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Marty Berman H'05 Honored at Mercier Sportsmen Beefsteak Dinner
On Monday, March 24, at The Highlawn in West Orange, NBC 4 New York’s longtime sports anchor Bruce Beck and Seton Hall Prep’s legendary soccer coach and teacher Marty Berman will be feted during the annual Mercier Sportsmen event, which over the past half century has honored some of the more noteworthy sports figures both in New Jersey and nationwide.
Beck will receive the Peter A. Carlesimo Sportsman Award, while Berman will be presented the Msgr. Edward J. Larkin Award of Distinction. Berman, who next fall will begin his 40th season as the head soccer coach at Seton Hall Prep, has his own distinct Essex County roots, beginning as a standout soccer player at Columbia High School.
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He had an early career in media relations and journalism in the 1970s, both with the American Soccer League, and serving as a high school soccer reporter for The Star-Ledger. The late Pete Butler brought Berman aboard at Seton Hall Prep in the fall of 1980 and after six seasons as an assistant coach he was promoted to the head coaching position for the Pirates in 1986.
In 39 seasons at the helm, he has put together a glittering 566-201-67 record while guiding SHP to five overall Non-Public A state championships, including three in the past six years, along with eight Non-Public, North A state sectional titles, nine Essex County Tournament championships and a combined 15 conference crowns in the Super Essex-American Division (9) and Iron Hills-Iron Division 6). SHP was selected as the No. 1 team in the state by The Star-Ledger and nj.com following the 2023 season.
One of Berman’s greatest awards came when the United States Soccer Coaches presented him with their 2023 National Coach of the Year award for high school boys private and parochial school coaches, with the presentation made in Anaheim, Calif., in conjunction with the U.S. Soccer Coaches Convention.
Marty and his wife Lori, who is also a longtime soccer coach, reside in West Orange. Coach Berman, who is a youthful 72, continues to teach his popular English class at SHP. One of the couple’s sons, Matty '11, who is the Director of communications at SHP and a former standout Pirates player, is also a veteran assistant on his dad’s coaching staff along with Lori’s brother and Marty’s brother-in-law Dave Snyder, who is SHP’s Dean of Academics.
Previous Seton Hall Prep honorees include former lacrosse coach and history teacher Dave Giarrusso (2018), current baseball coach Mike Sheppard, Jr. (2008), former football and current track & field coach John Finnegan (1999), retired basketball coach and current physical education teacher Bob Farrell (1998), retired basketball coach Frank "Finn" Tracey (1987), and current SHP President Msgr. Michael E. Kelly '57 (1982).
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In 39 seasons at the helm, he has put together a glittering 566-201-67 record while guiding SHP to five overall Non-Public A state championships, including three in the past six years, along with eight Non-Public, North A state sectional titles, nine Essex County Tournament championships and a combined 15 conference crowns in the Super Essex-American Division (9) and Iron Hills-Iron Division 6). SHP was selected as the No. 1 team in the state by The Star-Ledger and nj.com following the 2023 season.
One of Berman’s greatest awards came when the United States Soccer Coaches presented him with their 2023 National Coach of the Year award for high school boys private and parochial school coaches, with the presentation made in Anaheim, Calif., in conjunction with the U.S. Soccer Coaches Convention.
Marty and his wife Lori, who is also a longtime soccer coach, reside in West Orange. Coach Berman, who is a youthful 72, continues to teach his popular English class at SHP. One of the couple’s sons, Matty '11, who is the Director of communications at SHP and a former standout Pirates player, is also a veteran assistant on his dad’s coaching staff along with Lori’s brother and Marty’s brother-in-law Dave Snyder, who is SHP’s Dean of Academics.
Previous Seton Hall Prep honorees include former lacrosse coach and history teacher Dave Giarrusso (2018), current baseball coach Mike Sheppard, Jr. (2008), former football and current track & field coach John Finnegan (1999), retired basketball coach and current physical education teacher Bob Farrell (1998), retired basketball coach Frank "Finn" Tracey (1987), and current SHP President Msgr. Michael E. Kelly '57 (1982).
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