Adriano joins AFC Lightning from Lincoln Memorial University.  Adriano combines strong youth, college, and professional experience with tremendous coaching and educational expertise.

Adriano joined the Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) coaching staff in 2007 and was able to provide the men's and women's programs with substantial soccer knowledge, quality leadership and a work ethic that is second to none.  During his time at LMU, Adriano recruited and coached successful student-athletes and helped the program to make important achievements such as NCAA DII National Championship Game, NCAA DII National Tournament Appearances, South Atlantic Conference titles and appearances, achieve a #1 ranking, consecutive ranked top programs in the nation and region, and successive NCAA DII Team Academy Awards.

Consequently, Adriano supported numerous student-athletes to achieve individual awards as CoSIDA Academic All-District Team, NCAA D2 All-Southeast Region Scholar, United Soccer Coaches All-Americans, Daktronics National Player of the Year and USC Scholar All-South Region Team.

Simultaneously while coaching at LMU, Adriano was heavily involved with the Tennessee Soccer ODP Program.

Born in Brazil, Adriano joined Sao Jose dos Campos Academy at 14, where he competed in Regional, National and International Championships and Tournaments. Adriano was considered one of the top young player of his age group in his State. His potential became reality by the age of 17 when he joined the professional team and had the opportunity to compete in the Brazilian Professional Soccer League and faced well-known club teams as Sao Paulo, Corinthians, Santos and Palmeiras.