Trevor Adair
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| Trevor Adair | ||
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| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | |
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| 1978-1981 | Lock Haven University | |
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| 1982-1990 1991-1994 1995- |
South Carolina (assistant) Brown University Clemson Tigers U.S. U-20 |
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Trevor Adair (born in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is the head coach of the Clemson Tigers men’s soccer team. He has coached at the collegiate level since 1982 after playing soccer at Lock Haven University.
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[edit] Player
Michael Parker, men’s soccer head coach at Lock Haven University, recruited Adair who played four seasons, 1978 to 1981, with the Eagles. In 1978, Lock Haven won the Division III NCAA Men's Soccer Championship. In 1980, having moved up a division, they won the Division II title. That year, Adair was selected as a first team All American after leading Lock Haven in scoring with sixteen goals. Adair graduated in 1982 with a bachelors degree in economics.
[edit] Coach
Following his graduation from Lock Haven, Adair chose not to pursue a career as a professional player, but to enter the coaching ranks. He moved to the University of South Carolina where he was an assistant coach for nine seasons. Adair moved to Brown University, becoming the men’s soccer head coach in November 1990. In his four seasons at brown, he compiled a 34-24-5 record. In 1995, Clemson hired Adair as head coach to the men’s soccer team, a position he holds today. Through 2007, Adair has a 160-71-23 record, having been named the 1998 ACC Coach of the Year in addition to taking the Tigers to the 2005 Final Four. At some point during his career, Adair has also served as an assistant with the United States U-20 men's national soccer team.
