UW-Green Bay hires Dan Popik, former Furman assistant, to replace Kelderman http://www.greenbayphoenix.com/View...3&SPID=13685&DB_OEM_ID=22500&ATCLID=205458141
I think this will be a good hire. He's put in his dues at State and Furman so I suspect he's ready. He also played in the state for Milwaukee Wave and married a Wisconsin girl so he has some ties to the area which should help in recruiting. And, for those that care about such trivia, Popik is the 18th current D-I men's head coach who played in at least one MLS regular season game.
Off the top of my head, the ones I can think of were all gks, defenders, or d-mids (Popik, Heaney, Payne, Kelderman, Clark, Gelnovatch, Yeagley, Porter). Is that the general trend?
Yes. The only forwards, at least as pros, were Echeverry and Kerr, who was actually pretty accomplished (once scored a hat-trick for Millwall). Columbia Kevin Anderson Midfield (not sure what kind) Florida International Kenny Arena D-mid/defender Campbell Steve Armas central mid (attacking in college, not sure in MLS) Washington Jamie Clark D-mid Michigan Chaka Daley Defender (played some forward in college) Seton Hall Gerson Echeverry Forward Virginia George Gelnovatch Defender in MLS; forward in college UNC Wilmington Aidan Heaney GK Delaware Dr. Ian HennessyMidfield (not sure what kind) Cal Poly Paul HolocherMidfield (not sure what kind) Milwaukee Kris Kelderman flank D-mid Duke John Kerr, Jr. Forward Army Russell Payne GK Richmond Clint Peay Defednder Green Bay Dan Popik GK Akron Caleb Porter D-mid UCLA Jorge Salcedo D-mid Indiana Todd Yeagley D-mid Here’s how much each played. Yeagley – 138 games, 10081 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/todd-yeagley Salcedo – 107 games, 7638 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jorge-salcedo Kelderman – 81 games, 3909 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kris-kelderman Peay – 43 games, 3114 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/clint-peay Kerr – 38 games, 2540 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/john-kerr Clark – 34 games, 2395 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/jamie-clark Anderson – 48 games, 2254 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kevin-anderson Heaney – 19 games, 1534 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/aidan-heaney Arena – 20 games, 1165 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kenny-arena Hennessey – 8 games, 311 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/ian-hennessey Armas – 4 games, 276 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/steve-armas Holocher – 4 games, 105 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/paul-holocher Popik – 3 games, 150 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/dan-popik Gelnovatch – 2 games, 135 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/george-gelnovatch Echeverry – 1 game, 74 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/gerson-echeverry Porter – 4 games, 72 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/caleb-porter Daley – 2 games, 67 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/chaka-daley Payne – 2 games, 22 minutes http://www.mlssoccer.com/players/russell-payne