Kevin Grimes (soccer)

Infobox Football biography
playername= Kevin Grimes


fullname = Kevin Grimes
nickname = Grimmer
dateofbirth =
cityofbirth = St. Louis, Missouri
countryofbirth = United States
dateofdeath =
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position = Defender
youthyears =1983-1990
1986-1989
youthclubs = Scott Gallagher
Southern Methodist University
years = 1990
1991
1992
1993-1994
1995
1996
1997
clubs = Colorado Foxes
Tindastoll FC
Miami Freedom
Los Angeles Salsa
Raleigh Flyers
San Jose Clash
Orange County Zodiac
caps(goals) =
1 (0)
0 (0)
nationalyears = 1988
nationalteam = United States
nationalcaps(goals) = 5 (0)
manageryears = 1995-1997
1997-1999
2000-
managerclubs = Irvine High School
Southern Methodist University "(assistant)"
University of California
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Kevin Grimes (born in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former U.S. soccer defender. He earned five caps with the U.S. national team in 1988.

High school

Grimes grew up in St. Louis, Missouri where he played youth soccer with the Scott Gallagher Soccer Club. In 1984, he won the McGuire Cup National Championship with Gallagher. He also attended Rosary High School where he was both a 1986 Parade Magaine All American and National Defender of the Year his senior year.

College

After high school, Grimes attended Southern Methodist University from 1986-1989. He was a 1988 and 1989 NSCAA first team All-American. He graduated in 1990 with a bachelor’s degree in economics.

Professional

Grimes signed with the Colorado Foxes of the American Professional Soccer League (APSL) in 1990. ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1990/statswsa90.htm#Colorado]} The St. Louis Storm of the MSL drafted Grimes in 1991 but he left for Iceland where he spent the 1991 season with Tindastoll FC. He returned to the U.S. in 1992 to sign with the Miami Freedom of APSL. He appeared in 10 of 16 games. He moved to the Los Angeles Salsa for the 1993-94 APSL seasons but never entered a game. He appeared in several exhibition games for the Salsa. ^{[http://a-leaguearchive.tripod.com/1993/stats93.htm]} In 1995, Grimes then moved to the USISL Raleigh Flyers where he played with current Real Salt Lake coach, Jason Kreis. In January 1996, the San Jose Clash of Major League Soccer (MLS) selected Grimes in the sixteenth round (158 overall) in the Inaugural Player Draft. After starting 11 of 12 pre-season matches, Grimes injured his shin and the Clash released him during the regular season. Once Grimes recovered from his injury, he signed with the Orange County Zodiac of the A-League He was named an A-League All Star in 1997 and started for the Western Confernece in the A-League All Star game in Rochester, NY. Despite this success, he decided to retire from playing professionally and enter coaching full time.

National team

Grimes first played for the U.S. as the captain of the U-16 U.S. National Youth Team in 1983. The U.S. qualified for the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The tournament was originally scheduled for 1984, but was delayed a year. With the delay, Grimes and several of his team mates, were now too old to participate in the first ever FIFA U-17 World Cup. Grimes also was a member of the U-18 and U-20 U.S. National Teams.

While at SMU, Lothar Osiander called Grimes into the senior national team camp. Grimes earned his first caps with the U.S. national team in a 1-0 win over Guatemala on January 10, 1988. He went on to play five games with the national team, the last coming in a 1-0 victory over Costa Rica on June 14, 1988.

Coaching

In 1993, Grimes began coaching youth soccer with the San Juan Soccer Club while a member of the Los Angeles Salsa. In 1995, he began coaching the Irvine High School girls soccer team as well as a the Mission Viejo Pateadores Soccer Club during his off season. In 1997, he decided to retire from playing and commit to a coaching career when he was offered a position as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Southern Methodist University. He remained at SMU through the 1999 season. On April 25, 2000, University of California hired Grimes as its head coach. ^{[ http://www.dailycal.org/sharticle.php?id=2371]} In the years since then, he was named the Pac-10 Coach of the Year in 2002, 2005, 2006 and 2007.

External links

* [http://calbears.cstv.com/sports/m-soccer/mtt/grimes_kevin00.html Cal coaches profile]