University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Andy McNab names former Bulldog Bella Iorio as Assistant Women’s Soccer Coach
07.02.2021 | Women's Soccer
ASHEVILLE N.C. – UNC Asheville Women's Soccer Coach Andy McNab announced the addition of Bella Iorio as Assistant Coach. Iorio, who was a four-year letterwinner for the Bulldogs, spent the last year-plus at Barton College serving as an assistant coach on McNab's staff.
"I am delighted to add Bella to the coaching staff, McNab said. "Her knowledge of UNC Asheville and the Big South Conference will be important moving forward. She brings great energy and knowledge of the game, as well as successful spells as an assistant at Concord and Barton."
Iorio joined McNab at Barton in 2020, helping the Bulldogs post a record of 4-4-1 in a COVID-shortened season in the spring of 2021. Prior to her time at Barton, Iorio worked as an assistant coach at Concord University in West Virginia. While at Concord, Iorio coached a pair of All-Americans (Leah Foster, Mira Kontio), nine All-Mountain East Conference selections and seven all-region selections while helping guide the Mountain Lions to a 19-2 record in 2019.
While at Asheville, Iorio started 58 of 74 games played at midfield for the Bulldogs, starting 32 of her last 33 games while serving as a team captain in her junior and senior seasons. A native of Clayton, North Carolina, Iorio graduated from UNC Asheville in 2019 with a degree in health and wellness promotion and earned her master's degree in Concord in May of 2021 in health promotion.
"I am so excited to be back at UNC Asheville as an assistant coach and to be working alongside Coach McNab once again! I look forward to being a part of the next chapter of UNC Asheville Women's Soccer and cannot wait to get started."
