- Schellas Hyndman
Infobox Football biography
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cityofbirth =Macau
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youthyears = 1969-1972
youthclubs =Eastern Illinois University
years = 1975
clubs =Cincinnati Comets
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manageryears = 1974-1975
1977-1983
1984-2008
2008-
managerclubs =Murray State Eastern Illinois University
Southern MethodistFC Dallas
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ntupdate =Schellas Hyndman (born 1951 in
Macao ) is an American soccer coach and current head coach ofFC Dallas . He compiled a 466-122-49 record as a college soccer coach. He was the 1981 NSCAA Coach of the Year and played one season in theAmerican Soccer League in 1975.Youth
Hyndman was born in
Macau to a Russian-French mother and a Portuguese father, but the communist takeover of China led his family to flee the country in the cargo hold of a ship in 1957. They settled inSpringfield, Ohio where he attended Butler High School. Following high school, he enteredEastern Illinois University on a soccer scholarship. He was part of the 1969NAIA national men's soccer championship team as a freshman. He graduated from Eastern Illinois with abachelors degree in physical education in 1973.Coach
In the fall of 1973, Hyndman entered
Murray State University , graduating with amasters degree in 1975. In addition to taking classes, he also coached the men’s soccer team. In 1976, he moved toSao Paulo, Brazil where he taught atEscola Graduada and served as a staff coach with theSão Paulo Futebol Clube . In 1977, he returned to the U.S. to become the head coach atEastern Illinois University , now competing in theNCAA Division II . Over seven seasons, he compiled a 98-24-11 record. In 1978, Hyndman took the Panthers to third in the NCAA post-season tournament. In 1979, he topped that as Eastern Illinois finished runner-up toAlabama A&M . In 1981, the team moved up to theNCAA Division I , taking third place in the 1981 Division I tournament. [ [http://www.eiupanthers.com/Pdfs/msoc/2007/8/14/07_MSoc%20Guide%201-5.pdf Eastern Illinois Soccer Records] ] That led to his being selected as the 1981 NSCAA Coach of the Year. [ [http://www.sover.net/~spectrum/year/1981.html#college The Year in American Soccer – 1981] ] He was inducted into the Eastern Illinois Athletic Hall of Fame in 2001. In 1984,Southern Methodist University hired Hyndman as head coach of the Mustangs soccer team. Over the next twenty-four seasons, he compiled a 368-96-38 record, earning eight league Coach of the Year honors, five regional Coach of the Year honors. On June 16, 2008,FC Dallas ofMajor League Soccer hired Hyndman as head coach after the team firedSteve Morrow .Player
In 1975, Hyndman spent one season as a professional player with the
Cincinnati Comets in theAmerican Soccer League .Executive
In 2001, Hyndman was selected to serve as a member of the
NSCAA Executive Committee. In January 2005, he became President of the NSCAA , serving in that capacity for one year.Aiki Ju-Jutsu
Hyndman is also an established Aiki Ju-Jutsu coach, and has been teaching the discipline for over 25 years in the Dallas area. [http://www.dallaskenpo.com/styles.html] In one particularly groin-grabbingly awesome video, Hyndman can be seen taking repeated blows to the
testicles .References
External links
[http://smumustangs.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/hyndman_schellas00.html SMU Mustangs coaching profile]
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