Adam Cooper (soccer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam Michael Cooper | ||
| Date of birth | August 9, 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Tarzana, California | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Saint Mary's Gaels (head coach) | ||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1999 | UCLA Bruins | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000 | Orange County Waves | 5 | (0) |
| Total | 5 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1999–2000 | Calabasas Coyotes | ||
| 2001–2005 | Saint Mary's Gaels (assistant) | ||
| 2005– | Saint Mary's Gaels | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adam Michael Cooper (born August 9, 1977[1]) is an American former (five game[2]) amateur soccer player and the current head coach of the Saint Mary's Gaels men's soccer program.
Playing career
[edit]Cooper was a three year[3] player for the UCLA Bruins men's soccer program, playing just 33 games over a four-year period.[4] During his sophomore and senior seasons, Cooper earned Academic All-Conference honors. Upon graduating UCLA, Cooper entered the 2000 A-League draft, where he was selected 7th overall by the now-defunct Orange County Waves. Cooper played five games with the Waves before retiring from the game as a player.
Coaching career
[edit]In 1999, Cooper began his career by coaching the Calabasas High School boys' soccer team. During his tenure with Calabasas, he helped guide the team to the Frontier League Championship. In 2001, he was hired as an assistant to Saint Mary's College, where he was an assistant coach for the men's soccer team. On December 29, 2005; Cooper was promoted to head coach of the program, which he has held since. In 2007 he was head coach of the junior Team USA at the Maccabiah Pan American Games.[5] In 2018, Cooper guided Saint Mary's to a 18–0–2 record, and a ranking as high as third in the nation. The program went on a 14-match winning streak during this time. At the end of the season, Cooper earned the United Soccer Coaches College Coach of the Year of the year award.[6] In 2019, Cooper guided Saint Mary's to a 16-2-0 record, while remaining undefeated in the NCAA West Coast Conference (WCC). Cooper was named WCC Coach of the Year for a fourth time (2009, 2011, 2018, and 2019)[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Adam Michael Cooper". California Birth Index. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
- ^ https://www.statscrew.com/minorsoccer/stats/p-coopeada001
- ^ "Player Bio: Adam Cooper - UCLA Official Athletic Site". UCLA. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ "Player Bio: Adam Cooper - UCLA Official Athletic Site". UCLA. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
- ^ "Thunder coach Amos Magee to head US Maccabi soccer team". March 9, 2007.
- ^ "Coaching Staffs of the Year Announced in College Soccer". unitedsoccercoaches.org. December 14, 2018. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
- ^ "WCC Announces 2019 Men's Soccer All-Conference Team". wccsports.com. November 9, 2019. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Adam Cooper at St. Mary's Athletics
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