Bio

Tania Armellino, the 2022 CACC Women's Soccer Coach of the Year, recently completed her second season on the University of Bridgeport sidelines in 2023. 

It has been a sensational two campaigns for Armellino and the Purple Knights as they have won back-to-back CACC Tournament Championships. Bridgeport has put together a stellar 23-11-10 record since Armellino was named the head coach.

Armellino’s first season in the Park City was particularly spectacular with the Purple Knights going 13-3-7 overall and winning the conference regular-season title with a 10-0-2 record and finishing the "double" with the CACC Championship Tournament crown. Bridgeport also ended 2022 on a school-record 19-match unbeaten streak, advancing to the NCAA Division II East Regional Semifinals.

This past year in 2023, the Purple Knights won the CACC Tournament as the No. 7 seed after going 5-5-1 in the conference. They subsequently earned the automatic bid into their second straight NCAA Tournament.

Armellino came in May of 2022 to UB after serving as the head women's soccer coach at the State University of New York (SUNY) Plattsburgh in Plattsburgh, New York.

Her record of accomplishment at Plattsburgh is outstanding. During her eight seasons as head coach, she led the Cardinals to the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) tournament seven times, reaching the finals in 2017. She guided student-athletes to All-SUNYAC honors 31 times, coached two SUNYAC Players of the Year, and one SUNYAC Rookie of the Year. Armellino also coached eight student-athletes who earned United Soccer Coaches All-East Region honors.

Prior to becoming head coach at SUNY Plattsburgh, Armellino amassed significant experience as an assistant coach at Connecticut College (2011-2014), the University of Dayton (2008-2011), and Kenyon College (2006-2008).

An accomplished student-athlete in her own right, Armellino was a member of the Rutgers University women's soccer team from 1997-2000. While on the pitch for the NCAA Division I Scarlet Knights, Armellino served as team captain during her senior year. She also was a student coach.

Armellino earned her bachelor's degree in English with minors in Political Science and American Studies from Rutgers in 2001 before obtaining her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 2005. She is admitted into the Connecticut Bar Association.