- Tom Stone (coach)
College coach infobox
Name = Tom Stone
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Birthplace =Dallas, Texas
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Sport = Soccer
College = Texas Tech
Title =Head coach
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Championships = Colorado Rush (youth) – 8 national championships
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Coach = Y
CoachYears = 1996
1997
1997-2000
2001-2003
2006-2007
2007-present
CoachTeams = Denver (asst.)
Duke (asst.)
Colorado Rush
Atlanta Beat
Clemson (asst.)
Texas TechTom Stone (born in
Dallas, Texas ) is the head coach of theTexas Tech Red Raiders women’s soccer team. He played soccer as a youth, collegiately and professionally. Stone held various coaching positions before coming to Tech.Playing career
Tom Stone played youth soccer for the Texas Longhorns in Dallas, where he was instrumental in seeing the team compete in the U.S. Youth Soccer finals. Later, he attended
Duke University . As a player for theDuke Blue Devils , Stone scored the only goal in the 1986 National Championship game, giving his team the win over Akron. He went on to play professionally for three teams.cite web|title=Tech Picks Stone as New Coach|url= http://www.dallassoccernews.com/article.php?article_id=442|accessdate=2007-06-10] cite web|title=Soccer: Division 1 Men’s |url= http://www.ncaa.org/library/records/soccer/m_soccer_champs_records/2005_m_soccer_champs_records.pdf|accessdate=2007-06-10] cite web|title=Clemson Tigers: Tom Stone Profile|url=http://clemsontigers.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/stone_tom00.html |accessdate=2007-06-10]Coaching career
Stone's first coaching job was as a part-time assistant at the
University of Denver in 1996 and as a volunteer assistant at Duke in 1997. Then, from 1997-2000, Stone coached girl’s soccer for the Colorado Rush youth soccer club. Under his leadership, the team won 35 state cups, twelve regional championships and eight national championships. He left the Rush to coach professionally in theWomen's United Soccer Association , leading theAtlanta Beat to the league’s inaugural championship. He also provided soccer commentary for Fox Sports,ESPN andCBS College Sports Network .cite web|title=Beat sounded perfect to Stone|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/soccer/us/news/2000/12/08/wusa_colorado_sa|publisher="Sports Illustrated "|accessdate=2007-06-10] Stone returned to college coaching when he was hired as an assistant for theClemson Tigers . He spent a year there before taking the job at Texas Tech.cite web|title=Texas Tech women's soccer program enters Stone age|url= http://www.redraiders.com/stories/052607/soc_6328393.shtml|publisher="Lubbock Avalanche-Journal "|accessdate=2007-06-10] cite web|title=Set in Stone: Tom Stone announced as new women's soccer coach |url= http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2007/05/30/Sports/Set-In.Stone.Tom.Stone.Announced.As.New.Womens.Soccer.Coach-2909898.shtml|publisher="The Daily Toreador "|accessdate=2007-06-10]Prior to his arrival at Texas Tech, the team had a record of 6–63–1 in Big 12 play. In Stone's first year and half as coach, the team has matched that record, going 6–5–1 in conference play. [cite news|last=Ryan|first=Steven|title=Tech soccer earning respect in Big 12|work=
The Daily Toreador |date=2008-10-02 |url=http://media.www.dailytoreador.com/media/storage/paper870/news/2008/10/02/Sports/Tech-Soccer.Earning.Respect.In.Big.12-3464675.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition|accessdate=2008-10-02]References
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