Victoria Colotti - Assistant Coach
Victoria Colotti joins the FC Berlin staff after her sixth year as a member of the Bengals' coaching staff in in 2023. After concluding her stellar four-year playing career at Buffalo State, Colotti joined the women's soccer staff as a volunteer assistant in 2018. Following a successful first season as a volunteer, she was officially named Assistant Women's Soccer coach in Spring 2019, a position she has held since.

During her playing career, the midfielder was a four-time All-SUNYAC selection, finishing her career with 15 goals and 32 points in 76 career games. She was an integral member of the Bengals' SUNYAC Championship in 2016 and is the only player in school history to score a goal in the NCAA Tournament.

Nate Holler - Assistant Coach
Nate Holler, a Tonawanda native, joins the FC Berlin coaching staff most recently serving as a coach with Buffalo State University as an assistant coach for the women’s program. Focusing on working with the attackers. Buffalo State in the fall of 2023 had the best start in program history, most goals scored since 2006, finished the year 7-6-4 which was the first winning season since 2016. started coaching at the WNY Flash Academy in 2018 and is the current head coach for the 2009 Girls premier team and an assistant coach with the 2007 Girls ECNL-RL.

From 2018-2021, Holler was an assistant coach at his alma-mater with the Tonawanda Boys Varsity team where they found themselves three-time ECIC IV Division Champions and 2020 Section VI Class B1 Co-Champions with a compiled record of 45-18-3. In addition, Holler served as the head coach for the Tonawanda Girls Varsity team from 2018-2021 where they compiled a record of 25-24-1. Holler also has his USSF D Coaching License.

As a player, Holler was a very accomplished member at Tonawanda High School where he was a four-year starter and two-year captain. Holler was a four-time ECIC IV All-Star, 2014 All-Western New York Small School selection, and part of the 2012 Section VI Class B2 Champion team. During his career, Holler totaled 45 goals with 17 assists. In college play, Holler attended Division II Belmont Abbey in Charlotte, North Carolina before returning to Buffalo to finish his playing career at Medaille University. As a Maverick, Holler was a member of the 2017 AMCC Tournament Championship team as well as earning an appearance in the 2017 NCAA Division III Tournament. Holler earned his degree in Sports Management from Medaille with a minor in Developmental Psychology.

Emily Kelly - Goalkeeping Coach
Emily Kelly was the starter for the University at Buffalo for 5 years (2018-2022) and earned second team All-American in 2022. She went on to play one professional season in Canberra, Australia for Gungahlin United FC. She returned home shortly after in the hopes of starting a coaching career. Emily volunteered as Buffalo State’s GK coach for the 2023 season and plans to be a Graduate Assistant at Murray State for the women’s soccer team where she will work with the GKs.

Interested players in the Western New York Region can fill out our player intake form at uws.berlinfa.com