11/24/2004 - Men's Soccer
Navy Men's Soccer Coach Greg Myers To Step Down
Dr. Greg Myers will step down as men's soccer coach after 29 years on the Navy sideline. |
ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- After compiling a 329-209-69 overall record in 38 years of college coaching, Dr. Greg Myers has announced his retirement as head coach of the Navy men's soccer program. Myers will stay on as an instructor in the physical education department.
"It has been my honor to have been associated with all the athletes that have played for me," said Myers. "Its meant so much watching them grow into outstanding citizens. I have coached over a thousand athletes over the years and every one of them have been special."
Myers just concluded his 29th season at Navy, finishing with a 232-193-62 record and leading the Mids to 18 winning seasons and seven Patriot League Tournament appearances. He ranks second on the all-time Navy men's soccer victories list, just 11 wins behind legendary Glenn Warner. Myers' career record includes stops at West Virginia, Davis & Elkins, Florida International before arriving in Annapolis in 1976. He entered the 2004 season eighth on the NCAA active coaches victory list.
"Navy is a very special place with very special students," said Myers. "If our society keeps producing young men like the ones I have worked with the last 29 years, this country will be in great shape. I am very proud to have been a part of the Navy tradition for so long."
Myers, a 1963 graduate of West Virginia University, earned two letters in soccer. He began his coaching career at Davis & Elkins in 1964 for one season, before returning to his alma mater for two seasons. He posted a 20-7-1 mark in two seasons with the Mountaineers, before returning to Davis & Elkins and turning the Senators into an NAIA national power. His teams compiled a stellar 39-2-4 record in three seasons, won NAIA national championships in 1968 and 1970 and finished as runner-up in 1969. Myers left Davis & Elkins to take over a fledgling program at Florida International, compiling a 30-8-3 overall mark in four seasons, before spending one year as acting general manager and head coach of the Miami Toros of the North American Soccer League. After one year in the pros, Myers took the head coaching job at Navy and has been at the helm since.
"Greg, through his distinguished career, has been the beacon for our coaches and staff who aspire every day to emulate the outstanding qualities, values and success he has delivered to the Academy," said Navy Director of Athletics Chet Gladchuk. "Our midshipmen have been blessed with his leadership and benefitted from his wisdom on many fronts within the context of our physical mission. Greg will be missed, and we are all so very grateful for the legacy of excellence he has established for our soccer program."
A national search for Myers' replacement will begin shortly.
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