Randy Waldrum

Randy Waldrum
Personal information
Full name Randy Jordan Waldrum
Date of birth (1956-09-25) September 25, 1956
Place of birth Irving, Texas, United States
Playing position Midfielder
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1981 Midwestern State University
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Los Angeles Skyhawks
– Indianapolis Daredevils
– New York Cosmos
Teams managed
1978–1989 Pittsburg State University (women)
1989–1994 Tulsa (men)
1989–1994 University of Tulsa (women)
1996–1998 Baylor University (women)
1999–2013 University of Notre Dame (women)
2014–Present Houston Dash
2014–2016 Trinidad and Tobago (women)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Randy Jordan Waldrum (born September 25, 1956 in Irving, Texas) is the current head coach of the Houston Dash[1] and previously had two title-winning seasons with the University of Notre Dame's women's soccer team.[2]

Coaching career

He started his coaching career at Austin College in 1982, leading the men's soccer team to a 4–12–1 record. In 1988, he was the head men's soccer coach at Texas Wesleyan University, and compiled a 6–10 record. From 1989 to 1994, he coached both the men's and women's soccer teams at the University of Tulsa. He posted a 66–33–6 record with the men, and a 61–36–9 record with the women. In 1996, he founded the Baylor University women's soccer program, and went 46–14–3 from 1996 to 1998. He has been the head women's soccer coach at the University of Notre Dame, where he has gone 279–50–16 in 14 seasons.

Coach Waldrum has led the Notre Dame Women's Soccer team to two National Championships, in 2004 and 2010. The 2010 title game was his 300th match at Notre Dame.

Waldrum was named as the first head coach for the NWSL expansion team the Houston Dash ahead of the 2014 season.

Waldrum was fired as the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team coach in January 2016.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Dash hire highly-acclaimed coach from Notre Dame to be their first head coach, Notre Dame Athletics.
  2. ↑ Notre Dame Coach Profile: Randy Waldrum, Notre Dame Athletics.
  3. ↑ Lasana Liburd. "TTFA axed Waldrum over slow paperwork; Hood tipped for W/Warriors post". Wired868.
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