NCAA Division I Men
Brian Wiese, Georgetown University
Weise and the Hoyas concluded the year with a 19-4-3 overall record, the most wins recorded in a single season by the team. Additionally, Weise led the Hoyas to an appearance in the 2012 NCAA Men’s College Cup championship game, a BIG EAST Blue Division Regular Season Championship, and a trip to the BIG EAST Tournament Championship Game. In his seven years with Georgetown, Wiese has amassed a 74-50-15 overall record and a 37-29-5 mark in the Big East.
NCAA Division II Men
Cale Wassermann, Saginaw Valley State (Mich.)
Wassermann concluded his third season as head coach for the SVSU Cardinals with an impressive 18-3-4 overall record and a 9-2-2 mark in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. This season was the program’s best finish in its history, which included the team’s second-straight GLIAC Men’s Soccer Tournament Title and a run all the way to the NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Championship game. This season, the Cardinals ended with a 10-1-1 home record and a No. 2 finish in the NSCAA Top 25 national poll.
NCAA Division III Men
Brad McCarty, Messiah College (Pa.)
Since taking over as head coach of the Messiah men’s program in 2009, McCarty has established the Falcon men’s program as one of the nation’s best. He concluded his fourth season as the Falcons’ head coach with the program’s seventh NCAA D-III National Championship, concluding the year with a 24-1 overall record. McCarty, who has been with the Messiah program for a total of 12 seasons, earns his second NSCAA National Coach of the Year honor this year. As the head coach at Messiah, McCarty has a 89-4-1 record.
NAIA Men
Brian McMahon, Belhaven University (Miss.)
In his first season as head coach at Belhaven, McMahon led the Blazers to the 2012 NAIA National Championship title, a 19-4-1 overall record and a 7-3-1 record in the Southern States Athletic Conference. The team’s national title was the program’s second and the school’s third in any sport.
NCCAA Division I Men
Ryan Jorden, California Baptist University
In five seasons as head coach of the Lancers (60-30-10), Jorden has become the most successful coach in the program’s history. He and the team concluded the 2012 season with a 16-5-2 overall mark, a 10-3-1 record in the PacWest and the NCCAA National Championship.
NCCAA Division II Men
Chris McHugh, Moody Bible Institute (Ill)
In his first season as head of the Moody Bible Institute men’s soccer program, McHugh guided the Archers to an 18-2-0 record and the NCCAA Division II National Championship. In addition to his National Coach of the Year nod, he also had three 2012 NSCAA All-Americans on his team.
Junior College Division I Men
Nelson Cupello, Monroe CC
Cupello just completed 23rd year as head coach at Monroe Community College with a record breaking season of 18-1-1. A 2002 NJCAA Hall of Fame inductee with a career record at MCC of 303-101-27, he played in two NJCAA National Tournaments reaching the finals in 1971. He is also a former All-American at Monroe Community College and SUNY Brockport and a member of the SUNY Brockport team that was National Champion in 1974. That title led to him to being drafted No. 1 by the Rochester Lancers of the NASL and his pro career spanned from 1975 to 1980.
Junior College Division III Men
Juan Sanchez, Mt. San Antonio College (Calif.)
Sanchez concluded his 11th season with the Mt. San Antonio men’s team and led the Mounties program to its fourth-straight CCCAA Championship. The Mounties finished the season with an overall record of 21-3-1 and gave Sanchez his eighth SCC Championship and Coach of the Year Honor. In the past four seasons (2009-12), Sanchez’s teams have only lost five games to boast a record of 82-5-11.
High School Division I Boys
John Conlon, East Kentwood High School (Mich.)
Conlon led the East Kentwood boys soccer team to a 22-1-4 record and the program’s fourth Division I Michigan state title in the past six seasons. He and the Falcons finished #13 in the final NSCAA High School poll.
High School Division II Boys
O’Brien Byrd, Whitefish High School (Mont.)
Since being named head coach of the Whitefish High boys team, Byrd has guided the Bulldogs to four Class A state championships, including the past two in a row. Additionally, he earned his 100th career win this season in Whitefish’s win against his high school alma mater, Columbia Falls. This season the Bulldogs finished 15-0, and he now has a 105-27-16 overall coaching record.
Private/Parochial Boys
Scott Molfenter, Carroll High School (Ohio)
With a 2-0 win over Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy, Molfenter led the Carroll High boys team to its third-straight Division II state title. The Patriots also completed an unbeaten season with its 19-0-4 record, earned its fourth state title in five seasons and moved their unbeaten streak to 60 games heading into the 2013 season.
Youth Boys
Greg Winkler, Fond du Lac Youth Soccer (Wisc.)
