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Manoj Khettry Position: Head Coach Email: mkhettry@sbu.edu

Entering just his second season as head coach at St. Bonaventure, Manoj Khettry has already created a buzz of excitement around the women's soccer program.

A determined and confident leader, Khettry has instilled a philosophy based on hard work since the day he walked on the job.

"I want to help create a soccer program where young women can strive for and be supported in their pursuit of personal and group excellence," said Khettry. "I can tell you that that our group of women are going to work harder than they ever thought was possible, achieve more than they ever thought was possible and my staff and I will make sure that they absolutely love what they are doing and be passionate about it."

Hard work on the recruiting trails helped Khettry land the 14th ranked class in the Northeast Region in a poll conducted by Soccer Buzz. It was the program's first-ever ranking and Khettry's first recruiting class as St. Bonaventure head coach.

In his first season at the helm of the Brown and White, Khettry guided a team filled with 11 newcomers, including nine freshmen, to two wins. Improvement was obvious, though, as St. Bonaventure suffered nine one-goal losses and defeated Atlantic 10 foe Richmond for the first time in program history.

Prior to taking over the Bonnies program, Khettry was the top assistant at the University of Dayton. In his three seasons at Dayton, Khettry helped lead the Flyers to two regular season Atlantic 10 championships, two conference tournament championships and a pair of appearances in the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship. Dayton's combined record over Khettry's three seasons was 44-15-5. In 2004, the Flyer's held the nations longest wining streak (20 games) and finished the year ranked 20th in the final top 25 poll by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA). His primary responsibilities were recruiting, daily team training and goalkeeper training. In 2004 and 2005, he helped the Flyers land the 66th and 38th ranked recruiting classes in the nation according to Soccer Buzz. Dayton's 2005 class was ranked third in the Great Lakes Region - the highest ranking in Flyers' history. Khettry helped coach three Atlantic 10 Players of the Year, as well as two All-Conference goalkeepers.

At Dayton, Khettry worked under head coach Mike Tucker, who was named the Atlantic 10 women's soccer Coach of the Year in 2004.

Khettry was an assistant coach at the University of Missouri from 2001-2003. Much like Dayton, top amongst his many responsibilities was goalkeeper training. He worked directly with the team's defenders and midfielders and in 2001, the Tigers posted the most shutouts in school history.

Khettry has been a member of the Region II Olympic Development Program (ODP) since 1996. This past year, he served as an assistant coach for the '91 Region II team and in 2006 was the assistant age group coach for the `86/'87 Region 2 (Midwest) team. Khettry was also on the ODP Region I (East) staff this year in Providence, R.I.

Khettry's professional experience extends outside the coaching realms, as he served as the Soccer Promotions Manager for US Youth Soccer and the NSCAA at adidas America from 1999-2001. There he handled all budgetary responsibilities of the $4 million adidas/US Youth Soccer contract. Also, during his two years at the Beaverton, Oregon based company, he oversaw the Girls Olympic Development Program and organization of the adidas cup, a foundation of the FIFA Women's U-20 World Cup.

In 1998, he served as the men's assistant coach at the University of California at Berkley. Khettry was a graduate assistant at Miami University of Ohio from 1991-1994.

A native of Calcutta, India, Khettry earned his bachelor's degree in English Literature and Spanish Language and Literature from Earlham College in 1988. There, he was a three-time NSCAA All-Mideast first team selection, a two-time team defensive MVP and was a second team NAIA All-American selection in 1987. He received his master's degree in Spanish Language and Literature from Miami University in 1997.

Khettry and his wife, Moira, a 1993 graduate of the University of Dayton, have two children, Kiran (4), and Lilli, who was born in March of 2006.