A familiar face on the Chapel Hill sidelines, Negara was named the 2011 NSCAA National Assistant Coach of the Year and helped Carolina win its second national championship in program history that season. contributed to.
Negara spent nine seasons as an assistant coach with the Tar Heels. In addition to National Assistant Coach of the Year honors, he also helped Carolina win the 2011 National Championship after appearing in three consecutive College Cups in 2008, 2009 and 2010. .
The University of North Carolina qualified for the NCAA Tournament eight times in Negara's nine seasons on staff, winning the ACC Regular Season Championship four times, the ACC Tournament once, and appearing in the ACC Tournament Championship Match three times. did. Negara played a key role in having eight consecutive classes ranked within the nation's top 11, including the nation's top 11 recruiting class in 2011.
Negara returns to Chapel Hill after serving as the associate head coach at North Carolina State University since the start of the 2017 campaign. Prior to his time with the Wolfpack, Negara served as an assistant coach at Boston University and Pittsburgh.
Prior to his first stint in Chapel Hill, Negara was a top assistant at USC Upstate from 1999 to 2003 and USF from 2003 to 2005.
As a player, Negara was a two-year starting goaltender at the University of South Carolina at Spartanburg, leading the Rifles to the NCAA quarterfinals and the NCAA National Championship Game in 1997 and 1998. During his two-year career with the USCS, Negara started 47 games but allowed just 33 points in nearly 3,900 minutes.
Negalha graduated from USCS in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies with an emphasis in physical education.