Mike Berticelli Award

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The Mike Berticelli Excellence in Coaching Education Award or the Mike Berticelli Award is a national recognition given by United Soccer Coaches to present to an individual in the USC Academy staff who was provided "positive contributions to the game of soccer and excellence in coaching education". The award is named in Mike Berticelli who was the head coach of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's soccer program and died in 2000 while serving as the United Soccer Coaches' (then National Soccer Coaches Association of America) Vice President of Education.

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The award was first given following the 2000 NCAA men's and women's soccer season to Jim Lennox.

Past Award Winners

SeasonWinnerAffiliationReference
2024 Erik Oman United Soccer Coaches Instructor [1]
2023 Rob Herringer
2022 Felicity Day United Soccer Coaches Instructor [2]
2021 Deborah Raber Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts [3]
2020 Neil Hull [4]
2019 Roy Dunshee
2018 Jason Neumann Vestavia Hills Soccer Club [5]
2017 Cyndi Goodwin
2016 Bill Steffen Ohio State Buckeyes women's soccer [6]
2015 Paul Marco Binghamton Bearcats men's soccer [7]
2014 Paul Payne Bloomsburg Huskies men's soccer [8]
2013 Kim Sutton Chico State Wildcats women's soccer [9]
2012 Laura Kerrigan NC State Wolfpack women's soccer [10]
2011 Barry Gorman Penn State Nittany Lions men's soccer [11]
2010 Nancy Feldman Boston University Terriers women's soccer [12]
2009 Dave Saward Middlebury Panthers men's soccer [13]
2008 Peter Broadley FC Carolina Alliance [14]
2007 Schellas Hyndman SMU Mustangs men's soccer [15]
2006 Jeff Vennell Cranbrook Cranes boys' soccer [11]
2005 Doug Williamson Augusta Prep Cavaliers [11]
2004 Peter Gooding Amherst Mammoths men's soccer [11]
2003 George Perry Monmouth Hawks men's soccer [11]
2002 Tony Waiters NSCAA Goalkeeping Institute [11]
2001 Anson Dorrance North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer [11]
2000 Jim Lennox Hartwick Hawks women's soccer [11]

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