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The below college soccer coaches have confirmed their attendance:

Professional Teams:

Orlando City Soccer Club

Orlando City Soccer Club

Assistant Coach, Ian Fuller, will be attending. Fuller's playing career began in 2002 when he was drafted by Major League Soccer's New England Revolution. After a year with the Revs, Fuller joined the Rochester Rhinos (USL-1) from 2003-04. He then spent a year in Vancouver (USL-1) with the Whitecaps before joining his longest-tenured club, the Charleston Battery, in 2006. After leading the Battery to the 2010 USL-2 title and scoring the winning goal in the Championship Game, Fuller joined the Austin Aztex (USSF D-II) for the remainer of the season and playoffs.

 

Colleges/Universities:  

Brown University

Brown University

Men's Head Coach, Patrick Laughlin, will be attending. Laughlin was named the Friends of Brown Men's Soccer Head Coaching Chair in March of 2010 and became just the sixth coach in Brown's 84-year soccer history. In his first season with the Bears, Laughlin helped guide the team to a 12-4-4 record while going undefeated at Stevenson Field with a 9-0-3 record.  Bruno made its 25th appearance in the NCAA Tournament, as well as its first trip to the Sweet 16 since 2000 with a home victory over Boston College and a thrilling 7-6 penalty-kick win in Storrs against Connecticut.   Seven Bears earned All-Ivy recognition, three were Division I NEISL All-Stars, four received All-Northeast Region honors, and one was invited to the MLS Player Combine.

Clearwater Christian College

Clearwater Christian College

Men's Head Coach, James Whitaker, will be attending. Whitaker recently finished his third year as men's soccer coach, leading the CCC men's soccer team to their second straight National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) D2 National Championship. He was also named National Coach of the Year for the second straight year by the NCCAA and also the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA).

Coker College

Coker College

Men's Head Coach, Paul Leese, will be attending. If the first two years under the leadership of head coach Leese are anything to go by, then the future of Coker men’s soccer is very bright.  Two consecutive Conference Carolinas tournament final appearances, one Championship and one Runner-up, and a current squad of youthful freshmen and sophomores that is hungry for greater success. After breaking many records in 2009, Leese continued to set high standards this season.  2010 marked the first time in Coker history that the men's soccer team had competed in back to back Conference finals.  2010 was also the first time in history that the men's soccer team was ranked in the top ten of the NCAA Southeast region at the end of the season.

Darton College

Darton College

Men's Head Coach, Bart Sasnett, will be attending. In the fall of 2010, Sasnett will begin his fourth season as head men's soccer coach for the Cavaliers. Sasnett comes off his most successful season in 2009, with a 12-4-1 record. Sasnett's Cav's spent 3 weeks nationally ranked reaching 14th in the last week of regular season play. Coach Bart has led his teams to three straight play-off appearances. For his efforts he was nominated Region 17 Coach of the year in 2008 and 2009. Sasnett has compiled a 31-18-1 record while at Darton College. This adds to his 62-43-6 men's record and over all record of 94-70-8. Coach Sasnett has forwarded numerous players on to four year programs. He has Coached 2 All-Americans, 30 All-Region players and 5 Academic All-Americans.

Davidson College

Davidson College

Men's Assistant Head coach, Matt Spear, will be attending. Spear brings a diversity and depth of soccer knowledge to the Wildcat program. He has been involved in the game at nearly every level since his graduation from Davidson in 1993, including five years as a part-time assistant coach for Davidson under head coach Charlie Slagle. Spear guided the Wildcats to an 11-7 record during the 2009 season, including 4-1 wins over No. 25 South Carolina and No. 6 Duke. Soccer America ranked the ‘Cats as high as 21st in the nation following the victory over the Blue Devils

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Flager College

Men's Head Coach, John Lynch, will be attending. Lynch begins his 13th year at the helm of the men’s soccer program at Flagler College and has a career mark of 118-98-15. In 2009, he guided Flagler to the Peach Belt Conference regular season title, in its first year in the league, and an NCAA Southeast Regional appearance. Lynch was also selected as the PBC's and the NSCAA's Southeast Region Coach of the Year. He has coached Flagler to back-to-back appearances at the NCAA Southeast Regional. Lynch also led the Saints to a 2002 Florida Sun Conference Championship, a NAIA Region XIV title and an appearance in the NAIA National Tournament appearance.

