Richie Grant (soccer)

Richie GrantPersonal information

Date of birth|  (1970-02-28) 28 February 1970 (age 55)[1]
Place of birth|  Dublin, Ireland
Position(s)|  Defender
Youth career
1990–1992|  Green Mountain College
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1993|  Minnesota Thunder|  |
Managerial career
1993–1995|  Bloomsburg U. (assistant)
1995–1998|  Lambuth University
1999–2013|  University of Memphis
2014–2022|  Cal State Bakersfield
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Richie Grant (born 28 February 1970) is a soccer coach. He is formerly the head men's soccer coach at the California State University, Bakersfield. He has held that position since 2014, and has posted a 102–83–16 record in ten seasons. He is a two-time Conference USA Coach of the Year winner, and led the 2004 squad to the NCAA tournament, their first appearance since 1993. The 2004 team also won the Conference USA title. His teams have been ranked in the top 25 four out of the past five years, including a school record national ranking of 10.

He previously served as the head men's soccer coach at Lambuth University in Jackson, Tennessee. He led that program to a 53–29–2 record over 4 seasons including back-to-back Mid-South conference titles. He is a 1993 graduate of Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont, where he was a three-time NAIA all-American defender. He later played for the Minnesota Thunder.

## References

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1. ^ "2010 Memphis Men's Soccer Fact Book". Issuu. University of Memphis Athletic Media Relations.

## External links

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* http://www.gotigersgo.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/grant_richie00.html

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Conference USA Men's Soccer Coach of the Year

* 1995: Getman
* 1996: Tart
* 1997: Cook
* 1998: Hackworth
* 1999: Getman
* 2000: Grant
* 2001: Donigan
* 2002: Colavecchia
* 2003: Dayes
* 2004: Grant
* 2005: Gray
* 2006: Hyndman
* 2007: McIntosh
* 2008: McIntosh
* 2009: Gray
* 2010: McClements
* 2011: Berson
* 2012: McClements
* 2013: Fishbein
* 2014: Cedergren
* 2015: Calabrese / Cedergren
* 2016: Langan
* 2017: Nylen
* 2018: Cedergren
* 2019: Grassie
* 2020: Grassie
* 2021: Russell

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