Las Vegas Lights FC Announces Full Technical Staff Ahead of 2025 Season
January 30, 2025 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Las Vegas Lights FC News Release
LAS VEGAS - Las Vegas Lights FC today announced the club's full technical staff ahead of the 2025 season.
The Lights previously announced Antonio Nocerino as the club's new Head Coach. The Italian's coaching staff will consist of Ian Coll as High Performance Director & Assistant Coach, Giovanni Troise as Assistant Coach, and Maximiliano Jose Rabinovich as Goalkeeper Coach.
Ian Coll returns to the club after serving as High Performance Director in 2024. He will take on a dual role as both High Performance Director and Assistant Coach in 2025 and holds his UEFA B Coaching License.
The Scot previously spent eight years with Scottish giant Celtic Football Club, finishing his time there as Head of Sports Science. He then served in the same role for PFC Ludogorets in Bulgaria from 2018 to 2021. His stops since have featured dual roles as both Head of Fitness and Assistant Coach at HNK Hajduk Split (Croatia) and Botev Plovdiv (Bulgaria).
Troise joins the club from Miami FC, where he worked as an Assistant Coach under Nocerino. Previously, he was a Match Analyst for Puteolana 1902 and then Potenza Calcio's Primavera side, both in Serie D (the Italian fourth division). The Italian also holds his UEFA B Coaching License.
Rabinovich most recently served as Goalkeeper Coach for the U17 and U19 academy teams at Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel since 2018. He began his coaching career as Goalkeeper Coach with C.A. Velez Sarsfield in Argentina from 2013 to 2017. He holds his UEFA C Coaching License.
Previously, the Argentinian played as a professional goalkeeper in the early 2000s for Hapoel Petach Tikva (Israel) and Bodens BK (Sweden).
Additionally, the club's backroom staff is also complete ahead of the 2025 season. Josh Hardin and Estefani di Santiago both return following the 2024 season as Equipment Manager and Athletic Trainer, respectively. Eduardo Gutierrez joins the club as Physical Therapist.
Steve De Benedictis also returns as the club's Scouting Coordinator.
The full Las Vegas Lights FC Technical Staff is included below:
Sporting Director - Gianleonardo Neglia
Head Coach - Antonio Nocerino
High Performance Director and Assistant Coach - Ian Coll
Assistant Coach - Giovanni Troise
Goalkeeper Coach - Maximiliano Jose Rabinovich
Scouting Coordinator - Steve De Benedictis
Equipment Manager - Josh Hardin
Athletic Trainer - Estefani di Santiago
Physical Therapist - Eduardo Gutierrez
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