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic University

Men's Head Coach, Kos Donev, will be attending. Donev enters his 25th season as head coach of Florida Atlantic University's men's soccer team and looks to build on the 5-9-2 record accumulated in 2010, the team's third year in the competitive Mid-American Conference (MAC). In 2007, Donev had arguably his best year as a coach, leading the Owls to a 6-0-1 Atlantic Soccer Conference mark and the program's second regular season and first tournament title.

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Florida Gulf Coast University

Men's Head Coach, Bob Butehorn, will be attending. In just four short seasons as men’s soccer head coach, Butehorn has built the FGCU program from the ground up, growing it into a rising program in the South Region and leading it to an Atlantic Sun regular season championship in 2010. Butehorn’s resume includes over 20 years of collegiate coaching experience, but his work at FGCU has arguably been his finest work

Furman University

Furman University

Men's Head Coach, Doug Allison will be attending. Over the course of 16 seasons, Allison has established himself as one of the most successful and respected head coaches in all of college soccer. Allison enters his 17th season as Furman's skipper with an overall winning percentage of .675 (210-94-28) which ranks among the top 15 in the nation among active coaches in NCAA Division I.

Georgetown University

Georgetown University

Men's Head Coach, Brian Wiese, will be attending. Last year, Georgetown won the BIG EAST Blue Division Regular Season Championship for the first time since 1997 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament, advancing to the second round of play before not advancing over the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Wiese and his staff were also named the BIG EAST Coaching Staff of the Year. In 2009, the Hoyas had an outstanding season finishing fourth in the BIG EAST's Blue Division with an overall record of 9-8-2 and earning a berth in the BIG EAST Tournament. Georgetown also defeated its first ranked opponent under Wiese, downing No. 19 UCLA 2-0.

Lee University

Lee University

Men's Assistant Head coach, Matt Finlay, will be attending. Finlay comes to Lee for his first season as Graduate Assistant Coach. The native of Liverpool, England, enjoyed a successful three-year career at Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tennessee. Finlay anchored the defensive line for three years at Carson-Newman, earning several awards for his outstanding play. In his first season with the Eagles, Finlay competed in all 18 matches, starting in 17. He contributed four goals and one assist on his way to All-Southern Athletic Conference Second Team honors. 2009 and 2010 both resulted in All-Southern Athletic Conference First Team honors for Finlay, as well as NSCAA All-Southeast Region honors (third team in 2009, second team in 2010)

Le Moyne College

Le Moyne College

Men's Head Coach, Tom Bonus, will be attending. Bonus has guided the Le Moyne men's soccer program to unseen success since taking over the program before the 2000 season. In 11 seasons in charge of the Dolphins, Bonus has compiled a record of 130-67-21. Bonus, the 2004 Northeast-10 Conference Coach of the Year, has posted 10 or more victories in eight of his ten seasons.

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University of Memphis

Men's Head coach, Richie Grant, will be attending. Entering his 13th season at the helm of the Memphis Tiger soccer program, Grant has established himself as one of the premier coaches in the conference and the nation. With a strong background of developing players who move on to the professional level, as well as recruiting ties across the nation and around the globe, Grant has built a program in the Bluff City to rival any in the country.

Mercer University

Mercer University

Men's Assistant Head Coach, Ted Anderson, will be attending. Anderson played at Bradley from 2003-2007 and appeared in 57 out of a possible 67 games over his final three seasons as a Brave in both a midfield and defensive capacity. He accumulated 20 career points at Bradley, on the strength of six goals and eight assists, and was named an NSCAA/ADIDAS All-Midwest Region second team performer, a Missouri Valley All-Conference first team selection and the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament MVP and as a senior in 2007. 

Michigan State University

Michigan State University

Men's Head Coach, Damon Rensing, will be attending. Former MSU soccer standout Damon Rensing enters his third season as head coach after serving as an assistant coach for 10 seasons at his alma mater. Rensing became the fifth head coach in Spartan history on January 1, 2009 after taking over for the legendary Joe Baum, who guided MSU for 32 seasons. Rensing was named MSU's head coach designate on Aug. 14, 2008 after Baum decided to make 2008 his final season as head coach.

Missouri State University

Missouri State University

Men's Associate Head coach, Mike Seabolt, will be attending. Seabolt begins his fourth season on Jon Leamy's staff in 2010. He was promoted to Associate Head Coach prior to the 2009 season. He is involved in all facets of the program on and off the field and oversees recruiting. Seabolt has helped lead MSU from a 6-win team in 2007 to a 12-win team in 2009. Also in 2009, MSU captured the regular season MVC championship and an NCAA tournament bid, both for the first time in 10 years

Robert Morris University

Robert Morris University

Men's Head Coach, Bill Denniston, will be attending. From the time he took over the men's soccer program at Robert Morris University, head coach Denniston needed just four years to take the program from three wins to a regular-season Northeast Conference championship. Entering his 15th season in 2011, Denniston is looking to build on an impressive 2010 season that featured the most points ever by a NEC team that did not make the playoffs.

