Men's Soccer Coaching Staff
Head Coach Carl Capellas
Phone: 330.569.5344Email: capellascp@hiram.edu
Video message from Coach Capellas
Carl Capellas enters his fourth year at the helm of the men's soccer program. In addition to his coaching duties, Capellas also serves as a Co-Director of Intramurals.
Prior to coming to Hiram, Capellas was an assistant coach at Case Western Reserve University, working with all facets of the program. He also directed the GFS Premier Soccer Club in Brimfield, Ohio for four years, leading the team to a number one ranking in the state, and earning Coach of the Year honors on multiple occasions.
A four-year letter winner and starter at Division I Marshall University, Capellas was a two-time captain for the Thundering Herd and was an Academic All-American candidate and the school's Student-Athlete of the Year in 1997. He also studied at the Universidad Nebrija in Madrid, Spain.
After graduating from Marshall in 1997 with a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and Spanish, Capellas played professionally in the United States and Greece for two seasons, before returning to Marshall to work as an assistant coach with the soccer programs.
While completing his Master's of Public Administration degree, Capellas worked with both the men's and women's teams, recruiting the top class in school history; one that featured a two-time conference player of the year and ten players that led the team to a Top-25 nationally ranking on the men's side.
A native of Warren, Ohio, and graduate of Howland High School, Capellas also coached the boys' team at St. Joseph's High School in Huntington, West Virginia, to a 20-1-1 overall record, season-long #1 ranking, and a state runner-up finish in 1998. He has also coached state championship club teams in West Virginia and currently serves as an Ohio North State Team coach for boys born in 1992.
Capellas and his wife Maureen reside in Kent, Ohio.
Assistant Coach Joel Bingham
Phone: 330.569.5344Email: binghamjd@hiram.edu
Joel Bingham, a former All-Regional performer at Hiram, enters his fourth season as an assistant coach.
A 1998 graduate of Hiram with a Bachelor's degree in Biology, Bingham played on three Ohio Athletic Conference championship teams, including the 1995 squad which reached the "Sweet 16" of the NCAA Division III National Tournament. Bingham was named to the All-Ohio and All-Mideast Regional teams in 1996 and 1997 and was an the school's Clyde A. Lamb award recipient in 1998. He was both an All-OAC and Academic All-OAC pick in 1997 as well.
In addition to his duties at Hiram, Bingham is an aquatics biologist for Enviroscience, Inc. in Stow, Ohio, and is also an assistant coach with the GFS Soccer Club.
Assistant Coach Dan Zemanski
Phone: 330.569.5344Email: zemanskidj@hiram.edu
Dan Zemanski begins his third season as a member of the men's soccer staff as an assistant coach in 2007.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of North Carolina in 1984. Before arriving at UNC in 1982, Zemanski played at the University of Pittsburgh. From 1988-1995 He played semi professional soccer with the Lake Erie, All Stars.
Prior to coming to Hiram, Zemanski was an Assistant Boys' Soccer coach at Hudson High School. He also coached youth soccer with the GFS Soccer Club and the Everest Soccer Club.
Zemanski resides in Akron, Ohio.