DIRECTORS
JOSH RUGGIERO
PRESIDENT/CEO
Along with Co-founding Top Flight Sports in 2008, Coach Ruggiero spent eight seasons with the NCAA Division II women’s soccer program at Wilmington University in Delaware. Prior to being named head coach , Ruggiero spent two seasons as the top assistant coach. Before stepping down Ruggiero spent close to a decade becoming the longest tenured and winningest coach in program history. He led the team to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2012, capturing a conference Regular Season Championship on its way to its first conference Tournament Championship. Ruggiero coached six women to All-Conference honors that year, and picked up his second CACC Coach of the Year award in 2012.
He also orchestrated one of the team’s best overall seasons in 2010 (15-5), becoming the first program to ever go undefeated (12-0) in the conference, and earning the CACC Coach of the Year award. Under his tutelage, a total of 16 Wildcat student-athletes have been named an All-Conference selection and 8 to All-Region selections.
Prior to starting his coaching career at Wilmington, Ruggiero played for two seasons as a goalkeeper for Wilmington University. He was the starting keeper for the Wildcat’s 2003 squad that captured the conference regular-season championship. Ruggiero is a former All-Conference selection, having posted an astounding 0.86 goals against average as well as an NJCAA All-Region selection.
A graduate from Delaware power, Salesianum High School, Ruggiero has a Bachelors Degree in Sports Management and a Masters Degree in Sport Administration. His coaching resume also includes both high school and collegiate coaching experience (NCAA Division II and III), Olympic Development Program (ODP), and club coaching.
DAVE BUGDA
DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMMING AND COLLEGE SERVICES
He began his coaching career with club teams in the Abingdon Football Club and Soccer Club of Baltimore. He also served as Coach and Club Vice President and president of the Harford Kicks Soccer Club. He later joined the Upper Chesapeake Soccer Club as Club VP and Coach leading his team to a National 3v3 Championship Runner-Up in 2001 and a National 3v3 Championship in 2002.
JASON MUFFOLETTO
DIRECTOR OF GOALKEEPING
Coach Muffeletto is a former collegiate soccer coach and current professional goalkeeper trainer. At Harford Community College, Jason made 5 NJCAA National Tournament appearances, including 2 semifinal appearances, 5 District Championships, 7 MDJUCO Titles, 8 Region 20 Championships, and mentored 12 All Americans.
As a goalkeeper trainer Jason has trained numerous top goalkeepers from various backgrounds. He currently trains 4 professional goalkeepers, 3 of which have UEFA Champions League experience, 2 with international caps for their country. Jason has personally trained numerous NCAA division 1 goalkeepers, including UCLA, U of Virginia, Wake Forest, San Diego State, U of Louisville, U of Maryland and many other universities. At the club level Jason has personally trained 6 Adidas golden glove award winners, and 5 USYNT goalkeepers, not to mention numerous Regional 1 and ODP goalkeepers.
As a player, Jason also excelled. Jason had numerous professional indoor and outdoor stints in the United States and also played professionally in Brazil, for Paysandu Sporting Clube and Clube do Remo. In 1997, Jason was an Adidas Golden gloves award winner himself.
Muffeletto has continued to bring his passion for the sport to the community and now serves as the Director of Goalkeeping and Coach with us at Top Flight Sports.
MATT SMOOT
DIRECTOR OF Fitness Programming
Began his career at Perry Hall High School as the Boys Lacrosse Coach from 2009-2014. While there he coached 5 players on to Div II, Div III, and JUCO colleges during his Head Coaching tenure from 2011-2014.
In 2011 joined the Varsity Girls Soccer staff at PHHS in 2011. During his first year Coach Smoot assisted the program to a County Championship, Regional Championship, and State Semi Final appearance.
In 2014 he was promoted to Head Coach of the Varsity Girls Soccer program. As head coach the PHHS Girls Varsity soccer teams have make it to 4 County Championships. In 2016 the program won a Regional Championship and played in the State Championship. In 2018 and 2019, the program again won a regional championships and Back-to-Back State Championships.
In 2018 & 2019 Coach Smoot was voted by Maryland coaches as the Maryland Association of Coaches of Soccer (MACS) Coach of the Year. He has coached 20 All County selections, 6 All State selections, 5 All-Metro selections and 1 All American- All South Region selection.
Currently teaching at Perry Hall High School where he is part of the Science Department teaching classes in GT Living Systems and Anatomy. He is also an instructor in the Career and Technology Education (CTE) program as part of the Project Lead the Way Biomed co-hort. Within this 4 year program he is the Human Body Systems instructor for second year students.
Outside of coaching his teams he trains individual and groups of athletes based on overall and specific sport demands using his experience in implementing speed and strength work with the High School athlete. His philosophy towards training for sport is rooted in basic functional movement training and biomechanics. During training, a players development plan begins with body weight strength training and balance work before moving into resistance based exercises, mechanics of speed, and change of direction drills.
