“Vince Gentile is an excellent addition to our staff,” Shields said. “He has an infectious passion for the game, a tireless work ethic and a great soccer mind that our players will benefit from immediately. 

“Vince is incredibly well connected within the St. Louis soccer community and top clubs throughout the country,” Shields said. “He is committed to re-establishing SLU women's soccer as a championship-level program, and he will be instrumental in our recruiting efforts to attract the top youth players to Saint Louis University.”

“I want to thank director of athletics Chris May, associate director of athletics Janet Oberle and Katie Shields for giving me an opportunity to be a part of the Saint Louis University women's soccer program,” Gentile said. “I am thrilled and honored to join coach Shields' staff. Her vision is to return Billiken women's soccer to the top 25 nationally. I share her vision and look forward to working with her to accomplish this.”

Gentile has served as a girls' senior staff coach for St. Louis Scott Gallagher SC since 2008, and he also has filled administrative roles with the club. He has been SLSG's 96/97 Elite ECNL girls' head coach since 2007 and the 97/98 Elite ECNL girls' head coach since 2011.

Gentile's other coaching assignments with SLSG include stints as 94/95 Premier girls' head coach (2009-11), 89/90 Blue boys' head coach and trainer (2002-06), and 89/90 girls' assistant coach and trainer (2005-09). The 89/90 girls' team won a national title and was a three-time regional finalist.

From 2004-10, Gentile was the staff and program director for Total Soccer Training Academy in St. Louis. He was an assistant boys' varsity coach at Mary Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School (MICDS) from 2004-06.

In 2009, Gentile was commissioned by SLSG to establish the Premier League (formerly GSLS League), which he oversees. Under his guidance, the Premier League, which serves as a primary development tool for SLSG and the local soccer community, has expanded from 45 teams at its inception to more than 200 teams.

Gentile spent four years (2008-11) overseeing SLSG's player registration program, and he served a two-year term (2010-11) as state registrar for the Missouri Youth Soccer Association.

Prior to attending the University of Notre Dame, Gentile was a three-year letterman at St. Louis' Christian Brothers College High School Prep. He served as co-captain and helped lead CBC to a state title in 1988.

Gentile was a member of the Region II Olympic Development Program team from 1986-88 and was in the Youth National Pool. He enjoyed success with the Busch Soccer Club, competing for the 1987 national runner-up and playing on teams that captured two regional titles and three state crowns.

Gentile is a 1994 graduate of Notre Dame, earning a bachelor's degree in finance and economics. He holds a U.S. Soccer Federation “A” coaching license and a National Soccer Coaches Association of America national diploma.