Jim Launder

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Jim Launder
Personal information
Date of birth (1952-03-22) March 22, 1952 (age 71) [1]
Place of birth Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Position(s) Midfielder, goalkeeper
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973 Milwaukee Panthers
Managerial career
1974–1978 Milwaukee Panthers (assistant)
1979–1981 Wisconsin Badgers (assistant)
1982–1996 Wisconsin Badgers
1997–1999 Dayton Flyers
2000–2002 Milwaukee Rampage (assistant)
2003 Columbus Crew (assistant)
2005– Madison 56ers
2020– Forward Madison FC (assistant)

Jim Launder is an American soccer coach. He was a two-time Big Ten Coach of the Year and the 1995 NSCAA Coach of the Year.

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Career

He attended Custer High School in Milwaukee. [2] He then played midfielder and goalkeeper for the Milwaukee Panthers men's soccer team. He was inducted into the Milwaukee Panthers Hall of Fame in 2000. [3]

After serving as an assistant coach, Launder was hired as the head coach at Wisconsin for the 1982 season. He led Wisconsin to the 1995 national championship, and was named the NSCAA Coach of the Year. However, in January 1996, Wisconsin associate athletic director Cheryl Marra recommended to the Athletic Board that Launder's contract not be renewed. [4] UW renewed his contract for one year. [2] Launder was fired from Wisconsin in February 1997. [5] The firing of Launder led to a review of the process Wisconsin used to evaluate coaches. [6]

Launder coached Dayton from 1997–1999, leading the team to Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Tournament championships in 1997 and 1998.

In January 2003, Launder was hired to be an assistant coach for the Columbus Crew. [7] In late 2003, he returned to Madison to become the director of the Princeton Soccer Club. [2]

Launder has coached the Madison 56ers since 2005. [8]

In January 2010, after Wisconsin coach Todd Yeagley departed to become the coach at Indiana, Launder applied to return as Wisconsin men's soccer coach, but was ultimately passed over for John Trask. [6]

Forward Madison FC hired Launder as an assistant coach before the 2020 season. [9]

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Wisconsin Badgers (Big Ten)(1982–1996)
1982Wisconsin 10–6–2
1983Wisconsin 11–5–4
1984Wisconsin 12–6–2
1985Wisconsin 12–7–1
1986Wisconsin 13–6–1
1987Wisconsin 13–8–1
1988Wisconsin 12–4–4
1989Wisconsin 13–2–3
1990Wisconsin 8–8–4
1991Wisconsin 17–4–15–0–01st NCAA Round of 16
1992Wisconsin 12–5–24–0–11st
1993Wisconsin 15–4–43–1–12nd NCAA Quarterfinals
1994Wisconsin 14–6–02–3–0T–3rd NCAA First Round
1995Wisconsin 20–4–14–1–0T–1st NCAA Championship
1996Wisconsin 11–5–52–2–1T–3rd
Wisconsin:193–80–35 (.683)
Dayton (Atlantic 10)(1997–1999)
1997Dayton 12–8–17–4–0T–3rd NCAA play-in game
1998Dayton 13–9–09–2–01st NCAA play-in game
1999Dayton 9–7–25–5–16th
Dayton:34–24–3 (.582)
Total:227–104–38 (.667)

      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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References

  1. ↑ https://twitter.com/ForwardMSNFC/status/1506302461128196105
  2. 1 2 3 Journal, Nathan Leaf Wisconsin State. "SENT OFF BY UW AFTER WINNING A NATIONAL TITLE, JIM LAUNDER HAS COME ... FULL CIRCLE".
  3. ↑ "Milwaukee Panther Athletics - Hall of Fame". mkepanthers.com.
  4. ↑ By. "UW soccer coach walking on a tightrope".
  5. ↑ "Wisconsin Fires Soccer Coach Despite Success".
  6. 1 2 tmulhern@madison.com, Tom Mulhern. "Launder seeks UW men's soccer job".
  7. ↑ "MLS: Crew hires Jim Launder as assistant coach".
  8. ↑ "Madison 56ers combining best of local, foreign talent". 23 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Technical Staff". Forward Madison FC. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
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