Lawrence Briggs

Lawrence Briggs

Personal information
Full name	Lawrence E. Briggs
Date of birth	June 23, 1903
Date of death	December 1970 (aged 67) [1]
Place of death	Boston, Massachusetts
Managerial career
Years	Team
1930–1967	UMass Minutemen

Lawrence E. Briggs (June 23, 1903 - December 1970) ^[2] was an American soccer coach who is best known for being the first men's soccer coach for the UMass Minutemen soccer program. Additionally, Briggs is known for being a founder of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and served as their president in 1947. He was also a founding member of the now-defunct New England Intercollegiate Soccer League which served as a foundation for modern college soccer in the United States.

Briggs was enshrined in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1978. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. "LAWRENCE E. BRIGGS".
2. "Lawrence Briggs" . Retrieved December 25, 2020.
3. "Lawrence Briggs". Society for American Soccer History. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
4. "Hall of Famers". U.S. Soccer. USSoccer.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved June 13, 2016.