What are the rumors about who is gonna get, or is interviewing for, the UCLA job. It's "the" plum job of college soccer and I assume lots of folks would want it. I've said all along it will go to a UCLA alum but maybe some other coach will do what Fitzgerald did two years ago and just blow away the AD in the interview process. If not, I see it staying in the family and going to Paul Krumpe, Paul Caligiuri or Jorge Salcedo with David Vanole as a darkhorse. I can't belive it's been so quiet. Does anyone know anything?
No disrespect guys, but it ain't the food and the stogies that make Ybor City rock. It's the bars, booze and babes. The food and cigars are a nice bonus, but let's not lose perspective.
Ybor City There are two different Ybor Citys ... before dark and after dark! Most of us parents whose kids have played in the Tampa tournaments have probably taken the families (wife and kids) down there for dinner a time or two. And then the dads go back afterwards to visit Sandon's version. Let's see a show of hands now! ... I admit my guilt.
Well, Sandon earned a lot of respect from me and lots of other guys when he mentioned the world famous Mons in Tampa.
From what I hear there is a lot I mean a lot of interest for this job. Everybody and anybody is coming out of the woods (whether they are employed or not) to get this job. In the NCAA employment listing UCLA is saying they would prefer 3-5 yrs of head coaching experience. It will be interesting.
Steve Rammel has been actively coaching on the West Coast for over 5 years and is putting St. Mary's program on track. He was Saldana's assistant coach at UCLA--how would that affect his standing if he's in the pool for this job?
Nat Gonzalez at UCR is another young upcoming coach on the West Coast. He played at UCLA as well. I just noticed UCR beat St. Mary's this year.
well i heard from an inside source that the three finalists include...Paul krumpe, hugo perez and steve sampson...Im sure i spelled there names wrong but that is the word in westwood...I also heard that thursday is suppose to be the big day..
Hugo Perez? The former US international? You must be thinking of someone else because Perez didn't play college soccer and doesn't have any head coaching experience. I know he's been an assistant or a while at San Francisco but, unless he's earned his degree since hanging up his boots a few years ago, I don't think he has one and seeing as how not having a legit degree is what cost Todd Saldana his job, I just don't think Hugo Perez is the guy. Are you sure you aren't thinking of someone else? Could it be Ralph Perez, the former Galaxy assistant coach who was a successful college head coach before going to MLS as an assistant in 96? That would sure make a lot more sense. As for Steve Sampson, his name popping up sure is interesting. I know he was the runner-up to Fitzgerald two years ago and I know he was PISSED that he didn't get the job. Would he give them a second shot to turn him down? And, would he rather coach a college team, albeit in (one of) the best job in the country rather than a chance to go to a World Cup and coach in that? Sampson has always been somewhat mysterious in his motivations but I find it surprising he would walk away from the Costa Ricans to coach college kids. That said, these could all be moot points as I've thought all along that Krumpe was the guy. He's a UCLA alum, was part of their first national title, went on to make the 88 Olympic and 90 World Cup teams, served as an assistant to Sigi at UCLA for a few years and has since turned Loyola Marymount into a nationally ranked program showing he can coach. He has several years head coaching experience that cap off a great resume that make him the perfect fit at UCLA.
Yea your right, i heard wrong it was ralph perez. Its ralph perez, steve sampson, and Krumpe. This is what i heard from two reliable resources. I have one friend on the galaxy that told me this is what Ralph perez told him. I also have another friend who is a writer for the bruin daily and said the same three names. She also said krumpe is being interviewed on thursday and the decision should be made soon after. This is just what i heard from theses sources. If krumpe gets the job i wonder who will take over as the LMU head coach. That is a program that had been growing at a very rapid rate. there is a very positive outlook for the future with the players they have returning and the ones they have coming in as freshman. I gues we will just have to wait to see. if i hear anything else i will be sure to post it.
I heard (from as reliable source as can be) that Jorge Salcedo has an interview first week of Feb (next week)??? Also, Krumpe has been finalist for the job 2 times before but didn't make it, so was there something that didn't sit right and he was bypassed - and would that have changed now that it's 3rd time around for him? Or will somebody beat him to the job again?
From UCLA's student paper. No mention of the Costa Rican national team coach. http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=27140 Now that UCLA's short list has been reduced to three names – UCLA assistant coach Jorge Salcedo, Loyola Marymount coach Paul Krumpe and former Los Angeles Galaxy assistant coach Ralph Perez – the family's fears have been assuaged. -snip- Krumpe, Salcedo and Perez will each interview with Associate Athletic Director Ken Weiner today. Weiner said earlier this week that he may interview up to five candidates and does not expect to hire a coach for at least one more week. Not sure why, if the short list has been reduced to three names, that the AD would interview other people. Could be a mistake in the reporting. It can't help LMU's recruiting if their coach is always interviewing at UCLA! BTW, if Krumpe does get the job, I can easily see either of the other two finalists taking the LMU job.
