Antonio Carrabotta
Antonio Carrabotta
Title: Assistant Coach
Phone: (843) 383-8168
Email: antonio.carrabotta@coker.edu

Antonio Carrabotta helped the Cobras to a solid season in his first year on staff, as the Cobras went 10-8 and 5-5 in the South Atlantic Conference. Coker upset No. 16 Lander 1-0 on Sept. 25, which propelled them to their first national ranking since 2012 when they cracked the next week's United Soccer Coaches national poll at No. 15. Coker played its way into the South Atlantic Conference tournament as the No. 8 seed, going on the road to upset top-seeded Carson-Newman 5-1 and advancing to the SAC tournament semifinals. Coker would have three players selected to the All-Conference Teams in Christian Provenzano (First Team), Jacques Fokam-Sandeu (First Team) and Robi Obrstar (Second Team), while Provenzano was also named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Region First Team. the men's soccer program excelled in the classroom as well, with Riccardo Ricci winning the South Atlantic Conference's Elite 20 Award for the highest GPA, and also being named a CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team selection and later a CoSIDA Second Team Academic All-American®. Men's Soccer also had a solid year in the classroom, posting a 3.44 team GPA for the year and also had 17 men selected to the 2019-20 SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll. Men's Soccer also finished sixth in all of Division II in community service hours. 

Carrabotta joined the Coker University men's soccer staff in August 2019. 

Carrabotta comes to Hartsville from Ferrum College where he was a student assistant for the last two years. Prior to his time at Ferrum, he played in the National Premier Soccer League for RVA FC, winning a league championship. He began his collegiate playing career at Chowan University, before transferring to Division I Radford University after one year. He contributed to two NCAA tournament appearances while playing for the Highlanders. 

The Richmond, Va. native holds a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Ferrum College, and is pursuing a Master's of Science in College Athletic Administration at Coker.