Felician University

Felician College Department of Athletics
One Felician Way Rutherford, NJ 07070

Division 2 New Jersey Northeast

Private Small Competitive team

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Brandon Levine

Brandon Levine was appointed as the seventh head men's soccer coach at Felician University in August 2021. In July 2022, he was promoted to a full-time position in the athletics department.

During his initial season, Levine guided the Golden Falcons to their first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference playoff appearance in 10 years. Felician finished seventh in the 2021 CACC regular-season standings and fell to No. 2 seed Wilmington University during the league quarterfinals.

Levine was named the interim head coach at Purchase College late in the 2017 season, and guided the Panthers during that year's Skyline Conference playoffs. He served as Purchase's head coach the next two seasons and compiled a won-lost-tied record of 13-19-4. His teams produced five All-Skyline honorees. Levine has previous collegiate coaching experience as an assistant at Dutchess County Community College.

Levine possesses a U.S. Soccer Federation 'B' coaching license and a United Soccer Coaches Advanced National Diploma, and served in the high school program manager for Cedar Stars Academy in Carlstadt for 6 years. He is also certified as a personal trainer by the American College of Sports Medicine. From 2014 to 2022, Levine was a senior health fitness specialist at the Corporate Fitness Works Facility at Mastercard Worldwide in Purchase, N.Y.

Currently, he is the Zone 3 Director at Tobar Futbol Academy and is the USL 2 Head Coach for the Hudson Valley Hammers, a USL club owned by the USA National Team captian Tyler Adams, after serving as an assistant coach in 2022. Levine guided them to the USL 2 National Playoffs in 2023, including a win over the Northeast Champions, Seacost United, in the first round.

Levine was the 2007 Times Herald Record Player of the Year for Goshen (N.Y.) High School. He began his collegiate playing days at Dowling College, appearing in 15 contests for the 2008 Golden Lion squad that advanced to the Division II national championship game. He then transferred to SUNY Plattsburgh, where he was a three-year starter at outside midfield and outside back. The Cardinals won the 2010 SUNYAC championship plus two regular-season conference crowns, and made two NCAA Division III Tournament appearances, during his career.

Levine also holds the title of Athletics Assistant at Felician. He assists the athletics department with day-to-day financial matters, including oversight of ticketing and concessions.

Levine earned a B.S. in independent studies from Plattsburgh State in 2013. He and his wife, Kathryn, reside in Florida, N.Y.

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Samuel Winning

Winning comes to Felician following a stint as men's head coach at Presentation College(S.D). He previously spent two seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Jamestown (N.D.) and is the current NPSL head coach of the semi-professional Dakota Fusion FC. The Dundee, Scotland, native began his collegiate goalkeeping career at Union (Ky.) College, helping the Bulldogs to the 2016 Appalachian Athletic Conference title, before playing his final two seasons at Florida Southern College.

Winning completed a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Florida Southern in 2020 and has completed his masters in business leadership at Jamestown in 2022. Among his duties, he will be launching a reserve team for the Golden Falcons.

“A men’s soccer reserve side is a huge step for the Felician community,” said second-year head coach Brandon Levine. “Many student-athletes have to bide their time in the early years, and this addition will provide them much-needed game time as well as a more professional feel for our program. Samuel stood out from a strong applicant pool with his high-level goalkeeping playing and coaching experience. He has the ability and drive to propel our varsity to the upper echelons of Division II as well as establish a strong reserve program.”