Pete Caringi Jr.

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Pete Caringi
Personal information
Full name Pete Caringi Jr.
Date of birth (1955-03-27) March 27, 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland
Position(s) Forward
College career
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1973–1977 Baltimore Bees
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1978 Washington Diplomats
Managerial career
1981–1990 Essex Knights
1991–2022 UMBC Retrievers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pete Caringi (born March 27, 1955) is an American soccer coach. He was named the 2014 National Soccer Coaches Association of America Division I Coach of the Year.

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Playing career

A former All-American and Three time captain, He played college soccer for the University of Baltimore.A four time first team all conference and two time All-South All-American In 1973 they lost in the final four to Cal Fullerton. In 1975 the Baltimore team won the NCAA National Championship in Seattle defeating Seattle-Pacific 3–1 in front of over 7,500 fans. Caringi's 2 Goals led the Bees in the final He still holds the All-Time Record for goals with 70.[He signed for the Washington Diplomats in 1978. He is a member of the University of Baltimore athletic hall of fame. Caringi is also a member of the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame, CCBC Athletic Hall of Fame, Region XX Hall of Fame, NJCAA National Soccer Hall of Fame and just recently was inducted into the UMBC Athletics Hall of Fame [1]

Coaching career

Caringi coached the Maryland Bays to the 1990 American Professional Soccer League championship. The Bays finished the regular season 20–5 and won the finals against a very good San Francisco Bay Blackhawks team.

As the coach at Essex Community College from 1981 and 1990, he led Essex to seven JuCo championships and five Region XX Titles. His 84 and 89 teams played in the NJCAA National Finals. He was named NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 84 and 89. He has been the head coach of UMBC Retrievers soccer since 1991. He led UMBC to the NCAA Tournament in 99 and the 2nd Round in 2010,12,13 His 2014 College Cup semifinals, Caringi was named the NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year and the Soccer America Coach of the Year. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

After 32 seasons as UMBC head coach, Caringi announced his retirement in 2023. [7]

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References

  1. "University of Baltimore News Release: Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony May 5".
  2. Steven Goff (December 9, 2014). "Who is UMBC? College Cup semifinalists, that's who". Washington Post.
  3. Baltimore Sun (December 17, 2014). "UMBC Retrievers men's soccer coach Pete Caringi is named Division I Coach of the Year – Baltimore Sun". baltimoresun.com.
  4. "Caringi Named NSCAA National Coach of the Year". AmericaEast.com.
  5. "2014 Coaches of the Year".
  6. "SoccerAmerica – Soccer America's 2014 Men's College Awards 01/13/2015".
  7. "Head Soccer Coach Pete Caringi, Jr. Announces Retirement from UMBC". UMBCRetrievers.com. UMBC Retrievers . Retrieved 4 November 2023.
Preceded by NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year
2014
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