KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 15, 2023) - United Soccer Coaches announced on Friday the association's 2023 National Staff and Coach of the Year recipients for senior and junior college, high school, and youth/club soccer, as voted on by the coaches in their respective divisions and levels. National Champion Franklin Pierce saw first-year head coach Travis Brent and his staff honored as the best among men's teams in Division II. Twelve of the 14 college staff award winners (six men's and six women's staffs) claimed the national or CCCAA championship in their respective division in 2023.
Brent, in his first season as a head coach after a successful career as an assistant (most recently at Charleston (WVa.), was assisted this fall by Diego Thielen, JP Navarro and student manager Riley Brooks. The group was also honored as the Staff of the Year for the region. These staffs will be honored at the United Soccer Coaches Awards Banquet on Jan. 12, 2024, at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel in Anaheim, Calif. in conjunction with the United Soccer Coaches Convention. Each Regional Staff of the Year appeared on the ballot for National Staff of the Year, along with the addition of staffs from all schools which reached the semifinals of their respective championship.
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