Seth Roland

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Seth Roland
Biographical details
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Teaneck, New Jersey
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
Playing career
1975–1978 Penn Quakers
Position(s) Midfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1987–1992 Bridgeport Purple Knights
1992–1997 William & Mary Tribe (assistant)
1997–2023 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2× Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year (2000, 2022)
Medal record
Soccer
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Maccabiah Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1981 Maccabiah Games Soccer

Seth Roland (born 1957) is the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team, a position he has held since 1997. As a player, he won a silver medal with Team USA at the 1981 Maccabiah Games in Israel. As a coach of Team USA, he won a bronze medal at the 1993 Maccabiah Games. His FDU team has won eight NEC championships and made it to the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. As of 2022, he was the winningest coach in FDU men's soccer history, the winningest coach in Northeast Conference history, and the ninth active-winningest-coach in NCAA Division I. He was named 2000 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year.

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Early and personal life

Roland is a native of Teaneck, New Jersey. [1] His parents were Doris Leah (née Rubin) Roland, a psychologist, and Leonard Roland, a chemical engineer. [2] In 2000 his wife Marjorie died from brain cancer. [3] He and his wife Julia have two daughters, Hannah and Laura, and a son, Daniel. [1]

Playing career

College

Roland attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he played soccer and was a starting midfielder for the Quakers for three years, and was named All-Ivy League. [4] [1] At Penn he earned a Bachelor of Arts in history, and a Master of Science in education. [1]

Maccabiah Games

He represented the United States in four Maccabiah Games tournaments in Israel, winning a silver medal in the 1981 Maccabiah Games, as he was the leading scorer on the team—he also represented Team USA at the 1977 Maccabiah Games, 1985 Maccabiah Games, and 1989 Maccabiah Games. [5] [6] [7] [8]

Coaching career

Maccabiah Games

Roland managed the Team USA squad for the 1993 Maccabiah Games (winning the bronze medal), 1997 Maccabiah Games, 2009 Maccabiah Games, and 2022 Maccabiah Games. [1]

College

He was the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at Columbia University from 1980 to 1981, and the Head Men's Soccer Coach at the College of Staten Island from 1981 to 1982. [1] Roland was then the Head Men's Soccer Coach at Christopher Newport University from 1982 to 1987, and the Head Men's Soccer Coach at the University of Bridgeport (New England Collegiate Conference) from 1987 to 1992. [1] He was then the Assistant Men's Soccer Coach at the College of William & Mary (Colonial Athletic Association) from 1992 to 1997. [1]

A resident of Tenafly, New Jersey, Roland has been the head coach of the Fairleigh Dickinson men's soccer team in the Northeast Conference since 1997. [1] He was named 2000 Northeast Conference Men's Soccer Coach of the Year. [1] As of 2022, he was the winningest coach in FDU men's soccer history (223–186–65, .538), the winningest coach in Northeast Conference history (115–60–37, .626), and the ninth active-winningest-coach in NCAA Division I. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Seth Roland - Head Coach - Men's Soccer Coaches". FDU Knights Athletics.
  2. ↑ "Doris Leah Roland Obituary (2011)". The Record/Herald News.
  3. ↑ Bell, Jack (November 2, 2003). "Diversity a Winner at Fairleigh Dickinson". The New York Times.
  4. ↑ "Columbia College Today". New York, N.Y.: Columbia College, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development. September 2, 1981.
  5. ↑ "GROWING UP IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE RUGBY IS AS REVERED AS AMERICAN FOOTBALL IS IN THE USA". docplayer.net.
  6. ↑ "FDU's Seth Roland Named US Maccabiah Soccer Team Head Coach". northeastconference.org.
  7. ↑ "Mobile - Seth Roland". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  8. ↑ "HLSC History". Hewlett Lawrence Soccer Club.
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