Winkler has served in three roles with the Fond du Lac School District in his 23 years: teacher, assistant athletic director and boys and girls head soccer coach. In addition to these roles, he also serves as the president of the Fond du Lac Soccer Association.
NCAA Division I Women
Erica Walsh, Penn State University
This past fall marked Walsh’s 12th season at the helm of the Nittany Lion women’s program. The 2012 season also marked the program’s first-ever appearance in the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Soccer Tournament and the program’s second-consecutive 20-win season. With the team’s 21-4-2 record this year, Walsh’s coaching record stands at 140-64-10 at Penn State. In addition to her duties as leader of the PSU team, she also serves as assistant coach for the U.S. Women’s National Team.
NCAA Division II Women
Joe Bartlinski, University of West Florida
A 2012 NCAA Division II Women’s Championship, a dominating win in the Gulf South Conference Tournament finals, and an equally impressive 24-1 record is what Bartlinski guided the Argonauts toward in the 2012 season. The Argonauts have earned an NCAA Tournament bid in almost every season under his tutelage. His career record currently stands at 203-27-14 overall and 83-4-1 in the Gulf South Conference.
NCAA Division III Women
Mark Stauffer, Misericordia (Pa.)
Stauffer led the Cougar women’s program in a memorable season as its 13th-year head coach. The 2012 season marked for the Misericordia a 20-3-2 overall record, a Freedom Conference Championship and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament Final Four. It was the second straight season the program at least appeared in the conference tournament final and the NCAA Tournament. Stauffe owns a 170-82-14 career record, including this season’s school record 20 wins.
NAIA Women
Bill Bahr, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
Bahr led the Olivet Nazarene women’s team through a memorable run in his 13th season as head coach which concluded with an appearance in the 2012 NAIA National Championship game. The Tigers finished the season 19-4-1 overall, undefeated at 11-0 in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference and became just the fourth team in school history to advance to the semifinal round of an NAIA National Tournament.
NCCAA Division I Women
Kristen St. Clair, California Baptist
St. Clair, in her sixth season as head of the Lancer women’s program, has established herself as the winningest coach in program history. The team’s 18-2-1 season culminated with an NCCAA Division I Women’s Tournament title and a PacWest Conference title. The player-turned-coach career record now stands at 97-25-8 overall. This is St. Clair’s second-consecutive NSCAA National Coach of the Year honor.
NCCAA Division II Women
Mark Bates, Clearwater Christian (Fla.)
Bates and the Lady Cougars earned the NCCAA Division II Championship title and wrapped up the 2012 season with an 18-2 overall record. This past season proved to be the most successful for the program, as the 18-win total was the best in its history. This is the Lady Cougars’ second NSCAA national award of the season, as junior Tori Hale was named the NSCAA National Player of the Year.
Junior College Division I Women
Kacey Bingham, Paradise Valley CC (Ariz.)
Bingham closed out her final season as head coach of the Paradise Valley women’s program on a high note with an NJCCAA national championship, its second in three years. She also led the Pumas to an unbeaten record of 23-0-1 overall. Bingham will now lead NCAA Division II program, the Dixie State College Red Storm. This is her second National Soccer Coaches Association Of America Coach of the Year award in her career.
Junior College Division III Women
Ruben Gonzalez, Cerritos College (Calif.)
Gonzalez has spent the last eight seasons with the Cerritos College Falcons and compiled a 170-17-13 record and eight South Coach Conference titles. In 2012, the Falcon women’s program won its third state title and second national championship. Cerritos finished the season 21-2-2 overall with an 11-2-1 in-conference mark.
High School Division I Girls
Randy Dodge, Aliso Niguel HS (Calif.)
Dodge spent more than 20 years with the Aliso Niguel High School girls and boys soccer teams. He also has the distinction of leading those teams to 11 league championships and two state championships under his guidance. In March 2012, Dodge’s team finished the season 22-1-5 overall and brought home the Southern California Regional Girls Division I title.
High School Division II Girls
Steve Burgess, American Heritage (Fla.)
Burgess led the Patriots girls team to a 27-2-1 overall mark in 2012 and made its eighth consecutive appearance in the state championship final. American Heritage won the title 5-0 against Bolles, to capture the title for the third straight year and for the fifth time in the school’s history.
Private/Parochial Girls
Troy Tokarchik, Bishop Kelley HS (Okla.)
Following a 4-1 win against Newcastle HS in May 2012, Tokarchik and the Bishop Kelley girls team earned their 13th state title in 14 years. The Comets has also won 27 consecutive games dating back to the 2011 season.