Pete Caringi Jr.

Pete Caringi
Personal information
Full name Pete Caringi Jr.
Date of birth (1955-03-27) March 27, 1955
Place of birth Baltimore, Maryland
Playing position Forward
Club information
Current team
 UMBC Retrievers (head coach)
Youth career
1975–1977 University of Baltimore
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1978 Washington Diplomats
Teams managed
1991– UMBC Retrievers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Pete Caringi is an American soccer coach who is the head coach for UMBC Retrievers men's soccer. He was named the 2014 NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year.

Playing career

A former All-American and Three time captain, He played college soccer for the University of Baltimore. In 1973 they lost in the final four to Cal Fullerton, 1975 the Baltimore team won the NCAA National Championship in Seattle. He still holds the All-Time Record for goals with 70.[He signed for the Washington Diplomats in 1978. He is a member of the University of Baltimore athletic hall of fame. Caringi is also a member of the Maryland Soccer Hall of Fame, CCBC Athletic Hall of Fame, Region XX Hall of Fame, and NJCAA National Soccer Hall of Fame.[1]

Coaching career Head Coach : Highlight of his coaching career was American Professional Soccer League Champions in 1990 with the Maryland Bays. The Bays finished 20-5 sweeping thru the play-offs and winning the Finals against a very good San Francisco Black Hawks team. A former coach at Essex Community College (81-90)He led Essex to seven JuCo championships and five Region XX Titles.His 84 and 89 teams played in the NJCAA National Finals. He was named NJCAA National Coach of the Year in 84 and 89.He has been the head coach of UMBC Retrievers soccer since 1991.He led UMBC to the NCAA Tournament in 99 and the 2nd Round in 2010,12,13 His 2014 College Cup semifinals, Caringi was named the NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year and the Soccer America Coach of the Year.[2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "University of Baltimore News Release: Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony May 5".
  2. ↑ Steven Goff (December 9, 2014). "Who is UMBC? College Cup semifinalists, that's who". Washington Post.
  3. ↑ Baltimore Sun (December 17, 2014). "UMBC Retrievers men's soccer coach Pete Caringi is named Division I Coach of the Year – Baltimore Sun". baltimoresun.com.
  4. ↑ "Caringi Named NSCAA National Coach of the Year". AmericaEast.com.
  5. ↑ "2014 Coaches of the Year".
  6. ↑ "SoccerAmerica – Soccer America's 2014 Men's College Awards 01/13/2015".
Preceded by
Bobby Clark		 NSCAA Division I Coach of the Year
2014		 Succeeded by
Mike Noonan
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