Lawrence Briggs
American soccer coach
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Lawrence E. Briggs | ||
| Date of birth | June 23, 1903 | ||
| Date of death | December 1970 (aged 67)[1] | ||
| Place of death | Boston, Massachusetts | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1930–1967 | UMass Minutemen | ||
Lawrence E. Briggs (June 23, 1903 - December 1970)[2] was an American soccer coach who is best known for being the first men's soccer coach for the UMass Minutemen soccer program. Additionally, Briggs is known for being a founder of the National Soccer Coaches Association of America and served as their president in 1947. He was also a founding member of the now-defunct New England Intercollegiate Soccer League which served as a foundation for modern college soccer in the United States.
Briggs was enshrined in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1978.[3][4]
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UMass Minutemen head soccer coaches
- Lawrence Briggs (1930–1942)
- No team (1943–1945)
- Lawrence Briggs (1946–1967)
- Peter Broacca (1968–1970)
- Jack Berryman (1971)
- Gerry Redmond (1972)
- Aloysius Rufe (1973–1975)
- Russ Kidd (1976–1981)
- Jeff Gettler (1982–1990)
- Sam Koch (1991–2013)
- Devin O'Neill (2014)
- Fran O'Leary (2015– )
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