Gary St. Clair

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Gary St. Clair
San Jose State Men's Soccer Head Coach Gary St Clair (1990-2013).jpg
St. Clair in 2006.
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-08-07) August 7, 1952 (age 70)
Place of birth Glendale, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1970–1974 San Jose State Spartans
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1975 San Jose Earthquakes 3 (0)
1976 San Diego Jaws 3 (0)
Managerial career
1977–1982 Leland Chargers
1983–1989 West Valley Vikings
1990–2013 San Jose State Spartans
2017–2021 Valley Christian Warriors
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Martin St. Clair (born August 7, 1952) is an American retired soccer goalkeeper and coach. He played professionally in the North American Soccer League and was head coach at the high school, junior college, and college levels. From 1990 to 2013, St. Clair was head men's soccer coach at San Jose State University.

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Player

St. Clair attended San Jose State University and played goalkeeper on the men's soccer team from 1970 to 1974. [1] He earned a two all-conference and three all-region honors and has held the school record with 18 career shutouts. [1] He graduated in 1976 with bachelor's degree and, in 1984, earned a master's degree from Saint Mary's College of California. [1]

In the 1975 North American Soccer League draft, St. Clair was the ninth overall pick by the Dallas Tornado and was the first goalkeeper selected. [2] St. Clair played three games for the San Jose Earthquakes in 1975 and three games for the San Diego Jaws in 1976. [3] He was the starting goalkeeper for the U.S. national team during qualification for the 1976 Montreal Games. [1]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, St. Clair entered the coaching ranks. From 1977 to 1982, he was head coach at Leland High School in San Jose, with a cumulative 89-16-9 record and five conference championships. [4] Then from 1983 to 1989, he was head coach at West Valley College, a junior college in Saratoga, accumulating a 75-21-14 record that included four conference championships. [5]

In 1990, he was hired as head coach at San Jose State University, a position he would hold until 2013. He was 217-211-41 in 24 seasons. [6] He was the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Coach of the Year in 2000 & 2003. His 2000 Team set a school record with a 20-1-1 record which included being ranked #1 during the season by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Two of his players, CJ Brown and Ryan Suarez, played for the United States Men's National Team. [1]

St. Clair returned to coaching in 2017 as head boys' soccer coach at Valley Christian High School in San Jose. [5]

Head coaching record

The following section shows St. Clair's record in NCAA Division I coaching.

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
San Jose State Spartans (Big West Conference)(1990–1991)
1990San Jose State 4–172–85th [7]
1991San Jose State 5–14–11–8–16th [7]
San Jose State (Big West):9–31–1 (.232)3–16–1 (.175)
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)(1992–1995)
1992San Jose State 6–10–31–5–17th (Mountain) [8]
1993San Jose State 9–7–21–5–17th (Mountain) [8]
1994San Jose State 15–44–34th (Mountain) [8]
1995San Jose State 6–11–33–3–14th (Mountain) [8]
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference)(1996–1999)
1996San Jose State 10–6–34–2–24th [9]
1997San Jose State 9–105–3T–3rd [9]
1998San Jose State 14–6–14–3–1T–4th [9]
1999San Jose State 7–11–24–64th [9]
San Jose State Spartans (Mountain Pacific Sports Federation)(2000–2012)
2000San Jose State 20–1–18–01st (Mountain) [10] NCAA First Round
2001San Jose State 9–7–42–2–36th [11]
2002San Jose State 11–9–15–1T–1st [12]
2003San Jose State 12–7–25–11st [13] NCAA First Round
2004San Jose State 5–13–14–8T–6th [14]
2005San Jose State 11–5–37–2–12nd [15]
2006San Jose State 7–10–14–6T–4th [8]
2007San Jose State 10–9–15–53rd [16]
2008San Jose State 9–5–45–4–13rd [17]
2009San Jose State 9–10–14–33rd [18]
2010San Jose State 7–9–31–6–34th (Pacific) [19]
2011San Jose State 9–8–35–53rd (Pacific) [20]
2012San Jose State 8–9–15–4–12nd (Pacific) [21]
San Jose State Spartans (Western Athletic Conference)(2013)
2013San Jose State 4–13–43–6–1T–6th [9]
San Jose State (MPSF):163–134–34 (.544)69–63–15 (.520)
San Jose State (WAC):44–45–10 (.495)20–20–4 (.500)
Total:217–211–41 (.506)

      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

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  5. 1 2 "St. Clair Announced as Head Mens Soccer Coach". Valley Christian High School. May 3, 2017. Retrieved July 10, 2022.
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