WINTER SPORTS
Men’s Basketball
The Men’s Basketball team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Bay League – Redwood, North Coast Section Division 5 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The Varsity team is coached by Tom Bonfigli and assisted by Jerry Bonfigli, Nick Iacopi, John Molinari, Michael Baribault and Esteban Bermudez. In 40 seasons spent at Cardinal Newman, Justin Siena and St. Vincent de Paul, Bonfigli’s teams have earned 17 league championships, 2 NCS championships, 2 NorCal championships and accumulated a remarkable 833 wins. Those wins place Coach Bonfigli 7th all-time in the state of California. Read more about Coach Bonfigli here.
The JV team is coached by Nick Iacopi and assisted by John Molinari, Michael Baribault and Esteban Bermudez. He will enter his third season at St. Vincent de Paul in 2022-2023. Iacopi has previously coached at all three levels at both Casa Grande and Petaluma High Schools since 2007.
The Freshman team is coached by Michael Baribault and assisted by Esteban Bermudez, Nick Iacopi and John Molinari. Baribault is entering his third season with the program. He has also served as the program’s Director of Operations, along with assisting with the JV and Varsity teams. He previously served in the same role for two seasons at his alma mater, Petaluma High School.
For more, head to the team’s website and follow the Men’s Basketball team on Instagram @svdphsmensbasketball
Tom Bonfigli
Head Varsity Men’s Basketball Coach
tbonfigli@svhs-pet.org
Women’s Basketball
The Women’s Basketball team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Bay League – Redwood, North Coast Section Division 5 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The Varsity team is coached by Will Bullard. He was born and raised in Detroit, MI where he would start his basketball career at just the age of 13. Come college, Bullard would walk on at Marygrove College before transferring to Richland College in Dallas, TX. He would finish his collegiate career at Texas A&M Corpus Christi. After his college days, he joined the Harlem Globetrotters and played for them for 13 years.
“As the new head coach for St. Vincent’s women’s basketball I plan to rebuild the program in a way that’ll make the young women love the game of basketball on the court and also build character outside of the game.” Bullard said. “Basketball is a key to many opportunities in life. I want these young women to know that they are capable of anything and it could possibly start with a basketball!”
Follow the Women’s Basketball Team on Instagram @svdphswomensbasketball
Will Bullard
Head Women’s Basketball Coach
wbullard@svhs-pet.org
Women’s Soccer
The Women’s Soccer team at St. Vincent de Paul High School competes in the North Coast Section Division 4 and California Interscholastic Federation.
The Women’s Soccer team is coached by Mark Ribeiro. He attended Bernard Eldridge Elementary School, Kenilworth Junior High School, and Casa Grande High School. He graduated from San Jose State University. Mark and his wife have been married for 16 and have two lovely daughters, ages 9 and 12. Mark is a fourth grade teacher at Cinnabar Charter and Elementary School and has been teaching there for nine years. He is also currently the vice president of the Petaluma Youth Soccer League and has been coaching soccer for six years.
Follow the Women’s Soccer Team on Instagram @sv.womans.soccer
Mark Ribeiro
Head Women’s Soccer Coach
mriberio@svhs-pet.org
This past season, for the first time ever, St. Vincent de Paul High School offered Wrestling! Three of our wrestlers qualified for the North Coast Section Championships, under the direction of head coach Jim Pera.
St. Vincent de Paul High School also brought back Men’s Soccer for an abbreviated season. The team played a few exhibition games in hopes of bringing the sport back full time next winter!