Men's Soccer
Tim Romanello
- Title:
- Associate Head Coach (1st season)
Tim Romanello was named the associate head coach of the Mastodon men's soccer program in July 2026.
Romanello served as the head coach of the Rock Valley College men’s soccer program from 2019-25. He put together a 66-36-16 record in seven seasons leading the NJCCA Golden Eagles. Under his leadership, Rock Valley earned the program’s first-ever bid to the NJCAA Division 3 National Tournament in 2021, and a subsequent bid to the NJCAA Division 2 National Tournament in 2023. The 2021 squad was the first to ever win double-digit matches in a season. The Golden Eagles bested that with a program-record 13 wins in both of the next two seasons. Romanello added the title of Assistant Athletic Director - Compliance to his role at Rock Valley in July 2023.
Romanello is no stranger to the Horizon League. He spent the 2017 and 2018 as an assistant coach for Oakland. He helped Oakland to a berth in the Horizon League postseason in 2018.
He was also previously the men's and women's head coach at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas. He was the head men's soccer coach from 2008 to 2017 and the women's head coach from 2011 to 2017. Prior to that he was the head men's soccer coach at UW-Sheboygan and an assistant at Lakeland University men's and women's soccer.
He rebuilt the Dodge City men's soccer program, coaching the team to a 50-38-5 mark across five years (2010-14). He also turned around a declining Dodge City women's soccer program, turning a three-win-in-three-seasons team into a squad that won 51 games in six seasons. At the time, Romanello coached the men's team to five winning seasons in seven years, and the only winning seasons in program history.
Romanello coached Dodge City CC to six-straight Region VI Women's Tournaments (2011-16) and seven consecutive Region VI Men's Tournaments (2010-16). He was named the Dodge City Coach of the Year in 2012 and coached both teams into the national rankings. Thirty-eight (38) of his players earned Academic All-Conference Awards, while 12 were NJCAA Academic All-Americans. In his 12 years as head coach, his team's had a cumulative GPA of 3.11.
Several former players have found success playing professionally. Noah Jensen (Forge FC/Canadian Premier League) was Horizon League Most Valuable Player and a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the highest individual honor in Division I soccer, in 2021. Two former players have been drafted in the MLS SuperDraft. Nyal Higgins (FC Edmonton/Canadian Premier League) was drafted 19th by Toronto FC in 2020, and Wilfred Williams was picked 82nd by Sporting KC in 2019. Other players finding success have been Dylan Borczek who currently plays with USL Championship's Memphis 901 and Nebojsa Popovic, who was named 2019 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team at Michigan.
He is a Lakeland University (2008) graduate and received his M.S. in Athletic Administration with an emphasis in Educational leadership from Southeastern Oklahoma State University (2023).
Romanello served as the head coach of the Rock Valley College men’s soccer program from 2019-25. He put together a 66-36-16 record in seven seasons leading the NJCCA Golden Eagles. Under his leadership, Rock Valley earned the program’s first-ever bid to the NJCAA Division 3 National Tournament in 2021, and a subsequent bid to the NJCAA Division 2 National Tournament in 2023. The 2021 squad was the first to ever win double-digit matches in a season. The Golden Eagles bested that with a program-record 13 wins in both of the next two seasons. Romanello added the title of Assistant Athletic Director - Compliance to his role at Rock Valley in July 2023.
Romanello is no stranger to the Horizon League. He spent the 2017 and 2018 as an assistant coach for Oakland. He helped Oakland to a berth in the Horizon League postseason in 2018.
He was also previously the men's and women's head coach at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, Kansas. He was the head men's soccer coach from 2008 to 2017 and the women's head coach from 2011 to 2017. Prior to that he was the head men's soccer coach at UW-Sheboygan and an assistant at Lakeland University men's and women's soccer.
He rebuilt the Dodge City men's soccer program, coaching the team to a 50-38-5 mark across five years (2010-14). He also turned around a declining Dodge City women's soccer program, turning a three-win-in-three-seasons team into a squad that won 51 games in six seasons. At the time, Romanello coached the men's team to five winning seasons in seven years, and the only winning seasons in program history.
Romanello coached Dodge City CC to six-straight Region VI Women's Tournaments (2011-16) and seven consecutive Region VI Men's Tournaments (2010-16). He was named the Dodge City Coach of the Year in 2012 and coached both teams into the national rankings. Thirty-eight (38) of his players earned Academic All-Conference Awards, while 12 were NJCAA Academic All-Americans. In his 12 years as head coach, his team's had a cumulative GPA of 3.11.
Several former players have found success playing professionally. Noah Jensen (Forge FC/Canadian Premier League) was Horizon League Most Valuable Player and a finalist for the MAC Hermann Trophy, the highest individual honor in Division I soccer, in 2021. Two former players have been drafted in the MLS SuperDraft. Nyal Higgins (FC Edmonton/Canadian Premier League) was drafted 19th by Toronto FC in 2020, and Wilfred Williams was picked 82nd by Sporting KC in 2019. Other players finding success have been Dylan Borczek who currently plays with USL Championship's Memphis 901 and Nebojsa Popovic, who was named 2019 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and All-Big Ten First Team at Michigan.
He is a Lakeland University (2008) graduate and received his M.S. in Athletic Administration with an emphasis in Educational leadership from Southeastern Oklahoma State University (2023).
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