Andy Nelson resigned as head coach of the Stanford women's soccer team, effective September 3, citing "personal reasons." You can read the full story here: http://gostanford.ocsn.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/082902aaa.html I guess I'm a bit surprised at this, but more for the late timing than the resignation itself. It's going to be interesting to see who will transfer jobs at such a late date, but Stanford is certainly a lucrative opening.
Nelson allegedly assaulted Wallis and Spilger This is probably why Andy Nelson resigned. It's from a Stanford fan site: http://citadel4.ezboard.com/fstanfordfansfrm5.showMessage?topicID=271.topic Subject: Nelson assaults 2 at soccer practice Posted By: soccergurl - Registered User Posts: 2 Posted At: (8/28/02 4:12:30 pm) Reply On 8/28, nelson assaulted spilger and wallis at womens soccer practice. What will Stanford do about it?
Well that would be a good reason to resign. Can't imagine he'd leave the security of Stanford for the WUSA--
While the resignation is supposed to be effective on the 3rd, from talking with a player on the women's soccer team, apparently he hasn't been with the team "since Tuesday." So it'll be interesting to see how the interim coaches handle tonight's game.
SCU game [R] Obviously, the team didn't let this affect their concentration... http://www.collegesports.com/sports/w-soccer/stories/083002adx.html