Mike Getman
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Mike Getman is the head men's soccer coach at UAB
. He has held that position since 1992, posting a 190-120-26 record during that span. He currently ranks 41st among active head soccer coaches in winning percentage, and 26th in victories. His career head coaching record currently stands at 232-146-35(.605). He has led the Blazers to five NCAA tournament appearances including an Elite Eight in 1999, and a sweet Sixteen in 2001. He coached the team to a 1994 Great Midwest Conference Title, and Conference USA regular season championships in 1995 and 1999. His 1994 team won the 1994 Great Midwest tournament, and his 1999 team won the Conference USA tournament.
His teams have been ranked in eleven out of the past thirteen seasons, and reached a program best national ranking of 3 in 2003. Furthermore, his teams have been known to upset higher ranked teams. The Blazers have posted three victories against number 1 ranked teams, including UCLA in 1997, North Carolina in 2003, and SMU in 2006. He is the winningest coach in Conference USA history, posting a record 68 league wins. He was named Conference USA Coach of the Decade in 2005, for his career coaching record. He has additionally been named Conference USA Coach of the Year on three occasions.
From 1987 to 1991, he served as the head men's soccer coach at Harvard College
. His teams posted a 42-26-9 record there, including a 1987 appearance in the Final Four, in which the team finished 14-1-3. He remains the youngest coach ever to reach the Final Four having done so at the age of 28. In 1988, Harvard was ranked number 1 for the first time in school history. He was an assistant coach at the University of Indiana from 1984 to 1986.
From 1982 to 1983, he played professionally for the Detroit Express
of the American Soccer League
as a defender. He earned team rookie of the year honors in 1982, and led the squad to the ASL championship. He played college soccer at the University of Indiana from 1978 to 1981, and led the Hoosiers to the National championship game in 1978 and 1980.
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...
. He has held that position since 1992, posting a 190-120-26 record during that span. He currently ranks 41st among active head soccer coaches in winning percentage, and 26th in victories. His career head coaching record currently stands at 232-146-35(.605). He has led the Blazers to five NCAA tournament appearances including an Elite Eight in 1999, and a sweet Sixteen in 2001. He coached the team to a 1994 Great Midwest Conference Title, and Conference USA regular season championships in 1995 and 1999. His 1994 team won the 1994 Great Midwest tournament, and his 1999 team won the Conference USA tournament.
His teams have been ranked in eleven out of the past thirteen seasons, and reached a program best national ranking of 3 in 2003. Furthermore, his teams have been known to upset higher ranked teams. The Blazers have posted three victories against number 1 ranked teams, including UCLA in 1997, North Carolina in 2003, and SMU in 2006. He is the winningest coach in Conference USA history, posting a record 68 league wins. He was named Conference USA Coach of the Decade in 2005, for his career coaching record. He has additionally been named Conference USA Coach of the Year on three occasions.
From 1987 to 1991, he served as the head men's soccer coach at Harvard College
Harvard College
Harvard College, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is one of two schools within Harvard University granting undergraduate degrees...
. His teams posted a 42-26-9 record there, including a 1987 appearance in the Final Four, in which the team finished 14-1-3. He remains the youngest coach ever to reach the Final Four having done so at the age of 28. In 1988, Harvard was ranked number 1 for the first time in school history. He was an assistant coach at the University of Indiana from 1984 to 1986.
From 1982 to 1983, he played professionally for the Detroit Express
Detroit Express
The Detroit Express was a soccer team based in suburban Detroit that played in the now defunct North American Soccer League from 1978 to 1980. Its home field was the Pontiac Silverdome. The Express were co-owned and directed by famous English soccer pundit Jimmy Hill who was also the managing...
of the American Soccer League
American Soccer League
The American Soccer League has been a name used by three different professional soccer leagues in the United States. The first American Soccer League was established in 1921 by the merger of teams from the National Association Football League and the Southern New England Soccer League. For...
as a defender. He earned team rookie of the year honors in 1982, and led the squad to the ASL championship. He played college soccer at the University of Indiana from 1978 to 1981, and led the Hoosiers to the National championship game in 1978 and 1980.
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