David Hesch Associate Head Coach Ninth Season St. Bonaventure '97 Email: dhesch@buffalo.edu Phone: 716-645-3755 Office: 162 A Alumni

David Hesch is in his ninth season on the Bulls coaching staff. After serving as the program's assistant for four years, Hesch was promoted to associate men's soccer coach in September 2005.

In his role, Hesch is the program's recruiting coordinator as well as the primary assistant to coach Astudillo in the day-to-day operations of the program. In that capacity, he helps oversee the scouting of opponents, assists in all training sessions and is responsible for the video analysis used by the Bulls in their match preparation.

Prior to UB, Hesch was the head coach of Lake Erie College in 2000 where he guided the team to a third-place finish in the National Small College Tournament. Hesch also spent a season as the assistant men's soccer coach at Cazenovia and has coached the Premier Club Syracuse Blitz to four New York State West Championships.

Hesch is involved in the Western New York soccer scene at numerous levels. Since moving to Buffalo , Hesch is the Director of Coaching for Buffalo Blackwatch, a new soccer club in WNY where he oversees all player and coach development and progress. In addition, Hesch is the founder/manager of Raise Your Level LLC. - a company set up to develop children of all ages into quality soccer players. This past summer, Hesch guided the Western New York Open men's soccer team to its third straight medal in the Empire State Games.

As a player, Hesch was the 1997 first overall selection in the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL) after attending St. Bonaventure. In 1998, he was a member of the United States Indoor Soccer League (USISL) Delaware Wizards when they won the Metro Division Championship.

Hesch is a native of Liverpool , NY and graduated from Liverpool High School . He currently lives in Grand Island, NY with his wife, Kate, and daughters, Natalie and Addison. David's brother, Jim Hesch, is the men's soccer head coach at crosstown rival Canisius College. He holds a USSF "B" Coaching License.