On Jan. 26, 2012, Francis Marion University athletic officials announced the hiring of John Campbell of Pearl River, N.Y., as head coach for men’s soccer.  Campbell becomes the seventh head coach in the 37-year history of the FMU men’s soccer program.

Campbell comes to Francis Marion from Dominican College in Orangeburg, N.Y., where he posted an 86-27-20 record in seven seasons and earned four invitations to the NCAA Division II National Tournament.  His squads captured three Central Athletic Collegiate Conference (CACC) regular-season crowns and three conference tournament titles.

This past season (fall 2011), Campbell directed Dominican to a 9-6-3 record, while three of his players earned conference All-Academic Team accolades. 

Six times in his seven seasons with the Chargers, his squads recorded double-digit win totals.  In 2005, the Chargers were 18-2-0 and ended the year ranked 11th in Division II.  The following year, Dominican posted a 12-4-3 mark, including a perfect 8-0 conference record, and ended the year ranked 25th nationally.  His squads advanced to NCAA post-season play in 2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010.

He twice earned conference coach of the year honors and was once named the New England Region Coach of the Year.  His teams produced 28 all-conference performers and 10 all-region selections.

Prior to taking over the coaching reigns at Dominican, Campbell served as an assistant coach at Bucknell University (2004) and Bloomsburg University (2003).  He also spent three seasons as the women’s assistant soccer coach at Division I Binghamton University (2000-2002).

Campbell graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College with a bachelor of arts degree in psychological sciences.  He helped lead the Raiders soccer team to back-to-back conference titles and NAIA National Tournament appearances as a junior and senior.  He played one season at Green Mountain College – where he led the team in assists and was second in goals scored – before transferring to Robert Wesleyan.

Campbell went on to play one season for the Vermont Voltage in the Professional Development League.

He holds an NSCAA National and Advanced National Diploma.

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Tony Falvino is in his third year at Francis Marion as assistant coach for men's soccer and equipment manager for the university's athletic department.

Falvino's primary coaching responsibilities will include recruiting, on-field coaching, individual player workouts, pre- and post-season workouts, and helping in the area of academic support for team members.

A native of Johnsonville, New Zealand, he came to Francis Marion after working one year in the Wingate University athletic department, while also working on his master's degree in sports administration.

He earned his undergraduate degree from Greensboro College, where he was a four-time All-Conference selection on the soccer field.  He was named the USA South Conference Rookie of the Year in 2002 and later earned conference Player of the Year honors as a senior in 2005.

Falvino also played two seasons with the Premier Development League's Carolina Dynamo squad.

He served as an assistant coach at High Point University for two seasons (2006, 2007) prior to taking a position at Wingate.

He has worked three years with the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association as an Olympic Development Program (ODP) scout and coach, and has coached with the Twin City Soccer Association in Winston Salem, the Greensboro Soccer Club, and the Carolina Dynamo.  He has been on summer camp staffs at Wake Forest University, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), UNC Wilmington, Elon University, and Roanoke College.  He has also worked one season with the South Carolina ODP program.

He was a member of the New Zealand Under 17 and 20 squads before attending Greensboro.

His wife is the head cheerleading coach at Coastal Carolina University.

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