Steve Soriano joined the Bellarmine lacrosse staff as the offensive coordinator for the 2019 season. Before coming to Bellarmine, Soriano served as a volunteer assistant coach at Princeton University in 2018 where he oversaw the face-off unit. No stranger to Bellarmine, he began his NCAA coaching career at his alma mater as the volunteer assistant coach in charge of the face-unit for the 2017 season.
Under Soriano, the Knights offense has seen great improvement in the past seasons. He has taken a unit that averaged 7.85 goals in 2018, to 10.38 goals in 2019, and then 11.25 in 2020 before the season ended due to COVID-19. Coach Soriano has engineered significant increases in shooting percentage, shots per game, shots on goal, turnovers per game, and man-up offense. Player development has been one of Coach Soriano’s greatest contributions to the Bellarmine program. His unit has had players finish in the top ten in the SoCon for points, goals, and assists. In 2021, Landon Trout earned 2nd Team All-SoCon honors, Academic All-American honors, finished 17th in the country in individual man-up goals, and surpassed 100 career points marking the second player in program history to reach that feat. In 2019, Stephen Votto finished 28th in the country in shooting percentage. During his tenure as offensive coordinator, he has coached an All-SoCon selection, SoCon Rookie of the Year, and had a SB Nation College Cross All-Frosh team selection.
Prior to Bellarmine, he was the volunteer assistant coach at Princeton University where he oversaw the face-off unit. Princeton face-off specialist Sam Bonafede enjoyed the benefit of Coach Soriano’s guidance, improving from .488 to .514 in face-off winning percentage while also finishing 32nd nationally in groundballs. The Tigers achieved great success in 2018, finishing with a record of 8-5 and the 11th best winning percentage in the country.
Steve Soriano began his NCAA coaching career in Louisville as a volunteer assistant coach at Bellarmine. He has also coached locally at Christian Academy of Louisville and Trinity High School. He is an alumnus of Bellarmine where he received his Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. In his playing career, Coach Soriano played in 37 games while scooping 38 groundballs and winning 117 face-offs. His efforts helped the Knights achieve 22 victories from 2011 to 2014. Currently, he is pursuing an MBA from the W. Fielding Rubel School of Business at Bellarmine University.
