Tom Stone (soccer)

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Tom Stone
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Stone with Texas Tech in 2024
Personal information
Full name Thomas Fitzgerald Stone [1]
Date of birth (1966-01-17) January 17, 1966 (age 58) [2]
Place of birth Scott Air Force Base, Belleville, Illinois, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [3]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Team information
Current team
 Texas Tech Red Raiders (women's head coach)
Youth career
Texas Longhorns (Dallas)
0000–1984 MacArthur Cardinals
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1984–1987 Duke Blue Devils
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Le Havre
1989–1990 Washington Stars
1990–1994 Colorado Foxes 17 (0)
Managerial career
1991–2000 Colorado Rush Soccer Club (director)
1996–2000 Denver Diamonds
1996 Denver Pioneers (women; vol. asst.)
1997 Duke Blue Devils (women; vol. asst.)
1999 United States (women; scout)
2001–2003 Atlanta Beat
2003–200? Top Hat Soccer Club
2006 Clemson Tigers (women; asst.)
2007– Texas Tech Red Raiders (women)
2008–2010 United States U20 (women)
2015 United States (women; scout)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Thomas Fitzgerald Stone (born January 17, 1966) is an American former soccer player who is the current head coach of the Texas Tech women's soccer team. He played and coached soccer at the youth, collegiate and professional levels. Stone, a former graduate of Duke University and member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, held various coaching positions before coming to Tech.

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On December 14, 2019, Stone was honored as the commencement speaker at the Texas Tech Winter Commencement Ceremony. [4]

Playing career

Tom Stone played youth soccer for the Texas Longhorns in Dallas, where he was instrumental in seeing the team compete in the U.S. Youth Soccer finals. Later, he attended Duke University. As a player for the Duke Blue Devils, Stone scored the only goal in the 1986 National Championship game, giving his team the win over Akron. In January 2019, Stone and his 1986 Duke team were inducted into the North Carolina Soccer Hall of Fame. [5]

Stone went on to play professionally for Le Havre FC, the Washington Stars, and the Colorado Foxes. [6] [7]

Coaching career

Early jobs (1996–2007)

Stone's first coaching job was as a part-time assistant at the University of Denver in 1996 and as a volunteer assistant at Duke in 1997. Then, from 1997 to 2000, Stone coached girls' soccer for the Colorado Rush youth soccer club. Under his leadership, the team won 35 state cups, twelve regional championships and eight national championships. He left the Rush to coach professionally in the Women's United Soccer Association, leading the Atlanta Beat to the league's inaugural championship game, losing in overtime on penalty kicks to the Bay Area CyberRays. He also provided soccer commentary for Fox Sports, ESPN and CBS College Sports Network. [6] [8] Stone returned to college coaching when he was hired as an assistant for the Clemson Tigers. He spent one year there, helping the Tigers to an 11–8–4 record and an appearance in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Women's Soccer Championship.

Texas Tech (2007–present)

On May 25, 2007, Stone was named the fourth head coach in Texas Tech soccer history. [9] [10] Prior to his arrival at Texas Tech, the team had a record of 6–63–1 in Big 12 play and had gone 0–10–0 in conference four of the previous six seasons. In Stone's first year and half as coach, the team quickly matched that win total, going 6–5–1 in conference play. [11] In 2010 – Stone's fourth year with the team – the Red Raiders went 11–8–1, marking the program's third-ever winning record and first in 15 seasons. Two years later, the Red Raiders made the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history and beat North Texas, 2–0, in the program's debut in postseason play. They would lose to Florida State, 2–3, in double overtime in the second round.

In 2013, the Red Raiders made another appearance in the second round after recording a program-record 18 wins. In 2014, Stone's squad won 16 games and climbed as high as sixth in the national coaches' polls before advancing to the program's first-ever Sweet Sixteen. For the breakout campaign, he was named the NSCAA Central Region Coach of the Year. [12] In 2015, the Red Raiders won their first-ever Big 12 Championship, defeating Kansas, 1–0. The year also saw Stone pick up his 100th win at the helm of the Red Raider program when the team beat South Florida, 2–1. [13]

The Red Raiders went .500 the following two seasons – and missed the tournament altogether in 2017 – but came back to go 14–5–3 in 2018, beating a program-record four ranked opponents and leading the nation in shutouts with 14 in the process. As of 2018, Stone has led Texas Tech to the NCAA Tournament in six of the last seven seasons.

On October 3, 2019, Tom Stone got his 150th career win with a 1–0 overtime game at Iowa State. [14] The only goal was scored by Sierra Jones.

National team involvement

In addition to coaching at the collegiate level, Stone has served as an advance scout for the United States Women's National Team (USWNT) since 1999. Most recently, Stone was responsible for the scouting of USWNT opponents at the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Head coaching record

SeasonWLTFinal Ranking
2007782NR
20088101NR
2009884NR
20101181NR
20111082NR
2012166125th
2013182317th
2014164214th
2015154521st
2016992NR
2017973NR
2018145324th
2019154320th
2020562
20211163
2022946
202316159th
2024155224th
Total21210550

Honors

Texas Tech Red Raiders

Individual

Notable players coached

Texas Tech

PlayerYearsProfessional ClubNationality
Janine Beckie 2012–2015 Manchester City

Canadian National Team

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Caity Heap 2012–2015 Mallbackens IF Flag of the United States.svg
Jaelene Hinkle 2011–2014 North Carolina Courage Flag of the United States.svg
Taylor Lytle 2008–2011 Utah Royals FC Flag of the United States.svg
Victoria Esson 2011–2013 Avaldsnes IL

New Zealand National Team

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References

  1. ↑ "2020 Duke Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). Duke Blue Devils . September 30, 2020. p. 54. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bio: Tom Stone". Women's United Soccer Association . 2002. Archived from the original on October 22, 2002. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tom Stone". Stats Crew. Archived from the original on February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  4. ↑ "December 2019 Commencement". Youtube. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Stone's Duke Team Inducted into N.C. Soccer Hall of Fame". TexasTech.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Tech Picks Stone as New Coach". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 10, 2007.
  7. ↑ "Soccer: Division 1 Men's" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 30, 2007. Retrieved June 10, 2007.
  8. ↑ "Beat sounded perfect to Stone". Sports Illustrated . Archived from the original on May 25, 2001. Retrieved June 10, 2007.
  9. ↑ "Texas Tech women's soccer program enters Stone age". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . Retrieved June 10, 2007.
  10. ↑ "Set in Stone: Tom Stone announced as new women's soccer coach". The Daily Toreador . Retrieved June 10, 2007.
  11. ↑ Ryan, Steven (October 2, 2008). "Tech soccer earning respect in Big 12". The Daily Toreador . Retrieved October 2, 2008.
  12. ↑ "Tech's Tom Stone honored with regional honor". KCBD. December 2, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  13. ↑ "Stone earns 100th win as Red Raider". Daily Toreador. September 20, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  14. ↑ "Stone Earns 150th Win in Overtime Thriller". TexasTech.com. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
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