The 2026 season is Warren Backman’s first on the Bentley men’s soccer coaching staff.
Prior to arriving at Bentley, Backman was the head coach at Dean College for two years. The 2025 season saw the Bulldogs improve by five wins from 2024 and qualify for the GNAC playoffs.
Before being hired as the head coach at Dean in July, 2024, Backman was an assistant coach at Suffolk University for two years. In the 2023 campaign, Backman helped the Rams to be consistently regionally ranked throughout the season, climbing as high as No. 2 in the region and receiving votes in the Division III National Coaches Poll. The team had two All-Region second team honorees and 13 All-Conference players.
Backman was also an assistant coach at Lynn University for the 2021 season and a graduate assistant at Regis College from 2019-21. He served as Regis' interim head coach during the 2020-21 academic year.
He was a recipient of the 30 Under 30 award from the United Soccer Coaches for the 2021-22 year, which recognizes coaches under 30 years old from across the country, regardless of experience or level of coaching.
Backman played collegiately at Emerson College from 2014-17.
