Len Tsantiris
Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1954 (age 69–70) Greece |
Playing career | |
1973–1976 | Connecticut |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1981–2017 | Connecticut |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 570-201-59 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
4x Conference tournament championships (2002, 2004,2014,2016) 9x Conference regular season championships (1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2016) [1] | |
Awards | |
NSCAA Division I National (1997) Division I Northeast Coach of the Year (1983, 1987, 1995, 1996) Conference Coach of the Year(1995,1998,2015,2016)[1] | |
Len Tsantiris is an American college soccer coach, who served as head coach of the Connecticut Huskies women's soccer team from 1981 through 2017. Tsantiris is second all-time on the career wins list for women's soccer coaches, with 570 victories.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
Playing career
Tsantiris earned four varsity letters in soccer for the Connecticut Huskies men's soccer team, earning All-New England and All-Yankee Conference honors. The Huskies qualified for three NCAA tournaments in his four seasons, reaching the quarterfinals in 1971 and 1974 and the final sixteen in 1975.[2]
Coaching career
Tsantiris became head coach of the UConn Women's soccer team in 1981. From 1982-2007 he led the team to 26 consecutive NCAA tournament appearance and 31 appearances over the course of his coaching career.[1] He announced his retirement after the team's 2017 season after 37 seasons as head coach and 570 wins, behind only Anson Dorrance all time.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d McKenna, Patrick (November 8, 2017). "Len Tsantiris Retires After 37 Years as Head Women's Soccer Coach". today.uconn.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ a b "Len Tsantiris bio". UConn Huskies. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ "The Year's Top Stories - #7". New England Soccer News. December 25, 2012. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ David Borges (June 16, 2012). "UConn: Coaches have stuck around for a long time with the Huskies". Middletown Press. Middletown, Connecticut. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ Kenneth Best (October 26, 2012). "Women's Soccer Coach Len Tsantiris Gets Win Number 500". UConn Today. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ Graham Hays (September 4, 2012). "Traditional Powers Fighting to Stay Atop Women's Soccer". ESPN. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ "UConn suspends women's soccer player for flipping off ESPNU camera". New York Daily News. November 11, 2014. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
- ^ "College soccer: UConn's Len Tsantiris retires after 37 years as head coach". NCAA. November 7, 2017. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
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