Coaches Hot Seat - 2013 Version

And right on cue, UCLA just announced the hiring of former Bruin great Leonard Griffin as Salcedo's assistant.

http://www.uclabruins.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=30500&ATCLID=209449612

 

Howard looks set to hire alum and former national team player Philip Gyau. Too bad his son isn't eligible to play!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...l&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

If, and this is a big if, Howard gives Gyau resources, he has the connections and experience and name that should allow him to improve the program. Lord knows, he can't do any worse.

 

Surprised this hasnt made these boards... ( possible that I missed it. been away on business)

http://www.socceramerica.com/article/57171/arizona-united-hires-maryland-assistant-dellorusso.html

Opens up some potential for a new Assistant!!! Any ideas who might be interested in the job?

 

Wonder what took them so long, knowing that they fired their last coach at the end of the season.

 

Three years. He'll be a head coach within three years.

 

It took the AD a long time to find the scrap of paper he had Gyau's name written down on and then call him and beg him to take the job.

 

This will be an interesting adventure for those involved.. my "prediction"... read.. " the increasingly foreign flavor of mens D1 soccer".....

 

Surprised that this hasn't been mentioned yet.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/spor...coaches-academy-staff-20140403,0,6075838.post

 

First I saw of it, good find.

Here's the Elon release. For a mid-major, this is a good gig and Powell showed you can win at Elon. They should get some good applicants.

http://www.elonphoenix.com/news/2014/4/2/MSOC_0402140231.aspx

 

D3 Gettysburg has a new coach and former Loyola (MD) coach Mark Mettrick has a new job. Great addition by Gettysburg, but I am a bit surprised. I would've thought Mettrick would have returned to another D1 program

http://www.gettysburgsports.com/news/2014/3/14/MSOC_0314140308.aspx

 

Probably a stepping stone.

 

OR a really good Financial decision.. perhaps being able to send your children to G-burg isn't such a bad deal!

 

Before he coached at Loyola, Mettrick coached at Mount St. Mary's, which is just down the road (and across the state line) from Gettysburg so maybe he liked living up there or had a lot of contacts or what not.

Or maybe he just didn't want to be unemployed.

 

Mettrick's family is rooted in Baltimore and Gettysburg is a good job that is fairly commutable from B'more

 

Great for Mark. Class act!

 

Howard makes official the Philip Gyau report of last week.

http://hubison.com/news/2014/4/8/MSOC_0408140628.aspx

 

I feel sorry for Philip. A new coach with the lack of support that he's going to get from Howard - it's going to be tough. If given the resources, Philip could make a good run - but I doubt he'll get the $$$ and administrative support to be successful.

 

He's not going to be alone in his lack of resources. Athletics on a whole are underfunded at, not only Howard, but the HBC's. Conference realignment and BCS has left a lot of schools behind, and HBC's have been hit hard. In the end, it's not the NCAA with the biggest impact, it's simply enrollment. Sadly, the only institutions where attendance is on the rise in this country for Black males are penitentuaries.

 

New San Francisco coach Eddie Soto announces his staff, most of whom will be recognized by long-time followers of our YNT program. Not surprisingly, most have ties to UCLA and SoCal soccer.

http://www.usfdons.com/news/2014/4/17/MSOC_0417145943.aspx

 

Solid squad if they had a 4 vs. 4 coaching game... Time will tell if it will work in the coaching part.

 

http://www.elonpendulum.com/2014/04/chris-little-named-elon-soccer-coach/

 

Another AD falls for the accent.

True story: I have neighbors whose kids are the same age as mine; over spring break they signed their children up for a soccer camp and were so proud because it was called the "British Soccer Camp" and thought because it was "British" it was somehow superior.

This doesn't mean Chris Little isn't a good coach but it seems many in this country still think being "British" or even being "foreign" makes one more qualified than us natives to coach the game.

 

The NC Fusion U18s have gone from a 16-7 record under Marc Nicholls two years ago to 9-18 record under Little this year.

Must be one hell of an accent.

 

http://jg-tc.com/sports/soccer/hans...cle_a6cba93c-ac27-5243-bbae-c4405b36a15b.html

EIU with a new coach.

 

Ill say it here, it will be three years and he will be exposed? Great coach, Alumni, and Club Coach. Recruiting is the BIG Factor that will make the true difference? Three years will tell?