Eddie Radwanski

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Eddie Radwanski
Personal information
Full name Edward Radwanski
Date of birth (1963-05-05) May 5, 1963 (age 60)
Place of birth Neptune Township, New Jersey, United States
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1984 UNC Greensboro Spartans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1988 Dallas Sidekicks (indoor) 157 (39)
1990–1991 Dallas Rockets
1990–1992 Tacoma Stars (indoor) 50 (19)
1993–1997 Greensboro Dynamo 117 (18)
1995 Washington Warthogs (indoor) 10 (3)
International career
1985 United States 5 (0)
1992 United States futsal
Managerial career
1998 UNC Greensboro Spartans (women's asst.)
1999 Piedmont Spark
2001–2010 UNC Greensboro Spartans (women's)
2011– Clemson Tigers (women's)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Radwanski (born May 5, 1963, in Neptune Township, New Jersey) is an American former soccer midfielder. He spent the five seasons in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Continental Indoor Soccer League and seven in the USISL and its predecessor, the SISL. He also earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1985.

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Player

Youth and college

Radwanski grew up in New Jersey and graduated from Neptune High School in 1981. In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s. [1] In addition to playing with his school teams, he was a member of the Wall Atoms youth club. After graduating from high school, Radwanski attended the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) where he played on the school's NCAA Division III soccer team from 1981 to 1984. In both 1982 and 1983, UNCG won the Division III soccer championship. In 1983 and 1984, Radwanski was named a first team Division III All American and finished his career at UNCG with thirty-eight goals and fifty-six assists. [2] While he finished his collegiate playing career in 1984, he did not earn his UNCG bachelor's degree in business and economics until 1997, while playing for the Greensboro Dynamo

Professional

In 1985, the expansion Dallas Sidekicks of Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) made Radwanski the first player drafted by the team when they selected him with the number one pick in the 1985 MISL draft. He spent three seasons with the Sidekicks, winning the 1986–1987 MISL title with them. Dallas released Radwanski on June 15, 1988. In October 1988, Kenny Cooper Sr., head coach of the Baltimore Blast, signed Radwanski to play with the Blast. However, Radwanski retired a few days later after being told during a team physical that he risked permanent back damage if he continued playing. [3] Radwanski returned to soccer in 1990 when he joined the Dallas Rockets of the Southwest Independent Soccer League. In 1991, he was a member of the team when it won the league championship. In the fall of 1990, he signed with the Tacoma Stars of MISL. He spent two season with the Stars until they folded at the end of the 1991–1992 season. In 1993, he moved east to the Greensboro Dynamo of the USISL. He remained with the Dynamo until 1997. In 1996, the team renamed itself the Carolina Dynamo. In both 1993 and 1994, the Dynamo won the USISL outdoor championship. In 1993, he was both the League and Championship MVPs. Radwanski returned to the indoor game in 1995 with the Washington Warthogs of the Continental Indoor Soccer League (CISL).

National team

Radwanski earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1985. His first cap came in a February 8, 1985 tie with Switzerland. On May 26, 1985, he played in a 1986 FIFA World Cup qualification match, a 1–1 tie with Costa Rica in Costa Rica. However, he did not enter the return game in Torrance, California in which Costa Rica defeated the U.S. and knocked them out of contention for the finals. His last cap came in a 5–0 loss to England on June 16, 1985.

In 1992, he earned one cap with the U.S. National Futsal Team. [4]

Coach

Following his retirement from playing professionally, Radwanski assisted his alma mater's soccer program as an assistant coach in 1998 while also working in the Carolina Dynamo’s front office. In 1998 and 1999, he served as the Director of Coaching for the Greensboro Twisters youth club. He moved to the ranks of professional coaching in 1999, he coached the Piedmont Spark of the second division women's W-2 League. That year, Radwanski coached the club to the best record in the W-2 before falling to the Hampton Roads Piranhas in the first round of the playoffs. On February 15, 2001, he replaced Jack Poland as the head coach of the UNCG women's soccer head coach. In 2006, he was named the Southern Conference Coach of the Year in 2006. Radwanski has continued his involvement in youth soccer with the Twisters and the Jamestown Soccer Club in addition to his duties as a college soccer coach. In 2011, Radwanski replaced Hershey Strosberg as coach of the Clemson Tigers women's soccer team. [5] On August 15, 2014, Radwanski was named in a lawsuit by Haley Ellen Hunt related to an alleged hazing incident on August 18, 2011. [6] In 2016, Radwanski was named ACC Coach of the year after leading Clemson to a 13–3–3 regular season record. [7] In 2017, Radwanski won his 200th career game as a coach in a match against SIU Edwardsville. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
UNC Greensboro (SoCon)(2001–2010)
2001UNC Greensboro 15–8–08–2–01stNCAA 1st Round
2002UNC Greensboro 7–12–24–5–1
2003UNC Greensboro 15–7–29–2–0NCAA 2nd Round
2004UNC Greensboro 14–5–19–1–11st
2005UNC Greensboro 11–7–16–3–1
2006UNC Greensboro 13–8–29–0–11stNCAA 1st Round
2007UNC Greensboro 16–5–110–0–01stNCAA 2nd Round
2008UNC Greensboro 16–4–310–0–11st
2009UNC Greensboro 13–7–09–2–01st
2010UNC Greensboro 19–2–111–0–01stNCAA 1st Round
UNC Greensboro:139–65–1385–15–5
Clemson University (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2011–present)
2011Clemson 6–12–00–10–011th
2012Clemson 6–10–21–9–010th
2013 Clemson 7–8–44–7–210th
2014 Clemson 13–3–36–3–15th NCAA First Round
2015 Clemson 14–2–47–3–0 4th NCAA Second Round
2016 Clemson 14–5–47–1–2 T-1st NCAA Sweet 16
2017 Clemson 10–5–43–4–3 9th NCAA Second Round
2018 Clemson 12–9–06–4–0 6th NCAA First Round
2019 Clemson 11–6–15–5–0 T-6th NCAA First Round
2020 Clemson 12–5–25–3–04th NCAA Quarterfinal
2021 Clemson 12–7–16–3–15th NCAA First Round
2022 Clemson 8–5–54–3–37th NCAA First Round
2023 Clemson 18–4–47–2–13rd NCAA College Cup
Clemson:143–81–3461–57–13
Total:282–146–48

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

Honors

Championships

USISL MPV: 1993

USISL Championship MVP: 1993

Southern Conference Coach of the Year: 2006

Inducted into the UNC-Greensboro Athletics Hall of Fame: 2000

New Jersey first team high school All Decade (1980s)

NSCAA Regional Coach of the Year (2015) [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Jandoli, Ron. "The Century's Best – Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade", The Star-Ledger , November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ NCAA Soccer Awards Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ SOCCER USA TODAY – Thursday, October 13, 1988
  4. ↑ USSF Futsal Records Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ "Ed Radwanski Biography".
  6. ↑ "Haley Ellen Hunt lawsuit" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "ACC Announces 2016 Women's Soccer Awards | News". Archived from the original on 2017-07-12. Retrieved 2016-12-02.
  8. ↑ "Speckmaier's Hat Trick Fuels Clemson's 4–0 Win Over SIUE, Radwanski Wins 200th Career Match". clemsontigers.com. August 18, 2017. Archived from the original on August 21, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Eddie Radwanski Biography". Clemson Tigers. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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