Coming from Coast to Coast, Cristian Materazzi, an alumni of the Otters left West Virginia to come and become our Goalkeeper coach for the Otters. Materazzi was with the Otters for the 21-22 Season.

Materazzi served as WVU’s goalkeeper coach, while assisting with the team’s daily training sessions and game preparations. Materazzi helped the Mountaineers post a 12-8-2 mark in 2019. The squad reached the NCAA Tournament Third Round for the fourth time in five years and were led by senior goalkeeper and co-captain.

In 2018, Materazzi coached Foster to United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team honors, the first netminder in program history to earn an All-America award. The 2018 All-Big 12 First Team member also was a MAC Hermann Trophy candidate and a finalist for the CONCACAF Female Goalkeeper of the Year.

In 2017, the WVU goalkeeping unit posted 13 shutouts, 12 credited to Foster, and ranked No. 20 nationally with a 0.565 shutout percentage. The unit also ranked No. 25 nationally with a 0.670 GAA. The Mountaineers finished the season at 16-4-3.

Materazzi also spent four seasons as head coach at Alderson Broaddus. The second coach in program history, he led the Battlers to a 3-12-2 showing in 2017.

In 2016, the squad finished 6-9-2, and three athletes were named to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) All-Conference team. The squad went 7-12 in 2015 en route to its second straight appearance in the G-MAC Women’s Soccer Championship. In his first season as head coach, Materazzi led the team to the semifinals of the G-MAC Championship following a 2-0, opening-round win over Davis & Elkins. The Battlers finished 6-12-1, and forward Lauren Small was named the G-MAC Freshman of the Year and ECAC Rookie of the Year.

In 2011, Materazzi served as the first assistant coach for men’s soccer at Stetson, where he helped the Hatters to a 10-5-4 record en route to an appearance in the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament. During his first stint at AB, Materazzi also served as a volunteer assistant at WVU in 2010. The Mountaineers went 18-5-1 that season and claimed the Big East Conference Championship title. Goalkeeper Kerri Butler finished the year with 14 shutouts, the best season total in program history, and posted a 0.82 goals-against average.

Prior to his time at AB, Materazzi spent five years as an assistant with the Otters men’s and women’s soccer programs. A three-year varsity letter winner at CSUMB as a goalkeeper, he played professionally in 2003 with California Gold, a United Soccer League PSL team.

He also spent the 2004 season with Club America, a Mexican Primera Division team, on a trial basis.

Materazzi holds an NSCAA Advanced National Diploma.

He is the husband of Otter volleyball Head Coach Courtney (Taubert) Materazzi. The couple met while both were student–athletes at CSUMB.