Bobby Desilets enters his third season as head women's soccer coach at Newbury College with a career record of 10-20-2 and is 7-8-1 against New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) opponents.

In 2010, he led the Nighthawks to their first winning conference season at 4-3-1 and their second consecutive NECC post-season berth as the fifth seed.

In his first season at the helm, 2009, he led the Nighthawks to a 3-5 New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) record and their first playoff berth in the short history of the program.

Desilets comes to Newbury with a strong coaching background, most recently as the Assistant Women's Soccer Coach at Lesley University. Desilets helped lead the team to their best record (16-3-2) in program history in 2008.  Prior, Desilets was the Lesley University Men's Soccer assistant coach, along with the Eastern Mass FC U-15 boys Head Coach. Desilets started his coaching career as a coach at the Brian Ainscough soccer camp before becoming the Assistant Coach at Matignon High School.  He currently coaches for the Scorpions Soccer Club (ranked the 27th best Girls Club in the US) as the U-16 Girls Head Coach and is also an ODP evaluator.  Desilets currently holds a USSF Nation D license.

A Rhode Island native, Desilets played collegiate soccer at Bowdoin College. He was a four year starter of the team and was named to the All-New England Team in 2004.  Desilets also completed his career ranked in the top ten for numerous records including 7th in most points in a career, 4th in career assists and 3rd in most goals in a season.  He graduated in 2005 with a B.S. in Economics and History. Currently Desilets works and resides in Dedham, MA.