 
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University of South Carolina Upstate

Men's Assistant Coach, Geoff del Forn, will be attending.  del Forn is entering his second season as an assistant coach with the USC Upstate men’s soccer program.  Del Forn assists in all facets of the program. Prior to his arrival in Spartanburg, del Forn was as an assistant coach for two seasons at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va.  He served as the recruiting coordinator and worked primarily with the goalkeepers.  During his first season at Washington and Lee, he helped lead the Generals to an overall record of 9-6-2.  The team posted a 4-5-1 mark in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference and earned a berth in the conference tournament.

St, Leo University

St. Leo University

Men's Head coach, Keith Fulk, will be attending. Fulk, a championship-winning player and coach, was hired as the Saint Leo men's soccer coach in June of 2011. Returning to the NCAA Division II ranks after spending the last eight years outside of collegiate soccer, Fulk comes to Saint Leo after a year-long stint serving as head coach at the prestigious IMG Academy in Sarasota, Fla.  His rise to head coach at IMG came after working for United States Soccer, specifically as an assistant coach for the Under-17 men’s national team, a position he held since August 2003.  He joined US Soccer after a coaching stint at West Virginia University.

Tusculum College

Tusculum College

Men's Head coach, Allen Vital, will be attending. Vital, a 1992 Tusculum graduate, returns to his alma mater after 14 seasons as the head coach at Carson-Newman College.  While at the Jefferson City, Tenn. school, Vital amassed one of finest coaching careers in South Atlantic Conference and NCAA Division II history.  In his 14 seasons, he led the Eagles to an impressive 165-85-19 worksheet, which is the best coaching record at Carson-Newman, making him the second winningest coach in league history.  His 165 victories are ranked 28th amongst NCAA II active coaches, while his .649 winning percentage is 27th in the nation.

University of Hartford

University of Hartford

Men's Head coach, Tom Poitras, will be attending along with assistant coach, Mike Kulas. A native of Southington, Conn., Poitras comes to Hartford with a polished résumé that includes 17 years of collegiate coaching experience.Poitras recently completed his seventh season as the head coach at the University of Wisconsin Green Bay where he piloted the Phoenix to an impressive 72-46-18 record, including four seasons with 10 or more wins and four Horizon League Championship game appearances.

American International College

American International College

Men's Head coach, Fred Balbino, will be attending. Balbino is recently completed his 14th season as the head coach of the American International College men’s soccer program in 2010. He has a career record of 96-141-18 (.412). In 2006, the Yellow Jackets recorded their third straight regular season at .500 or above, posting an 8-8-2 mark. AIC posted victories over Merrimack and Southern New Hampshire, teams that were nationally ranked during the 2006 season, and at 4-0 got off to the programs best-ever start. The Yellow Jackets also finished with a 5-1-1 home mark, the lone blemish coming in a 1-0 loss to No. 2 Franklin Pierce. 

Holy Cross

Holy Cross

Men's Head Coach, Ted Priestly, will be attending. Priestly is in his third season as the head men’s soccer coach at the College of the Holy Cross in 2011. In his first two seasons, Priestly’s teams went 9-20-5 as two players were named to All-Patriot League teams (Kyle Miller, 2009 & 2010 and Tom Van Grinsven, 2010). He also had four student-athletes earn Patriot League weekly honors and 12 were named to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.

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C.W. Post 

Men's Head Coach, Andreas Lindberg, will be attending.
After a standout first season that included an East Coast Conference Championships and a 12-5-2 record, along with ECC Coach of the Year honor, Lindberg enters his second year with expectations even higher for his Pioneers. Last season's success was a five-win turnaround from the previous year, and saw the Pioneers advance to the championship game in the ECC Tournament, defeating Dowling College in penalty kicks to earn the championship title.

Warner University

Warner University

Men's Head coach, Fabio Tamayo, will be attending. Tamayo, a native of Bogota, Colombia joined the Warner family in 2007 where he played right back for a squad that earned a Top 25 national ranking before transitioning to assistant coach in January 2008. Prior to joining the Royals, he attended Colegio Presentacion Centro in Bogota and played his club soccer with Millonarios.

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