Firenze begins her third season with the Bearcats in 2018 and first after being promoted to lead assistant.
Following BU's breakthrough 2017 season, Firenze and the Binghamton staff were honored as America East Co-Coaching Staff of the Year. The Bearcats went 11-3-4 in the regular season, won a share of the America East regular season crown, put four players on the all-conference team and two on the all-region team and hosted a playoff game for the first time in eight years.Â
A native of Baldwinsville, N.Y., she was a two-year captain and four-year starter at Syracuse University. Firenze started 71 career games for the Orange, playing in the BIG EAST quarterfinals as a freshman before competing three straight years in the ACC. She was chosen for the 2012 All-Big East Rookie Team and was a multiple-semester ACC Scholar-Athlete.
She graduated from Syracuse in 2016 before joining Bhattacharjee at Binghamton in the fall of that year.
"I am very excited to be bringing Jackie on board at Binghamton," Bhattacharjee said at the time of her hiring. "I have had the fortunate experience of coaching her during her college experience and know firsthand her competitive fire, soccer knowledge, work ethic and relationships she has throughout Region I and the Northeast, and most of all her ability to relate to others and her leadership capabilities. She possesses fabulous character traits that will have a high impact on our players here and the program overall. I am thrilled to be adding Jackie. Her passion and commitment will be strong contributions to Binghamton women's soccer."
Firenze was a two-time scholastic All-American at C.W. Baker High in Syracuse. In 2011, she was an ESPN Rise Gatorade New York Player of the Year finalist. Firenze led C.W. Baker to five CNYCL league championships, two regional titles and a state runnerup finish.
She has vast experience at the national level. Firenze participated at the U.S. U14 national team camp in 2007 and also with the U.S. Youth National Team training camps in 2008 and 2010.
She was a member of the ODP Region I international team that competed in Ireland and Russia.
Firenze graduated from Syracuse's School of Education in 2016 with a dual major bachelor's degree in health and physical education and was a six-time Dean's List recipient (3.78 overall GPA). Firenze was a three-time member of the ACC Scholar-Athlete Team.
She earned her master's degree in education from Binghamton in 2018.
Firenze holds USSF National Class B, C and D coaching licenses.Â
