Bruce Dietterle is entering his second season as the Falcons assistant coach.

Last season, he helped coach a team that won 18 games, won the PBC Tournament Championship and hosted the NCAA Southeast Regional.

Prior to UM Dietterle coached for three seasons at Pfeiffer University. He helped lead Pfeiffer to three consecutive Conference Carolinas Tournament appearances. He coached nine All-Conference players, five that were named All-Region, three that were honored as All-State and one that was heralded as an All-American. In his last season, he coached Pfeiffer to the fourth-ranked offense in Division II.

His tenure has seen him coach at many levels. He began as coach and site director with the Seacoast United Soccer Club in Hampton, New Hampshire in 2004 and did not give up that position until 2009. He added to that a two year stint as a volunteer with Newmarket Junior/Senior High School (2007-08). In the summers, he added to his growing soccer resume by coaching at summer camps at the University of New Hampshire (2007-2009). Since November 2009, he has been an assistant coach with the North Carolina Olympic Development Program and helped the team to a third place finish at the U.S. Nationals. Since August 2009, he has also been a youth coach with FC Carolina Alliance, a soccer club in Harrisburg North Carolina.

Dietterle is a 2006 graduate of Saint Anselm College with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.