Jim DeRose

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playername= Jim DeRose
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dateofbirth =
cityofbirth = Cinnaminson, New Jersey
countryofbirth = United States
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position = Goalkeeper
youthyears = 1985-1988
youthclubs = Johnson State College
years = 1990
clubs = New Mexico Chiles
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manageryears = 1990
1991
1992-1994
1995
1996-
managerclubs = Johnson State College (assistan)
University of Vermont (assistant)
Illinois State University (assistant)
University of Richmond (assistant)
Bradley University
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Jim DeRose (born Cinnaminson, New Jersey) is an American college soccer coach at Bradley University. He also spent one season as a goalkeeper with the New Mexico Chiles in the American Professional Soccer League.

Player

DeRose attended Johnson State College, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1985 to 1988. He was an NAIA first team All American and the New England Player of the Year in 1988. [ [http://www.aacsports.com/msguide.pdf NAIA National Championship Press Book] ] He graduated in 1989 with a bachelors degree in secondary education. In 1990, DeRose spent one season with the New Mexico Chiles of the American Professional Soccer League. [ [http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statswsa90.htm#NM 1990 New Mexico Chiles] ] The Chiles lasted only one season before folding. During this time, soccer in the United States was experiencing great turbulence. Teams and leagues lasted a few years at the most before collapsing. Consequently, DeRose decided to pursue other opportunities in the sport.

Coach

DeRose began his coaching career as an assistant soccer coach at Johnson State College in 1989. He returned to coaching as an assistant at the University of Vermont in 1991. In 1992, he moved to Illinois State University where he was an assistant until the school dropped the men’s soccer program in 1994. He spent a single season as an assistant at the University of Richmond before being hired as the head coach at Bradley University in 1996. In 2007, he was named the Soccer America Magazine Coach of the Year.

DeRose was honored as the Greater Peoria Tri-County Male Coach of the Year in 1998. [ [http://www.gpshof.org/AwTri/derose.html] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.bubraves.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=3400&ATCLID=1134678&Q_SEASON=2007Bradley University coaching profile]