Jim Clementi enters his fifth season as an assistant coach for Siena Men's Soccer in 2023.  

The Saints completed their first consecutive eight-win seasons in seven years in 2022, beginning with an impressive 4-0-1 start to the year. The team's third straight MAAC postseason appearance was preceded by standout goalkeeper Greg Monroe's "Golden Glove" award as the league's top keeper, as well as four First Team All-MAAC and two Second Team All-MAAC selections. The program also boasted a program record 15 selections to the MAAC All-Academic Team, tying for the most honorees in the league. 

After dealing with the unprecedented challenges brought forth during the COVID-19 pandemic, Clementi aided the Saints in thriving during the 2021 season. Siena posted nine wins for its most in a season since 2014 and finished fourth in the MAAC to earn the right to host a postseason match for only the second time in program history. Six Saints compiled a total of nine MAAC postseason honors to match the program record, highlighted by freshman Jacob Sandun Arachchige-Jensen being named the MAAC Rookie of the Year and becoming the first rookie in team history to earn a First Team All-MAAC nod. The team's seven-win improvement from the previous season featured 17 different point scorers, the most for the team since 2002. 

He also serves as Siena's Spring Intramural Coordinator, assisting with the college's intramural sports programs. 

Upon joining the Saints in 2019, Clementi brought five years of collegiate coaching experience with him to Loudonville, the latter two of which he served as head coach of Division III Wells College.

"I am extremely happy and excited to welcome Jim to my staff,” said then-head coach Cesar Markovic upon Clementi's hiring. “Jim is a coach that has worked his way up the ranks all the way to a head coaching position at Wells College. Jim understands the serious work that is involved with building a contender. I think our team and staff will benefit from this injection of energy, hard work, and new ideas into our program."

Clementi matriculates to Siena following a two-year stint as the head coach of the Division III Wells College Express in Aurora, New York. He developed four North Eastern Athletic Conference selections over his two seasons at the helm.

No stranger to the Capital Region, Clementi previously served as an assistant coach for two seasons at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in nearby Troy. He helped guide RPI to the Second Round of the 2015 Division III NCAA Tournament, and was instrumental in helping to land a pair of top recruiting classes.

Clementi first entered the collegiate coaching ranks as an assistant at his alma mater, Ramapo College of New Jersey, in 2014. He previously coached numerous club squads as well as serving as a head coach for three seasons at Hawthorne High School in Hawthorne, New Jersey. Clementi spent his final two seasons as the boys’ varsity soccer head coach, and was named the 2013 North Jersey Interscholastic Conference Colonial Division Coach of the Year after leading his team to a league championship and program record 16 wins.

A 2011 graduate of Ramapo with his B.S. in Mathematics, Clementi received his M.A. in Coaching and Athletic Administration from Concordia University Irvine in 2015. He was a three-time team captain and both a two-time New Jersey Athletic Conference All-Conference (2009, 2010) and All-Academic Team (2008-09) selection while starring at back for Ramapo. Over his four varsity seasons, Clementi started all 61 games in which he appeared in and helped guide the Roadrunners to 40 wins.

A native of Medford Lakes, New Jersey, Clementi starred at Shawnee High School which he led to a perfect 27-0-0 record and a Group 3 State Championship his senior year in 2006, setting the record for most victories in New Jersey history. 

He resides in Albany with his wife, Sarah, and is expecting his first child.