Pete Doneit enters his tenth season as assistant coach of the UB Purple Knights.  Doneit also works with the teams’ goalkeepers and assists Coach Quinn with the everyday operations of the team.  Since his arrival at UB Doneit has helped the UB men to two ECAC championships, a NYCAC championship and a 2007 bid to the NCAA tournament.

A USSF  “B” license coach, Doneit was named the 2009 Connecticut Junior Soccer Association Coach of the Year as well as the 2010 USYSA Region I Coach of the Year with his work with the Beachside of Connecticut youth soccer program.  Pete has led five Beachside teams to state Championships and recently led his U16 team to the Finals of the Region I Championships.  In addition, Pete is the head coach of the Beachside Super 20 team that recently made it to the semi-finals of the USL National Finals in Rockford Illinois. 

After a four-year career at Division I Hartwick College, Doneit had a stint in South Africa with Cape Town Spurs and Witswatersrand and spent time in the USISL and Pro Select League in the United States with the Grand Rapids Explosion, Lansing Locomotive and Westchester Flames.

Pete and his wife Heather reside in Stamford, Conn. with their newborn son Zachary Peter.