Joe Bartlinski
Head CoachAlma Mater: UNC Asheville
E-mail: jbartlinski@uwf.edu
Office Phone: 474-3226
When Joe Bartlinski came to West Florida in 2001, the Argonauts already had a history of success, but after nine seasons the UWF women’s soccer team is now a perennial national power. Bartlinski holds a career record of 150-21-9 (.858) overall and a 61-3-1 record (.946) in Gulf South Conference play, as he continues to make his mark as one of the most successful active coaches in college soccer.
West Florida has earned NCAA Tournament bids every season under Bartlinski except 2004 when UWF’s season was canceled due to Hurricane Ivan. The Argonauts’ best seasons in school history have come the last two years, as UWF advanced to the national championship game in 2008 and the national semifinals in 2009.
Coach Bartlinski previews the 2010 season:
Since the 2005 season, the Argos have dominated the Gulf South Conference, going 41-0 in regular season conference play with GSC championships in 2006, 2008, and 2009. In the summer of 2010, Bartlinski was honored as the top coach in GSC history as the conference office released the GSC All-Time Team.
His list of individual honors is impressive, including winning the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Division II Coach of the Year award in 2008. He has also been named the NSCAA South Region Coach of the Year three times (2003, 2008, 2009) and GSC Coach of the Year twice (2005, 2008).
At West Florida, Bartlinski has coached two national players of the year (Shaneka Gordon in 2008, Shakira Duncan in 2009), 17 All-Americans, two GSC Commissioner’s Trophy winners (Lindsay Nemanich in 2006-07, Courtney Jones in 2009-10), three GSC players of the year (CiCi Marrero in 2005, Nemanich in 2006, Gordon in 2008), two GSC freshmen of the year (Jill Rice in 2001, Mauricia Nicholson in 2002), and 31 All-GSC first team players.
Before coming to UWF, Bartlinski developed a strong soccer tradition at Brevard College. From 1996 to 1998, the Lady Tornados won 68 consecutive matches en route to National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national championships in 1996 and 1997. Brevard also set six NJCAA records, including consecutive wins (68), single season goals scored (201 in 1998), and fewest goals allowed in a season (three in 1996). Bartlinski, a two-time NJCAA National Coach of the Year, guided Brevard to a postseason tournament record of 12-2-1 in five appearances.
Under his leadership, Brevard boasted two national players of the year and 25 NJCAA, NSCAA and NAIA All-Americans. In Brevard's first year of four-year competition in 1999, the Lady Tornados climbed as high as No. 11 in the country out of 222 NAIA teams.
Prior to his stint at Brevard, Bartlinski coached at Lake Mary High School in Orlando. He served as the head coach for the junior varsity program, which captured two county championships. Bartlinski was also an assistant coach for the varsity program, a two-time Florida 4A Final Four competitor.
Bartlinski competed as a player at both Brevard and Elon, leading both teams from the goalkeeper position. At Brevard, he received all-region and most valuable player honors while serving as team captain. He was also the team captain at Elon and was named to the All-Carolinas Conference team in 1983 and 1984 and the all-district team in 1983. At the high school level, Bartlinski was an All-Florida first team selection and the captain of a state championship team in 1979 at Bishop Moore High School in Orlando.
Bartlinski earned his associate's degree from Brevard and a bachelor's degree in history from the University of North Carolina Asheville. Bartlinski is married to the former Colleen Runion, current assistant coach at UWF. The Bartlinskis have two daughters, Christina McKenzie and Jordan Marie.