Salcedo Top Drawer Soccer is reporting that Jorge Salcedo is to be named head coach next week: http://www.topdrawersoccer.com/NextStep/20040206035139/view
looks like Sampson was never contacted.. ..says at the bottom he never applied. http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=27309 UCLA names Salcedo head soccer coach By Jeff Eisenberg DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF jeisenberg@media.ucla.edu Stacks of resumes from across the nation arrived at the doorstep of the J. D. Morgan Center each day since Tom Fitzgerald's departure created a vacancy atop the UCLA men's soccer program. But the man who ultimately got the job only had to bring his upstairs. Third-year Bruin assistant coach Jorge Salcedo accepted a one-year contract offer Friday, becoming UCLA's third men's soccer coach in the past four years. Salcedo, a Bruin alumnus and former ball boy with the program's 1985 NCAA championship squad, described the moment as a dream come true. "This is a fairy tale in some ways," Salcedo said. "I'd be lying if I said I didn't think about becoming the head coach one day. It just ended up happening sooner than some people had anticipated." A chaotic 24-hour period for Salcedo began Thursday afternoon with a telephone call from Associate Athletic Director Ken Weiner, who asked Salcedo to interview for a second time the following morning. Salcedo and fellow-finalist Loyola Marymount coach Paul Krumpe met with Weiner, Associate Athletic Director Betsy Stephenson and Athletic Director Dan Guerrero, each answering a series of probing questions designed to assuage the search committee's last-minute concerns. By mid-afternoon, the UCLA administrators had made their decision. Weiner, who headed the search committee, offered Salcedo a multi-year contract, which he rejected in favor of a yearly deal, saying he preferred to prove himself each season on the field. Upon hammering out the contract's final details, Salcedo received a standing ovation from the men's soccer team when Weiner introduced him as the new head coach. "My main criteria were how the candidate fit the program and how strong his ties were to UCLA," Weiner said. "Jorge excelled in both areas." Selecting someone with no prior head coaching experience for one of collegiate soccer's plum jobs was a gamble, but Weiner is confident it will be worth it. He bypassed big-name candidates like ex-Dallas Burn coach Mike Jeffries and current Los Angeles Galaxy Director of Youth Development Ralph Perez, instead choosing Salcedo, a coach yet to make much of a dent in the national scene. While Salcedo's name may not carry the cache of some of the other applicants, he is a known commodity, and his devotion to UCLA is virtually unmatched among the other applicants. The Cerritos native scored the decisive penalty kick in a shootout as a freshman to give the Bruins the 1990 NCAA championship, and has been played a role in three of UCLA's four national titles. "I don't want anyone to make the leap that UCLA took the easy way out because we didn't," Weiner said. "Jorge was the best fit. We didn't need to go outside the program. I feel like it's not broken so there's no need to fix it." Three of the four candidates granted an interview – Salcedo, Krumpe, and Cal Poly Pomona coach Paul Caligiuri – were UCLA alumni. The fourth, Perez, had extensive Bruin ties, most recently coaching for six years alongside Galaxy coach Sigi Schmid, who led the Bruins to their first three national championships. Weiner and the rest of the search committee did extensive background checks on each of the four finalists this past week, gathering information from Schmid, Fitzgerald and a host of others. All of them, Weiner said, were particularly complimentary toward Salcedo, especially Fitzgerald who said earlier that Salcedo was "the only candidate he sincerely recommended for the job." The current Bruins were also supportive of Salcedo, citing a need for continuity after recent coaching changes in 1999 and 2002. Several of them went so far as to schedule separate meetings with Stephenson and Weiner in order to state their case for why he should be hired. Salcedo, while appreciative of his players' efforts, knows that was not what won him the job. "I don't think it was a real important factor, but I'm glad that they felt comfortable enough with me to do something like that," he said. Perhaps the most surprising twist of the entire coaching search was that Costa Rican National Team coach Steve Sampson, who many local coaches expected to be a finalist for the job, was never contacted. Weiner said Sampson, the former U.S. National Team coach and runner-up to Fitzgerald in UCLA's 2002 search, might have been a candidate this time around, but he never expressed interest in the job. "His name came up," Weiner said. "But we never got an application." Part of the reason UCLA did not pursue Sampson may have been due to his anger over being bypassed in favor of Fitzgerald. Sampson lashed out to the media when he was not chosen, ruffling more than a few feathers in the Bruin Athletic Department. Salcedo also was a more logical choice for a UCLA program craving stability. It seems highly unlikely that a lifelong Bruin like Salcedo will leave Westwood like Fitzgerald did last month.
Re: looks like Sampson was never contacted.. http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=27309 UCLA names Salcedo head soccer coach By Jeff Eisenberg DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF jeisenberg@media.ucla.edu "Salcedo also was a more logical choice for a UCLA program craving stability. It seems highly unlikely that a lifelong Bruin like Salcedo will leave Westwood like Fitzgerald did last month." This last comment by the writer may be true on the surface, but Sigi had strong ties to the Bruins as well. If Salcedo can continue to recruit - all the guys are still coming that the school recruited this year - and then win over the next 6-8 years, Salcedo would be a prime MLS head coaching candidate. By win I don't mean a NCAA title every year, but he would need to win at least one, maybe two. He is 32-years old. In 6-8 years he will be (duh) 38-40. Salcedo also has ties to LA Galaxy and coaches such as Schmid, Bob Bradley, Sampson, Bora, etc. Whats to keep these coaches from hiring Salcedo as their top assistant (Bora excluded maybe)? What about Galaxy hiring a local product and former player (Caligiuri would have something to say about that too) to be its head coach in 8 years - if the timing is right? It's not like Salcedo didn't play in the league and wouldn't be able to understand the players that would make up an MLS roster. This is just another side of the equation. The writer could be 100% spot-on about the other side. Why leave a school you love and where to keep you UCLA will pay good money? And it sure is much easier to be fired as a pro than as a college coach. Especially at a program that is a built-in winner at the moment. Pro coaches are hired-to-be-fired. BTW, I think Krumpe is a life long Bruin and was just trying to get back into the program. He only left - o.k. probably not "only" - to take a head coaching position for the experience so that he would be marketable to UCLA.