pass and is an Associate National Goalkeeping Staff. He is also a
certified strength and conditioning specialist and has received a
conditioning for soccer diploma from the International Coaches
Association. Axtell is the founder and director of the One+
Goalkeeper Academy in Ithaca, N.Y., with programs in Elmira and
Oneonta and summer camps throughout the Northeast.
Besides assisting with both the men's and women's soccer programs
at Cortland, Axtell has served as the head coach of the Central
Region scholastic soccer team at the Empire State Games and the
WAZA FLO soccer club in Ithaca. He has acted as director of soccer
at Camp Winadu in Mass. for two years and Ithaca MicroSoccer for
one year.
Currently, Axtell is head coach and director of goalkeeping at the
TCW Academy in Ithaca and is a New York ODP staff coach.
