John Natale
# John Natale

John Natale is an American soccer coach, and current head coach for the Hartford Hawks women's soccer team. Before becoming the head coach at Hartford, Natale was an assistant for the Boston Breakers, and an assistant at Hartford in 2000.

## Coaching career

Natale served as an assistant at Hartford during the 2000 season, where the team posted a 17–4 record, losing to Harvard in the second round of the NCAA tournament. In his third season at Hartford, Natale led the team to a 10–9–2 record and a berth in the NCAA tournament. At Hartford he has won one conference tournament and five regular season championships. In 2015 Natale was inducted into the Connecticut Soccer coaches Hall of Fame.

In 2011, Natale served as a scout for the United States women's national team under head coach Pia Sundhage at the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. A year later, he again rejoined the staff as a video analysis coach for the team at the Olympic football tournament.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hartford Hawks (America East Conference) (2004–present) ||||||
| 2004 | Hartford | 5-12-2 | 4-4-1 | T-6th | |
| 2005 | Hartford | 4-13-1 | 2-5-1 | 7th | |
| 2006 | Hartford | 10-9-2 | 6-0-2 | 1st | NCAA First Round |
| 2007 | Hartford | 7-6-5 | 5-1-2 | 3rd | |
| 2008 | Hartford | 8-6-5 | 4-3-1 | 4th | |
| 2009 | Hartford | 6-10-2 | 2-5-1 | 7th | |
| 2010 | Hartford | 7-9-3 | 4-2-2 | T-3rd | |
| 2011 | Hartford | 13-2-3 | 6-1-1 | 2nd | |
| 2012 | Hartford | 11-5-3 | 6-2 | 2nd | |
| 2013 | Hartford | 11-6-3 | 5-3 | 4th | |
| 2014 | Hartford | 10-4-5 | 5-1-2 | 1st | |
| 2015 | Hartford | 11-4-4 | 4-1-3 | 1st | |
| 2016 | Hartford | 13-5-1 | 6-1-1 | T-1st | |
| 2017 | Hartford | 8-9-2 | 4-3-1 | 4th | |
| 2018 | Hartford | 13-3-2 | 6-1-1 | T-1st | |
| 2019 | Hartford | 10-7-2 | 5-2-1 | 3rd | |
| 2020 | Hartford | † | † | † | † |
| Hartford: | Hartford: | 147–110–45 (.561) | 74–35–20 (.651) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 147–110–45 (.561) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||

†NCAA canceled 2020 collegiate activities due to the COVID-19 virus.

