Men's Soccer
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Uspensky joined the Boston College staff for the 2018 season after two years on the Harvard men's soccer staff as the Goalkeeper Coach and over 12 years of coaching experience.
Uspensky was instrumental in the development of starter Kyle Parks during his first two years with Harvard, as Parks went on to sign with SC Freamunde in Portugal. Parks totaled six shutouts as the Harvard starter, while making 145 saves across 29 starts. Harvard tallied 10 wins in 2016-17, each coming with Parks in net, and climbed into the top-15 nationally in the RPI. Senior Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu was a third-round selection in the MLS SuperDraft, making the roster for Atlanta United FC. Harvard ended its season with a nine-game unbeaten streak intact.
Prior to joining the Crimson, Uspensky worked as Soccer Community Director and Partnerships Manager at the Boston-based startup CoachUp (offering 16,000 qualified coaches in 30+ sports nationwide) overseeing relationships with major and minor sports leagues (NBA, NFL, MLS, MLB, USOC, and others) and helping retired professional players find avenues to coaching. Uspensky is also the top CoachUp Goalkeeper Coach in Massachusetts and top 20 coach overall in USA soccer (out of 3,000+ coaches). He is featured in the Goalkeeping Tutorial Videos with 500,000+ views.
Uspensky holds both undergraduate and graduate degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University where he played for the men's soccer team and contributed to a CAA Championship and a top ten US ranking. His undergraduate degree was in international business management with minors in Russian and Spanish language studies (2007).
Post college, Uspensky had a brief stint with the semi-professional Richmond Rowdies before deciding to pursue a career in the business world. After two years working in Russia, Uspensky returned to the #1 ranked VCU Brandcenter to get a master's degree in creative brand management (2011). Uspensky was born in Moscow, Russia to a Russian father and Peruvian mother.
In 2012, Uspensky co-founded the Boston Kickers, a youth soccer club that has had over 1,000 players participating across the Greater Boston Area.
Uspensky also spent three years with The Winsor School (a top national private girls school in Boston) varsity soccer program as an Assistant/Goalkeeper Coach.
He holds a USSF ‘D’ License.
