North Carolina State University Athletics
Costa Added to Men's Soccer Staff
1/7/2011 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Jan. 7, 2011
RALEIGH, N.C. - New NC State men's soccer coach Kelly Findley has added his first assistant coach, as David Costa joins the Wolfpack. Costa and Findley coached together for five seasons at Butler, where this past season the Bulldogs finished the regular season ranked No. 5 nationally and set a school record with 16 wins.
While at Butler, Costa served as the Bulldogs' recruiting coordinator, while assisting Findley in all areas of the program for five seasons.
Costa joined Butler's staff in 2006 after spending one season as a volunteer assistant coach at Charlotte. In addition to his soccer coaching duties at Charlotte, Costa served as Community Services Coordinator in the Charlotte 49ers Athletic Academic Center. He also served as a Soccer Trainer/Game Coach for the Charlotte United Futbol Club, 2004-06.
Costa was a four-year varsity soccer player at Charlotte, 2000-03, during the time that Findley was serving as an assistant coach for the 49ers. He played in 42 matches during his collegiate career, and he received the David Schlee Memorial Award for determination and desire to succeed as a member of the men's soccer program. In his senior season, Costa helped the 49ers reach the finals of the Conference USA Men's Soccer Championship for just the second time in school history. During his tenure on the men's soccer team, Costa assisted with the NCAA-sponsored Youth Education through Sports (YES) clinic three times.
In addition to his coaching duties at Butler, Costa served as the head coach for Carmel United in Carmel, Ind. During the summer of 2008, he guided Carmel United to the U. S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week U-15/16 Championship at the U. S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, Calif. His team finished the summer season with a 25-2-7 record, including four consecutive victories in California to claim the national title. In 2009, he led the Carmel squad to the U. S. Soccer Development Academy Finals Week U-17/18 Championship in Carson. In two trips to the Academy Finals Week, Costa's squad's compiled a 6-0-2 record. This past summer, Costa was named U. S. Soccer Development Academy U17/18 Central Conference Coach of the Year.
Costa earned B.A. degrees in psychology and history in 2004 and a Master's Degree in Liberal Studies from Charlotte in 2005. He and his wife, Meghan, are parents of an infant son, Nicolas.
