The United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year is an award given by the United Soccer Coaches (formerly National Soccer Coaches Association of America [NSCAA]) to one men's and one women's NCAA Division I collegiate coach each. The men's award began in 1973, and the women's award began in 1982.
The NSCAA was rebranded as United Soccer Coaches on August 2, 2017. [1]
* | Denotes coaches inducted to the National Soccer Hall of Fame |
Coach (#) | Denotes the number of times the coach has won the award at that point |
Chris Cissell is an American soccer coach born May 6, 1972, in Dallas, Texas, United States. He is the current Head Coach of the women's soccer team at Grand Canyon University.
The William Jewell Cardinals men's soccer team represents William Jewell College and competes in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) of NCAA Division II. Playing their home games at Greene Stadium on the campus of William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, the WJC men's soccer team's home games are well attended by WJC students and the Kansas City soccer community.
The Wake Forest University Demon Deacons men's soccer team is an NCAA Division I college soccer team composed of students attending Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. They achieved their greatest result in 2007, winning the 2007 Division I Men's College Cup. Like all sports teams from Wake Forest, men's soccer competes in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). The Deacons play their home matches at Spry Stadium on the campus of Wake Forest.
Patrick Farmer is an American soccer coach who currently coaches the women's soccer team at Transylvania University. Farmer previously coached university women's soccer teams at Ithaca, Penn State, Tennessee Tech, Syracuse, and Cornell. He also coached New York Power, the first professional soccer league for women in the United States, in the Women's United Soccer Association.
Lisa Cole is an American women's soccer coach and former player, who is currently a technical advisor for the Zambia women's national football team. She was previously the head coach of the Fiji women's national football team and is most known for being the former head coach for the Boston Breakers in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL).
The 2018 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 37th season of NCAA women's college soccer. The Stanford Cardinal were defending national champions.
Chris Whalley is the head coach of Lionsbridge FC of the USL League Two and the Chowan University men's soccer team. He is the former head coach of Lees-McRae College and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
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' Vice President of Education.
The 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 38th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.
Caitlin Peel Farrell is an American former soccer player who played professionally as a forward for Orlando Pride in the NWSL.
The 2019 Florida State Seminoles women's soccer team represented Florida State University during the 2019 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. It was the 25th season of the university fielding a program. The Seminoles were led by 15th year head coach Mark Krikorian and entered the season as the defending national champions.
The 2021 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 63rd season of NCAA championship men's college soccer. After the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 season partially returned to normal. However, despite the development of several vaccines, the pandemic was still ongoing, which might have led to various local or regional disruptions. Also, many conferences did not fully return to their pre-COVID state, with several having changed postseason tournament formats.
The 2021 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 40th season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.
The 2022 NCAA Division I men's soccer season was the 64th season of NCAA championship men's college soccer.
The 2022 season is the 103rd season of Syracuse University fielding a men's varsity soccer team. It was the program's 10th season in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and their 13th season with Ian McIntyre as the head coach of the program. Syracuse played their home matches at SU Soccer Stadium in Syracuse, New York.
The 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 41st season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.
The 2022 Duke Blue Devils women's soccer team represented Duke University during the 2022 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The Blue Devils were led by head coach Robbie Church, in his twenty-second season. They played home games at Koskinen Stadium. This was the team's 35th season playing organized women's college soccer and their 34th playing in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The 2023 NCAA Division I women's soccer season was the 42nd season of NCAA championship women's college soccer.