John Rennie (soccer)

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John Rennie
Personal information
Full name John Rennie
Date of birth c. 1944 (age 78–79)
Place of birth Chatham, New Jersey
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1963–1965 Temple Owls
Managerial career
1972 Southeastern Massachusetts
1973–1978 Columbia Lions
1979–2007 Duke Blue Devils

John Rennie is an American college soccer coach. He was a five-time ACC Coach of the Year and the 1982 NSCAA Coach of the Year.

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Career

He attended Chatham High School in New Jersey. [1] He then played baseball, soccer, and tennis for the Temple Owls.

In 1972, he was the head men's soccer coach at Southeastern Massachusetts, where his team had a record of 12–4–3. He was the head coach for the Columbia Lions from 1973–1978. His Columbia teams went 4–32–4 from 1973–1975, but in 1978 he led Columbia to an Ivy League Championship and an NCAA Tournament appearance.

During his time at Duke he led the team to five NCAA College Cups in 1982, 1986, 1992, 1995, and 2004. His team's 1986 national championship was Duke's first in any sport.

Rennie finished his career with 454 wins and is one of only eight coaches all-time to get 400 wins with a Division I program.

He was inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame in 2011 [2] and the Duke Athletics Hall of Fame in 2013. [3]

College head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Southeastern Massachusetts ()(1972–1972)
1972Southeastern Massachusetts 12–4–3
Southeastern Massachusetts:12–4–3 (.711)
Columbia (Ivy League)(1973–1978)
1973Columbia 1–12–10–7–08th
1974Columbia 0–10–30–5–27th
1975Columbia 3–10–01–6–08th
1976Columbia 6–5–31–5–17th
1977Columbia 9–4–23–4–06th
1978Columbia 13–2–16–0–11st NCAA Round of 16
Columbia:32–43–10 (.435)
Duke Blue Devils (ACC)(1979–2007)
1979Duke 10–7–11–4–05th
1980Duke 15–4–34–0–21st NCAA Round of 16
1981Duke 16–4–04–2–02nd NCAA First Round
1982Duke 22–1–24–0–2T–1st NCAA Runners-up
1983Duke 18–2–24–1–12nd NCAA Round of 16
1984Duke 12–5–32–3–15th
1985Duke 16–5–04–2–03rd NCAA First Round
1986Duke 18–5–13–3–0T–3rd NCAA Championship
1987Duke 13–5–14–1–12nd NCAA First Round
1988Duke 15–6–02–4–0T–5th
1989Duke 10–5–42–2–24th NCAA First Round
1990Duke 12–6–13–2–1T–2nd
1991Duke 10–9–02–4–06th
1992Duke 15–4–33–2–13rd NCAA Semifinals
1993Duke 15–5–04–2–0T–2nd NCAA First Round
1994Duke 15–7–13–3–0T–3rd NCAA Round of 16
1995Duke 16–7–13–2–14th NCAA Runners-up
1996Duke 12–7–03–3–0T–2nd
1997Duke 15–5–04–2–0T–1st
1998Duke 18–4–04–2–03rd NCAA First Round
1999Duke 16–1–34–0–21st NCAA Round of 16
2000Duke 15–6–05–1–0T–1st NCAA Round of 16
2001Duke 8–10–12–4–05th
2002Duke 11–8–13–3–0T–4th NCAA First Round
2003Duke 8–10–12–4–0T–6th
2004Duke 18–6–04–3–0T–3rd NCAA Semifinals
2005Duke 12–5–33–3–2T–5th NCAA Second Round
2006Duke 18–4–15–2–1T–1st NCAA Quarterfinals
2007Duke 11–8–14–3–1T–3rd NCAA First Round
Duke:410–161–34 (.706)
Total:454–208–47 (.673)

      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. ↑ Robinson, P.C. "For Chatham's Rennie, lifetime of soccer is a lifetime of teaching".
  2. ↑ "North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 2017-11-07. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  3. ↑ "Hall of Fame Spotlight: John Rennie".
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