MONTREAL – The Montreal Impact announced on Monday that U18 team head coach Jason Di Tullio has been named assistant coach with the first team.
Di Tullio has been a coach with the Academy since its inception in 2010, successively acting as U16 head coach in 2011 and 2012, and then U18 head coach from 2013 to 2015.
"He is a great addition to the team and the technical staff," said the Impact's new interim head coach Mauro Biello. "I know him well as we played together and we've been working together for the same club for a number of years. Jason is a young coach with a lot of ambition. He is perseverant, has a good understanding of the game and wants to continue to learn. He's done exceptional work with the U18 team and I know he can bring something positive to the first team."
“The club gave me the opportunity to achieve my dreams as a player, and is now giving me another chance as an assistant coach,” said Di Tullio. “I learned a lot as a coach with the Academy, especially with Philippe Eullaffroy, and that is why I am very comfortable and excited to take on this new challenge.”
Over the last two years, he led his U18 team to the USSDA playoffs, finishing third in 2013-2014 and fourth in 2014-2015. Most of his players over the last two seasons have made the jump to the USL with FC Montreal.
As a player, he spent six seasons with the Impact from 2002 to 2007 in the North American second division. He played a total of 75 games, 56 as starter, and accumulated 5,145 minutes of play, scoring one goal in his career, a game-winner, on July 17, 2002, against the Vancouver Whitecaps, while also tallying four assists.
At age 18, at the end of his rookie season, he won the Impact’s 2002 Unsung Hero Award. He reached the 5000-minutes played mark with the Impact on June 18, 2006, against the Portland Timbers.
Internationally, Di Tullio was part of the U20 Canadian national team that played at the 2003 FIFA U20 World Cup, in the United Arab Emirates. In 2001, he contributed to Canada’s qualification in the quarterfinal round at the Francophone Games in Ottawa.
