The Bill Jeffrey Award
2000 Horst Richardson, Colorado College for his numerous years as coach at Colorado College.
2001 Stephen Negoesco, University of San Francisco( Calif.) for his innovation and lasting impact on the college game during a 39-year career at San Francisco, where he compiled a 544-182-66 career record.
2002 Aliceann Wilber, William Smith College( N. Y.) for her dedication to women’ s soccer and to William Smith College.
2003 Al Albert, College of William & Mary( Md.) for his years of service to William & Mary both as a player and coach, where he was part of 36 of the College’ s 37 seasons, compiling a career coaching record of 401-187-62 in 33 years.
2004 Bud Lewis, Wilmington College( Ohio); for his 30 years as coach at Wilmington College, where he has amassed more than 400 wins, and for his service to United Soccer Coaches’ All-America program, where he served as a national chair from 1997-2013.
2005 Dr. Jay Martin, Ohio Wesleyan University for his years as coach at Ohio Wesleyan, where he has amassed more than 600 wins, and for his tireless efforts for United Soccer Coaches as a member of the Coaching Academy staff and editor of the Soccer Journal.
2006 Anson Dorrance, University of North Carolina for his years as coach at North Carolina, where he has been a major force in developing the women’ s game at the college and international levels.
2007 John Rennie, Duke University( N. C.) for his years as coach at Duke, where he built the program into one of the most respected in the nation.
2008 Jim Lennox, Hartwick College( N. Y.) for his 33 years of collegiate coaching and his influence in the creation and formation of the United Soccer Coaches Coaching Academy.
2009 Cliff McCrath, Seattle Pacific University( Wash.) for his 49 years as a collegiate head coach, compiling a 597-233-95 record and for his contributions to the college game as secretary-editor of the NCAA Rules Committee.
2010 Cliff Stevenson, Brown University( N. Y.) for his contributions to the game at the college level, amassing 299 collegiate wins at Oberlin and Brown in 38 seasons.
2011 Schellas Hyndman, Southern Methodist University( Texas) for his years as a collegiate coach at Eastern Illinois and Southern Methodist, where he compiled a 466-121-48 record and for his efforts for United Soccer Coaches as a member of the Coaching Academy.
2012 Manny Schellscheidt, Seton Hall University( N. J.) for his 23 years as a collegiate coach at Seton Hall, where he compiled a 204-138-29 record.
2013 Layton Shoemaker, Messiah College( Pa.) for his 23 years as a collegiate coach at Messiah, where he compiled a 316-96-27 overall record and his service as the long-time chair of the United Soccer Coaches Ethics Committee.
2014 Mark Berson, University of South Carolina for his 38 years as a collegiate coach and his service to the collegiate awards and rankings programs.
2015 Michael Pantalione, Yavapai College( Ariz.) for his 27 years as a collegiate coach at Yavapai, where he has compiled a 574-50-27 record, winning seven national titles and for his 19 years as national chair of the NJCAA and United Soccer Coaches Division I Men’ s Junior College rankings.
2016 Jeff Gettler, Richmond, Va. for his 39 years as a collegiate coach and his service to the awards program as national chair of the Men’ s Scholar All- America awards.
2017 Nancy Feldman, Boston University( Mass.) for her 30 years as a collegiate coach, compiling a record of 389-161-53, and for serving as a leading ambassador for college soccer, women’ s soccer and coaching education over the course of her career.
2018 Ralph Polson, Wofford College( S. C.) for his 38 years as a collegiate coach and for serving in numerous leadership roles in the association, including on the Board of Directors, the association’ s 2012 President and Chairman of the Senior College Men’ s All-America Committee.
2019 Steve Clements, Tyler Junior College( Texas) for his ears as a collegiate coach, compiling a record of 475-81-19, with 15 national tournament appearance and seven national championships. In addition, he has served the association as the Chairman of the Junior College Men’ s All-America Committee.
2020 Sasho Cirovski, University of Maryland for his efforts to elevate the college game on the national stage. He served as the longtime chair of the Division I Coaches Committee and has been one of the most influential people in the college game.
2021 Lesle Gallimore, University of Washington for her 26 years as the women’ s head coach at the University of Washington. During her tenure with the Huskies, Gallimore won 270 games and her teams made 15 NCAA Tournament appearances, including two trips to the Elite Eight. Overall, she recorded a total of 300 career victories.
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