Completed Event: Men's Soccer at Rutgers on August 21, 2025 , Loss , 0, to, 1

John Mark Andrade enters his 16th season coaching at Providence College. Andrade spent his first four seasons as an assistant coach and was promoted to the position of Associate Head Coach on Dec. 12, 2012. Prior to coaching under Head Coach Craig Stewart, Andrade spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach for Chaka Daley.
In 2024, Andrade assisted the Friars to their 12th NCAA Tournament appearance where they reached the Second Round. Andrade helped the squad reach the BIG EAST Championship game and earn the title of BIG EAST East Division Regular Season Co-Champions. He also helped the team to 13 victories.
In 2023, Andrade helped the Friars to a BIG EAST Semifinal appearance with the team finishing 8-6-3 overall and 4-2-2 in conference play
In 2022, Andrade helped steer the squad to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for the fourth time in program history. He also helped coach the Friars to their 15th BIG EAST Semifinal and sixth BIG EAST Championship Game appearance. Andrade assisted the team to a 12-5-4 overall record including a 5-2-3 mark in BIG EAST play.
In 2020-21, Andrade helped the team to a 4-4-1 overall record including a 3-3-1 mark in BIG EAST play. The season was abbreviated due to the COVID-19 pandemic that canceled fall 2020 play.
In 2019, Andrade assisted the Friars to their 10th appearance in the NCAA Tournament where they reached the Sweet Sixteen. Andrade helped the squad to reach the BIG EAST Championship game. He also helped the team to 16 victories, tying the most wins in a single-season for Providence.
In 2018, Andrade helped Providence to its eighth winning season in the past 10 years. He also assisted the Friars to a seventh BIG EAST Semifinal appearance in the last 10 years.
Andrade helped the Friars to their second Elite Eight appearance in three seasons in 2016. He assisted the Friars in the 5-4 upset of the No. 1 overall Maryland Terps in the NCAA Second Round. In addition, he helped Providence secure its first BIG EAST regular season title.
During the 2014 season, Andrade assisted the Friars to their most successful season in program history. Andrade helped the team win its first BIG EAST Championship title, as well as appear in the NCAA College Cup for the first time. Additionally, the team had a program-record 16 wins. On March 22, 2015, Andrade was inducted into the Rhode Island Soccer Hall of Fame.
In 2013, Andrade helped coach the Friars to the BIG EAST Championship final for the third time in program history. Providence also earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament, where Andrade helped the team advance past the first round by defeating the University of Pennsylvania in a penalty shootout.
Andrade, who served as the head coach at Dean College for one year, came to Providence with a wealth of soccer experience. In 2008, he guided the Bulldogs to a 10-5 record and the Region XXI Regular Season Championship. Andrade also served as a professor in the Sports Management program at Dean.
Andrade was the 1997 Gatorade & Umbro Rhode Island Player of the Year and currently serves as the president of Bayside F.C. The club is based out of East Providence and has existed since 2006. Andrade has also served as the head coach of the Rhode Island Olympic Developmental Program since 2005.
Andrade, a two-year All-State performer and a 1997 NSCAA All-American at East Providence High School, was a four-year starter at Syracuse University. He earned All-BIG EAST accolades in 2000 and 2001 and All-Northeast Region honors in those same years. In addition, he served as team captain in 2001 and was named team MVP in 2000-01. Andrade graduated from Syracuse with a degree in Consumer Studies in 2002 and then moved to Portugal where he played professionally in the first division for Maritimo F.C. and the third division for Fafe F.C.
Andrade currently resides in Massachusetts with his wife, Jenny, and sons, Markos and Niko.