James Madison head coach Paul Zazenski announced on March 5, 2020 the addition of Charlie Hubbard to the coaching staff as an assistant coach.
 
"We couldn't be more excited to add Charlie Hubbard to our men's soccer staff,” said Zazenski. “Having known Charlie from the recruiting trails there is no doubt we are getting a quality individual and extremely qualified coach. Charlie's DI head coaching experience will serve the program well both on and off the field. He also has his USSF 'B' license which shows his dedication to coaching education. I am confident he will fit perfectly into the future of JMU men's soccer and we are fortunate to have him.”
 
Hubbard comes to Harrisonburg after spending the last four seasons at VMI, where he was the head coach during 2019 season. He served as associate head coach for the first three seasons while at VMI, recruited 41 players over the last three years and helped guide the Keydets to its best season in five years.
 
“First and foremost, I would like to thank JMU athletics coaches and administration for providing me with this fantastic opportunity,” said Hubbard. “I am very excited to join the JMU coaching staff and become a member of this University. JMU has an excellent energy and culture, as well as a fantastic soccer program. I look forward to contributing to the JMU campus community and the men's soccer program in every capacity.”
 
Before heading to Lexington, Hubbard was an assistant coach on the men’s soccer team at Dallas Baptist University. He served in that capacity for the 2014 and 2015 seasons, where he helped recruit and develop the team as it played its way to the best season in program history.
 
Hubbard began his coaching career by spending the 2013 season as assistant coach on both the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Thomas More College in Crestview Hills, Ky. While there, he assisted both programs as they qualified for the Division III Tournament and aided the women’s program to consistently be ranked in the top 25 and reached its first-ever Sweet Sixteen.
 
A four-year letterwinner at Division II Palm Beach Atlantic University, he set a university record by playing in 84 games throughout his career. He assisted in leading Palm Beach Atlantic to the NCCAA Semi-Final match in his senior year, and made it to the NCCAA National Tournament every year while he was a Sailfish.
 
Hubbard is a 2013 graduate of Palm Beach Atlantic, earning a bachelor’s degree in biblical studies. He also earned his master’s in sport management from Dallas Baptist in 2016.

During his first season as an assistant coach, Nicholas Melville helped the program to a 15-4-3 overall record while winning the 2018 regular-season Colonial Athletic Association title, 2018 CAA Championship title and a Quarterfinal appearance in the 2018 NCAA Championship for the first time since 1995. 
 
After a stellar 2018 season, the soccer staff was named the Regional Staff of the Year for the Atlantic Region by United Soccer Coaches. James Madison finished the season ranked No. 8 in Top Drawer Soccer, No. 9 in College Soccer News and No. 10 in the United Soccer Coaches Polls. 
 
Following a brief stint as the volunteer assistant coach, Melville was elevated to assistant coach, as announced by Head Coach Paul Zazenski on August 27, 2018.  

"We are excited to have Nick join our staff full time for the 2018 season," Zazenski said. "Nick joins us with a solid playing background, as he was part of a national championship team at Iowa Western College and then transferred to the University of Cincinnati where he started all games as a Bearcat. He is a great up-and-coming coach who has impressed me greatly in his very brief time as a volunteer assistant. He is willing to do whatever it takes to make it in the coaching world and his professionalism goes well beyond his years." 
 
Melville made the leap from athlete to coach, coming to JMU at the end of July as a volunteer assistant coach. In a matter of weeks, Melville was given the full-time position. 
 
"First and foremost, I would like to thank Coach Paul Zazenski for giving me this opportunity and trusting me to help push the standards in place for JMU men's soccer, both on and off the pitch," Melville said. "I am eager to embrace my role as an assistant coach and I look forward to playing my part in helping this program achieve continued success." 
 
Melville began his collegiate career at Iowa Western where he helped the program to a 48-0 record over the course of his two seasons, winning the National Junior College Athletic Association Division I national title in 2013 and reaching the semifinals in 2014. His postseason performance was recognized in 2014 as he was named to the NJCAA National Tournament All-Tournament team. In his two seasons as a Reiver, he scored 11 goals and tallied six assists. 
 
After a two-year stint at Iowa Western, Melville transferred to Cincinnati where he started every game in 2015 and 2016. In his 37 games as a Bearcat, he tallied nine points from two goals and five assists. 
 
Melville graduated from Cincinnati in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in communications. He received 2018 preseason invites from FC Cincinnati and Bethlehem Steel FC of the United Soccer League and chose to play for FCC. 

Gerard Miniaci joins the coaching staff as a volunteer assistant coach ahead of the 2022 season.

In his first season with the Dukes, Miniaci aided the team to go 8-8-4 in the first season in the Sun Belt Conference. The Dukes went unbeaten in six of their final seven matches of the regular season and used the momentum to take down fifth-ranked and two-seeded Marshall in the quarterfinals and three-seeded Georgia State in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Championship to make an appearance in the championship match. Alex Krakowiak was tabbed to the All-Sun Belt Second Team while Tyler Clegg earned All-Region Third Team honors.

He joins JMU after a second stint at VMI, serving as an assistant coach before being named the interim head coach over the last two seasons. Before his return to VMI, he was on the coaching staff at NCAA Division III New England College from 2018-19. He served as an assistant coach and then was the interim head coach before his second season, leading the Pilgrims to a second-place finish in the NECC.
 
The Sterling, Va. native started his college coaching career in 2017 in his first stint at VMI, serving as an assistant coach. Before jumping to college, Miniaci was the head coach at Broadway High School from 2015-17. A three-year letterwinner at Bridgewater College, he received his bachelor’s degree in Health and Exercise Science in 2013. He also has a master’s in Sport and Recreation Management that he earned in 2020 during his time at NEC. Miniaci holds a USSF E coaching license.