Tom Stone (coach)
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| Tom Stone | ||
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| Title | Head coach | |
| College | Texas Tech | |
| Sport | Soccer | |
| Place of birth | Dallas, Texas | |
| Career highlights | ||
| Championships | ||
| Colorado Rush (youth) – 8 national championships | ||
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | ||
| 1996 1997 1997-2000 2001-2003 2006-2007 2007-present |
Denver (asst.) Duke (asst.) Colorado Rush Atlanta Beat Clemson (asst.) Texas Tech |
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Tom Stone (born in Dallas, Texas) is the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders women’s soccer team. He played soccer as a youth, collegiately and professionally. Stone held various coaching positions before coming to Tech.
[edit] 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. He went on to play professionally for three teams.[1][2][3]
[edit] Coaching career
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 1997-2000, Stone coached girl’s 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. He also provided soccer commentary for Fox Sports, ESPN and CBS College Sports Network.[1][4] Stone returned to college coaching when he was hired as an assistant for the Clemson Tigers. He spent a year there before taking the job at Texas Tech.[5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Tech Picks Stone as New Coach. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
- ^ Soccer: Division 1 Men’s. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
- ^ Clemson Tigers: Tom Stone Profile. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
- ^ Beat sounded perfect to Stone. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
- ^ Texas Tech women's soccer program enters Stone age. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
- ^ Set in Stone: Tom Stone announced as new women's soccer coach. The Daily Toreador. Retrieved on 2007-06-10.
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