Brendan Pacheco
Brendan Pacheco

Bio

Brendan Pacheco enters his fourth season as an assistant coach with the men's soccer program at Franklin Pierce University in 2022.

Pacheco helped guide the Ravens to a 21-1-0 overall record in 2022, eventually leading to the programs first Northeast-10 Championship title in 10 years, as well as a trip to the NCAA East Regional Tournament Quarterfinals for the second straight year. For his efforts, Pacheco additionally contibuted to earning the program staff the United Soccer Coaches East Region Coaching Staff of the Year honor accolades. 

In his first season, Pacheco aided the program to a 15-4-2 overall record, an advancement into the Northeast-10 Semifinals, and a run to the NCAA Quartefinals in the 2019 season. Pacheco also saw the program rank as high as No. 7 in the United Soccer Coaches Division II National Rankings.

Rindge marks the first collegiate coaching stop for Pacheco, though he is no stranger to Ravens head coach Ruben Resendes. Pacheco played his college soccer at Dean College, in Franklin, Mass., which included two seasons with Resendes as the bench boss, before the latter departed for the University of Vermont.

A goalkeeper in his undergraduate days, Pacheco put together a decorated career at the former junior college powerhouse as Dean transitioned to NCAA Division III status during his time as a Bulldog. He was the 2017 National Men's Soccer Student-Athlete of the Year, as awarded by the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA), a national governing body at the junior college level. In 2016, he helped backstop a team which ranked first in the nation in goals against, goals-against average and shutouts, on the way to a berth in the national tournament. Dean returned to the national tournament in 2017 and advanced to the national semifinal.

A success in the classroom as well, Pacheco twice earned academic recognition at the national level from the USCAA, and was subsequently honored by the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) as well, after Dean's transition to Division III.

Originally from Fall River, Mass., Pacheco earned his bachelor's degree from Dean in sports management in 2018. He earned his MBA in Sport Managemnet from Franklin Pierce in August of 2021.